Settling the Final Frontier

Since 1966, millions of Star Trek fans all over the worldhave watched adventures of the Starship Enterprise, Captain Kirk, and Mr.Spock. And since 1995, millions of enthusiastic players all over the world haveplayed Klaus Teuber's CATAN - a board game classic.

It's time to bring them all together on the Final Frontier!

 In Star Trek: Catan, players start the game with two smallOutposts at the intersection of three planets, with each planet supplyingresources based on the result of a dice roll. Players collect and trade theseresources – dilithium, tritanium, food, oxygen and water – in order to buildStarships that connect regions in the galaxy, establish more Outposts andStarbases (upgraded Outposts) at new intersection points in order to increaseresource acquisition, and acquire Development Cards that provide Victory Points(VPs) or special abilities.

On a dice roll of 7, a Klingon ship swoops in to preventresource production on one planet while taxing spacegoers who hold too manyresources.

 Star Trek: Catan differs from the basic Settlers in oneaspect: a set of Support Cards formerly available only in German as CatanScenarios: Helpers of Catan. Each Support Card features a special ability andone of Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Sulu, Scott, Uhura, Chekov, Chapel, Rand, or Sarek.Some special abilities make basic actions better, such as reducing the costs ofStarbase upgrades or allowing the player to trade a resource of their choice at2:1 for a turn, while others break rules, such as protecting the player fromdiscarding on a 7 or producing a resource when the player rolls a number thatwouldn't otherwise produce for them. Players get a specific Support Card duringsetup based on turn order, with later players getting generally more usefulabilities to compensate for early player advantage. When a player uses aSupport Card ability for the first time, they may trade it in for a SupportCard of their choice or keep it for a second use, but they may only tradeimmediately after use.