Catan's mechanics were revolutionary in their straightforward yet layered approach that rewards you for skill, not luck. They still hold up today. 5/5. Accessibility.

Klaus Teuber, creator of the blockbuster board game Catan, has passed away. “It is with profound sadness that we at Catan Studio acknowledge the passing of Klaus Teuber, legendary game designer ...

Today, we're going full nerd to talk about a new board game — Catan: New Energies. The game's goal is simple: Build and develop a modern-day island without catastrophically polluting it.

Klaus Teuber, creator of the hugely popular Catan board game in which players compete to build settlements on a fictional island, has died after a brief illness, according to a family statement.

Look, Catan is fine, but both connoisseurs and amateurs tend to tolerate it more than love it. That’s the game’s secret: Teuber fell upon a design that every kind of player—geeks, kids, your ...

Catan: New Energies is generally longer, at around 90 minutes. It is harder to get to 10 victory points, and while the climate event mechanic puts a kind of clock on things, ...

With calculated trades of wood for brick and sheep for wheat, Catan players love building cities and bullying friends. The game’s designer, who died this month, created a monster.

A new version of Catan is due to land in Spring 2025, and it gives the long-running board game a facelift. As the board game's sixth edition since the series began in 1995, this update is focused ...

For anyone who has not played Catan, it’s a popular board game that was first released way back in 1995. I know, it’s 28 years old, it was also known as The Settlers of Catan back then before ...

Catan tells a story about Vikings colonizing islands long before the dawn of modern Europe, asking players to make their way in its fictional world by trading resources like wood, grain, and sheep ...

If you can’t figure out how to become a resource mogul, you’ll love my first tip, straight from the experts’ mouths. It’s not you. No one really knows a surefire way to win at Catan.