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Expansion for Catan

The Settlers of Catan: The Great River

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Published
2005
Reach
Known (via base game)
Players
3–6
Play time
90 min
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  • Dice rolling
  • Trading & negotiation
  • Dice rolling: Dice create swing and force you to adapt.
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The Great River of Catan is an expansion for The Settlers of Catan . The expansion consists of a tile with three hexes and a river. Everything constructed alongside this river grants a gold point. Each three gold points are worth one victory point. All the other rules are the same as the base game except that you now need two more victory points to win the game. This expansion was originally only available as an insert in Games Quarterly Magazine .

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