PLAYED FOR YOU

Die Fürsten von Catan

Goldene Zeiten

The principality of each player is laid out. You roll 2 dice for resources and an event for both players. Then you use cards from your hand for actions or expansion of the realm, settlements and cities score victory points.

This expansions needs the core game to play and comprises three theme sets: Zeit der Entdecker / Era of Explorers, with 50 cards and six ships, Zeit der Weisen / Era of Sages with 41 cards and Zeit des Wohlstands / Era of Prosperity with 34 cards. The cards of this set carry a text marker for their placement location in addition to the color marking.

Metropolises are part of the draw pile, but cannot be attacked or destroyed. Marker cards mark the player’s status and are only affected directly, they can be transferred anytime to another landscape.

The concept of Foreign cards is also used; they are placed in your rival’s realm but can only be used or destroyed by the player who placed them. In Era of Explorers the ocean tiles are laid out and must be discovered by using ships, which offer the action of discovery or mission. In Era of Sages you use the currency of Wisdom points in the guise of owls to influence events and use improved choices for access to the draw pile. The Sages are landscape expansions. In Era of Prosperity you make your people happy and reign wisely, you look after education, health and art; discontented citizen can counter with a revolt; contentment is measured with stars for satisfaction points.

What goes for Age of Darkness also goes for Age of Enlightenment – if you play Rivals for Catan you want to live through the Age of Enlightenment with them!

Players: 2

Age: 10+

Time: 75+

Designer: Klaus Teuber

Artist: Michael Menzel, Manuela Kienle

Price: ca. 16 Euro

Publisher: Kosmos 2012

Web: www.kosmos.de

Genre: Card game

Users: With friends

Special: 2 players

Version: de

Rules: de en

In-game text: yes

Comments:

Second expansion featuring three Theme sets

Needs basic game to play

New card design with text markers for placement

Compares to:

Die Fürsten von Catan

Other editions:

The Rivals for Catan: Age of Enlightenment, Mayfair

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