Star Trek Catan Almanac - Settlers of Catan

16 Pages·2012·15.2 MB·English

ALMANAC
A Detailed Explanation of the Game Rules and Examples.
These are not Game Rules.
This Almanac contains detailed alphabetical explanations
and examples for Star Trek Catan. Game terms marked with
a S in the Game Rules are explained in more detail here.
You do not have to read this material prior to your
first game. Instead, use the Game Rules. This almanac
includes advanced rules and clarifications. Refer to it if any
questions arise during a game.
Game Components
2 Dice
19 Sector Tiles
Red planet (4)
Yellow planet (4)
White gas planet (4)
Green planet (3)
Blue planet (3)
Asteroid field (1)
6 Frame Pieces
with 9 trading posts
95 Resource Cards (19 of each resource)
Tritanium = from the red planet
Food = from the yellow planet
Oxygen = from the white gas planet
Dilithium = from the green planet
Water = from the blue planet
25 Development Cards
“Starfleet Intervenes” (14)
Progress Cards (6)
Victory Point Cards (5)
10 Support Cards
2 Special Cards
4 “Building Costs” Cards Longest Supply Route Largest Starfleet
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Game Pieces (in 4 player colors)
4 Starbase Expansions 7 Outposts 15 starships 1 Klingon Battle Cruiser
(Habitat Rings for Outposts) (green non-player)
18 Number
Tokens
Detailed Explanation of the A
Game Rules and Examples for
S Asteroid Field
Star Trek Catan
The asteroid field is the only sector
INDEX: that doesn’t produce resources. The
Asteroid Field 3 Klingon battle cruiser S starts the
Border Trade 3 game here. If you build an outpost
Build 4 or starbase adjacent to the asteroid
Combined Trade/Build Phase 4 field, it will produce fewer resources
Development Cards 5 than those built by more planets.
End of the Game 5
B
Federation Border 5
Federation Trade 5 S Border Trade
Klingon Battle Cruiser 6 During the trade phase of your
Longest Supply Route 6 turn, you can also trade resource
Number Tokens 7 cards without your opponents being
Outposts 7 involved – the border trade makes
Planets, Planet Sectors 7 this possible.
Progress Cards 8  Without a trading post S:
Resource Production 8 The most simple (and unfavorable)
Rolling a “7” and Activating option is the 4:1 trade: you return
the Klingon Battle Cruiser 8 4 resource cards of the same type
Set-up Phase 9 to the corresponding supply stack
Set-up, Variable 10 and, in exchange, take 1 desired
Space Intersection 10 card from another stack.
Space Route 11
 For the 4:1 trade:
“Starfleet Intervenes” 11
You don’t need a trading post
Starbases 11
(i.e., an outpost or starbase at a
Starships 12
trading post).
Support Cards 13
Example: William returns 4 water cards to
Tactics 13
the supply stack and takes 1 tritanium card. Of
Trades 13
course, it would be wiser if he first tried to trade
Trading Posts 13
more favorably with his opponents (Federation
Victory Point Cards (VP Cards) 13
Trade S).
Victory Points (VPs) 14
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With a trading post: cards, etc.
Your trading options are better
Important: Only the active player
if you have built an outpost or
may perform border trades.
starbase at a trading post.
There are two different kinds of S Build (Building)
trading posts: You may build on your turn after you
1. Generic Trading Posts (3:1): have rolled for resource production
During the trade phase of your and finished trading. To build, you
turn, you may return 3 resource must pay certain combinations of
cards of the same type to the resource cards (see Building Costs
corresponding supply stack and Cards). Return the resource cards
take any 1 different resource card to the supply stacks. You can build
of your choice. multiple starships and outposts,
upgrade numerous outposts, and
buy as many development cards as
you desire – as long as you have
enough resources to “pay” for them
and they are still available in the
supply. (See development cards S,
outposts S, starbases S, and
starships S.)
