999games Catan Cities & Knights Board Game Expansion

An copy of the base game is required to use this set. It is also possible to combine Cities & Knights with Seafarers of Catan. Cities & Knights now also features new artwork and game pieces for an even better gaming experience! This expansion set can only be combined with the newest edition of the base game (the 2012 edition with plastic components). This current edition has plastic game pieces, sturdier land tiles, a redesigned inlay, and convenient boxes to store the game pieces in. In Cities & Knights, you start with a city instead of a settlement. The game includes commodities such as coins and paper, which you receive when a number is rolled for your city. You need these commodities to upgrade your cities in three areas, with the ultimate goal of creating a metropolis, which is worth 4 points. As in the base game, you roll dice at the start of your turn, but now a symbol die is added. This determines whether you earn a progress card or if the barbarian ship approaches. When the barbarian ship arrives on the island, players must defend themselves with knights. Knights cost 1 ore and 1 wool and must be activated with 1 grain. Those who are not well-armed may lose a city to the barbarians. However, if you have the most activated knights, you are declared the savior of Catan and rewarded with a point. To win Cities & Knights, you must collect 13 points.