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Catan Das Duell

rivalry between princes

With “Catan Das Duell” the card game, based on the board game “Die Siedler von Catan” is given its second new edition with a new name, rules and cards have remained the same, so you can use all additions for the previous version with this version.

Each player lays out his principality of two settlements, six landscapes and one road, two dice provide resources and an event for both players. Then you use cards from your hand for actions or upgrading of the principality; settlements and cities give victory points. There are additional rules for using the theme sets: Event cards from base set and theme set are shuffled together, other draw piles remain separate. The starting cards are not dealt randomly, but each player chooses three cards from one of the draw piles of the base set. You cannot change the card sequence in the stack, but after choosing you can rearrange your principality. Upgrade cards are available to both players; each upgrade may be used only once in a principality. City upgrades and Landscape upgrades come in the theme sets, and also conditions that must be met for use of some of the cards. You can also demolish buildings, returned cards must be placed beneath stacks with the same backside.

The introductory game “Die ersten Cataner” uses the base set and is won with seven victory points, theme set scenarios with twelve points. Sets are “Zeit des Goldes”, “Zeit der Wirren” and “Zeit des Fortschritts”, each introduces additional cards. In “Duell der Fürsten” you use all sets to win with 13 points.

As its predecessors, this is still one of the best games for two players and a challenging development game with cards!

Players: 2

Age: 10+

Time: 75+

Designer: Klaus Teuber

Artist: Michael Menzel, Michaela Kienle

Price: ca. 20 Euro

Publisher: Kosmos 2016

Web: www.kosmos.de

Genre: Place cards, development

Users: With friends

Special: 2 players

Version: de

Rules: de and others

In-game text: yes

Comments:

Second new edition with changed title

New graphics

Rules and components unchanged

Can be combined with earlier additional packs

Compares to:

Die Fürsten von Catan, card games with resources from landscapes

Other editions:

None yet for this edition, many editions in different languages for the previous edition “Die Fürsten von Catan”

Chance (pink): 2

Tactic (turquoise): 3

Strategy (blue): 1

Creativity (dark blue): 0

Knowledge (yellow): 0

Memory (orange): 0

Communication (red): 0

Interaction (brown): 2

Dexterity (green): 0

Action (dark green): 0