Example: Mark places 3 tritanium cards on the Each player has a supply of
tritanium supply stack and takes 1 water card. 15 starships, 7 outposts, and
2. Special Trading Posts (2:1): 4 starbase expansions. At the
For each resource type, there is beginning of the game, 2 outposts
one special trading post. The per player are set aside as a reserve.
favorable 2:1 trade applies only No player may have more than
to the resource depicted on the 5 outposts on the game board.
special trading post. When you upgrade an outpost to a
Please note: A special trading post starbase, add 1 outpost from your
does not entitle you to trade the other reserve to your supply. Once built,
resource types at 3:1! all game pieces remain on the board
until the end of the game.
Example: Bruce has built an outpost at the
Your turn is over after building, and
the player to your left continues the
game. Rule variant: Combined Trade/
Build Phase S.
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S Combined Trade/Build Phase
The separation of the trade and
tritanium trading post. When trading, he may build phases was introduced to make
return 2 tritanium cards to the supply stack and the sequence easier for beginners
take any 1 different resource card in exchange. to learn the game. We recommend
He can also trade 4 tritanium cards for any 2 experienced players ignore this
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separation between trade and build E
phases.
S End of the Game
After rolling for resource production,
If you have (or reach) 10 victory
you can trade and build in any order.
points on your turn, the game ends
Naturally you can trade, build, trade
immediately and you win! You can
again, and build again. You can even
only win during your turn. If you
use a trading post on the same turn
find you have 10 victory points
you build an outpost there. This will
during another player’s turn you
also speed up the game.
must wait until your next turn to
claim victory.
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Example: A player has 2 outposts (2 VPs), the
S Development Cards
Longest Supply Route special card (2 VPs),
There are 3 different kinds of 2 starbases (4 VPs), and 2 VP cards (2 VPs). He
development cards: “Starfleet reveals his two VP cards, giving him the 10 VPs
Intervenes” S, Progress S, and needed to win.
Victory Points (VPs) S. When you
buy a development card, take the F
top card of the draw stack into your S Federation Border
hand. Keep your development cards
When a planet borders the frame,
hidden until you play them.
a “Federation border” is formed.
You may only play 1 development
You can build a starship along the
card during your turn – either
Federation border.
1 “Starfleet Intervenes” card or
You can build outposts on the space
1 progress card. You may play the
card at any time, even before you intersections S bordering the frame.
However, you only receive resource
roll the dice. You may not, however,
production from 1 or 2 planets.
play a card during the turn that you
bought it.
Along the Federation border there
Exception: If you buy a card and it is a are trading posts S that allow
VP card S that brings you to 10 points, improved border trade S. Here you
you may immediately reveal this card can trade resources more favorably.
and win the game. However, outposts or starbases on
space intersections without trading
You only reveal VP cards when
posts do not give you any trade
the game is over – once you or
advantages.
an opponent reaches 10 VP and
declares victory.
S Federation Trade
Purchased development cards never (Trade with Opponents)
change hands. You cannot trade or On your turn, after resource
give away development cards, nor production, you may trade resource
can they be stolen by the Klingon cards with your opponents. You
battle cruiser. Keep these cards and the other players negotiate the
seperate when resources are about “terms of trade” – how many cards
to be stolen from you. of which type you offer and want
to receive, respectively. You may
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trade as many times as you can using If the Klingon battle cruiser is moved
single or multiple cards. to a planet, it prevents that sector
Please note: You may never give from producing resources as long as
away cards. Federation trade must the Klingon battle cruiser remains in
always result in an exchange of this sector.
resource cards between players.
Example: Nichelle has 8 cards in her hand and A B
wants to get rid of one of them. So she offers
Walter 1 dilithium for free. Since this is not
allowed, Nichelle offers Walter 2 dilithium for
1 dilithium. This isn’t allowed either, though,
because Nichelle would actually be giving 1
dilithium away. Therefore, Nichelle and Walter
Example: It is Gene’s turn, and he rolls a
agree to trade 2 dilithium for 1 tritanium.
“4.” The owners of outposts “A” and “B” do
Important: You may trade with another not receive a tritanium card. This lasts until
player between your turns, but only if the Klingon battle cruiser is moved again by
it is their turn and they choose to trade another “7,” a “Starfleet Intervenes” card or
with you. Players who are between turns activating Checkov.
may not trade with each other.
