Q&A for How to Play Settlers of Catan

Yes, she can. Victory point cards are the only development cards that more than one can be played on each turn.

You need to have eight cards to have to discard half. You are safe if you have seven.

You need to have roads in between any settlements in the game, so it depends on the situation. In the beginning of the game, you will need to place another road right next to one of your starting roads to be able to build the settlement, or you can use the road building development card to build roads.

Since there is no guarantee that you will get these resources, no. Trading on the promise of resources in the future is not allowed.

The latest rules state that you can put it anywhere, even back to the desert!

Victory points are the points you need to win the game in Catan. You need 10 points to win, generally.

Each hex gives a different resource. Also, players can only build settlements and cities on the corners of them, and can only build roads on the edges.

Yes! When the robber is moved, the player who moved the robber steals one resource card from the players built around the hex.

If a robber comes when you have 8 or more cards, discard half of all the cards in your hand.

Yes. you can always place a road on an edge so long as: A. There isn't a road currently there, and B. You have a settlement/road on one of the adjacent corners.

Yes, you can. Settlements cost 1 wood, 1 sheep, 1 brick, and 1 wheat. Roads only take 1 brick and 1 wood.

It's over and you rule Catan!

The game is designed for players aged 10 and up.

No, you can't move the robber unless you roll the dice and receive a number that lets you move it again.

Yes, they matter. For example, if you have a settlement on the spot with the six on it and you roll a six, that spot will give you resources.

From what I can tell, it doesn't have a meaning. It's just a made up place name.

No. A settlement may be placed only an intersection next to your own road.

Yes, as disappointing as it is, they still have to obey the seven cards in a hand rule.

You only need 1 each of Longest Road and Largest Army cards. They are rewards that can only be assigned to one player at any time.

If you have all ten victory points, then yes you can! All the robber does is the hex barren, which means he steals all the resources produced by the hex.

Yes, you can play it at the beginning or the end of your turn. It states this in the development card section.

Your settlements and cities break up the road. For example, let's say your opponent has seven road segments, normally that would give him the Longest Road card, but let's say that you build a settlement on his road, maybe on the spot between 3 of the road segments and 4 of the other road segments. Then the road counts as two roads, one 3 road segments long, and the other one 4 road segments long. I used this concept to keep an opponent from winning once.

There isn't really a rule about this, but you can try to decide it among those of you playing before you start. It also helps for everyone to be paying attention and making sure people pick up their resources. You could choose one person to be in charge of all the resources and hand them out to the right people every round - that way you are less likely to forget.

No. You have to build towards that area first by placing roads.

No more than two points are awarded to the player with the largest army, regardless of how many knights the player acquires.

No resources are acquired when a seven is rolled. Players with eight or more cards on hand must discard half of their cards, and the roller may relocate the robber and steal one card from the robber's new neighbour.

You choose which cards to discard. If you have an odd number of cards, you lose half rounded down, so you would discard 4 cards.

You can place your starting settlements on any intersection, including those on the outside border.

When you must discard, only resource cards count towards your hand total. Unplayed development cards are not included in this count.

You must discard half your resource cards every time a '7' is rolled if you have more than seven cards. This rule applies each time a '7' is rolled, not just the first time the Robber is activated. Additionally, playing a Knight card, which moves the Robber, does not require you to discard cards; only rolling a '7' does.