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Example: It is William’s turn. He needs
1 dilithium to build a starship. He has S Longest Supply Route
2 tritanium and 3 water. William asks aloud, If you are the first player to build a
“I need 1 dilithium. I’m offering 1 water.” “I’ll continuous route of at least
give you 1 dilithium if you give me 3 water.” 5 individual starships, you take this
replies Leonard. “I’ll give you 1 dilithium for special card and place it face up in
1 tritanium and 1 water,” interjects DeForest. front of you. This card is worth
William opts for Deforest’s offer and trades 1 2 VPs. If your network branches you
tritanium and 1 water for 1 dilithium. may only count the single longest
Important: Because it was William’s turn, route.
Leonard would not have been allowed to If you hold this tile and another
trade with DeForest. player builds a longer route, they
immediately take this special card
K
from you and now they have those
S Klingon Battle Cruiser 2 VPs.
The Klingon battle cruiser begins the You can break an opponent’s route
game on the asteroid field S. by building an outpost on a free
It is moved only by rolling a “7” S, space intersection along this route!
by playing a “Starfleet Intervenes”
Please Note: Your own outposts
card S, or by activating the “Pavel
or starbases do not interrupt your
Chekov” support card S.
supply route!
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If the “Longest Supply Route” is producing resources. Consider, a
broken and several players tie for planet with a “6” or “8” (indicated
the special tile then the following by a field of red) is far more
may occur: productive than a planet with a
1. If the tie includes the player who “2” or “12.”
has the “Longest Supply Route”
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special card, he keeps the card.
S Outposts
2. If the tie does not include the
player who has the “Longest Each outposts are worth 1 VP.
Supply Route” special card, the You receive resource production
card is set aside. It only comes from each planet adjacent to your
into play again when only one outposts.
player has the “Longest Supply When built, an outpost must:
Route.”
 Be built on a space intersection
Also, the “Longest Supply Route” connected to 1 or more of your
is set aside if none of the players starships.
have continuous routes of 5 or more
 Observe the distance rule – no
starships, and is taken when one
neighboring space intersections
player qualifies for it again.
may contain any outposts or
starbases.
Please note: Even though a player’s
supply includes 7 outposts, each
player may only have 5 outposts at
a time on the game board. If you
have built 5 outposts, you must first
upgrade one of them to a starbase
– only then you receive one of the
outposts set aside as a reserve at the
Example: The Majel had the “Longest Supply
beginning of the game, and you can
Route,” consisting of 7 starships. Then James
build a 6th or 7th outpost.
builds the outpost marked with a white circle.
This interrupts Majel’s supply route and now he You can have up to 7 outpost pieces
is the owner of the “Longest Supply Route” and and starbases on the game board –
its 2 victory points. if you have upgraded at least 2 of
these outposts to starbases.
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P
S Number Tokens
S Planets, Planet Sectors
The 18 number tokens are marked
with the numerals “2” through “12.” Planet, planet sector, and sector are
There is only one “2” and “12” and collective terms for all hexagons
no “7.” Note that the physical size of in Star Trek Catan – even if not all
each number on a token indicates planet hexes contain planets as such
the relative frequency of that (asteroid field).
number being rolled and thus
7
S Progress Cards The roll and the resource
distribution are inseparable. Support
Progress cards are a type of
and development cards may be
development card S. Remember,
played only before the dice roll (if
you may play only 1 development
applicable) or after the resource
card during your turn.
distribution. Exception: only the
There are 2 each of the following
“James T. Kirk” support card is
progress cards:
allowed to break this rule.
Monopoly: If you play this card,
S Rolling a “7” &
you must name 1 type of
Activating the Klingon
resource. All other players
Battle Cruiser
must give you all their
If you roll a “7” for resource
resource cards of this type.
production, none of the players
Players who don’t have that
receive resources. Instead:
resource in hand don’t have
 Each player counts his resource
to give you anything.
cards. Any player with more than
Research Station: If you play this 7 resource cards (i.e., 8 or more)
card, you may take any 2 must choose and discard half of
resource cards from the them. Return the discards to the
supply stacks. You may use supply stacks. If you hold an odd
these resource cards to number of cards, round down
build on the same turn. (e.g., if you have 9 resource cards,
Utopia Planitia: If you play this card, you discard 4).
you may immediately place Example: Majel rolls a “7.” She has only 6
2 new free starships on resource cards in his hand. George has 8 cards
the game board. You must and James has 11. George must discard 4 cards
observe the normal rules and James 5 (rounding down).
for starship building.  Then you (the player who rolled
the “7”) must move the Klingon
R battle cruiser S to any other
S Resource Production sector of your choice (including
the asteroid field). This blocks any
At the beginning of your turn, roll
resource production in this sector.
2 dice to determine the “resource
 Afterwards, you steal 1 random
production” for all players. All
resource card from the hand of
outposts or starbases on the sectors
the player who has an outpost
indicated by the roll receive the
or starbase adjacent to this new
resource cards that those sectors
sector. If 2 or more players have
produce. If there are not enough
outposts or starbases there,
resource cards in the supply to give
choose which one to steal from
ALL players the production they
earn, then no player receives any of (see also “Starfleet Intervenes” S).
Afterwards, your turn continues as
that resource this turn. Production
usual.
of other types of resources is not
affected
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S follow clockwise. Each of them places
1 outpost and 1 starship similarly.
S Set-up Phase
Begin the “set-up phase” after you Important: When placing the outposts S,
the distance rule always applies!
have assembled the variable game
board S.
 Each player chooses a color and Outpost
takes the corresponding game
pieces: 7 outposts, 4 starbase
expansions (habitat rings), and
15 starships. Each player also takes Starship
one building costs card. Create an
outpost reserve by setting 2 of the
7 outposts aside. As you upgrade Round Two
each of your first 2 outposts to Once all players have built their first
starbases, add 1 of the outposts outpost and starship, the player who
from the reserve to your supply. went last in the first round begins
round two and places a second
 Sort the resource cards (oxygen,
outpost with an adjacent starship
food, tritanium, dilithium and
as before. Look for helpful hints for
water) into 5 stacks and put them
face-up next to the board. set-up in the Tactics S section.
Please note: After the build, the
 Shuffle the development cards S
other players follow counter-
and place them face-down
clockwise. So, as the starting player
forming a stack.
in round one you place your second
 Place the support cards S with
outpost and starship last.
their A-sides face up as a display
The second outpost can be placed on
beside the gameboard.
any space intersection, as long as the
 Place the 2 special cards “Largest
distance rule is observed.
Starfleet” & “Longest Trade
Each player receives their first
Route” S and the dice beside the
resource income immediately after
game board.
building the second outpost; for
 Place the Klingon battle cruiser on
each planet adjacent to this second
the asteroid field.
outpost, they take a corresponding
The set-up phase has two rounds. resource card from the supply.
Each player places 1 starship and
In addition, after building his second
1 outpost per round.
outpost and starship, each player
Round One takes a support card S.
Each player rolls both dice. If you roll The first player to take a card
highest, you are the starting player. receives the A1 support card (Uhura),
Place one of your outposts on a free the next player the A2 support card
space intersection S, and one of (Scott), etc. As the starting player you
your starships on an adjacent space now begin the game. Roll both dice
route S. The facing of the starship for resource production.
is irrelevant. The other players then
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S Set-up, Variable
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1. First join the 6 frame pieces in a
random order. Please note that
one side of the frame pieces does
not depict trading posts. Only use
the side that depicts the trading
posts.
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 In alphabetical order, place the
tokens on the planet hexes. Start
with any corner hex and place the
number tokens counterclockwise
in alphabetical order. Please note:
The asteroid field does not receive
a number token, just skip over it.
 When all number tokens are
2. Shuffle the hexagons face down distributed, turn them over to
and place them face down in a their number sides and continue
stack. Beginning from the top with the Set-up Phase S
of the stack, one by one place
the hexagons face up inside the S Space Intersections
frame. Start at one side of the Each hex has 6 corners; each corner
frame and continue until the either touches 2 other hexes (A) or
frame is filled. 1 other hex and the frame (B) or
only the frame (C). These corners,
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whether next to another planet or
not, are called space intersections.
 Outposts may only be built on
space intersections.
C
B
A
3. Place the number tokens:
 Place the number tokens beside
the game board with their letter
sides face up.
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