Monopoly has a high value if played well, but just as often it ends up being a dud. Year of Plenty is a worse deal, trading the 3 resources in for only 2 back. Road Building Cards are basically a trade of the resources necessary to buy the Development Card for 2 Roads. I’ll discuss how worthwhile attempting to obtain the largest army is later. Aside from warding the robber off of your land or moving the robber to control prices, you can get the 2 extra points for largest army. 14 Soldiers/Knights (I’ll call them Knights from now on).In the original Settlers game, there are 25 development cards: Let’s start off with figuring out what Development Cards we’re dealing with before we judge value. So, how do we decide how valuable Development Cards are? Again, this should remind you of any “Introduction to Macroeconomics” class. Underestimating that value is sure to end up in wasting resources buying things you need less. Overestimating that value is sure to end up in wasting resources buying more than you need. There is obviously some value in them, but how much? Swift Journey - if you've moved your wagon, you may move it againĬatan: Explorers & Pirates does not use development cards or anything similar.This is a much debated topic in Settlers.Knight card - same as base game but you move barbarians instead of the robber.Victory Point card - same as base game but called 'Glassmaking,' 'Quarry,' and 'Toolmaking'.Treason - obtain 2 gold AND move 2 barbarians to another of your choice.

Intrigue - move a barbarian from 1 hex to another of your choice.Black Knight - place 1 knight anywhere on the board.Knighthood - place 1 knight on one of the sides of the castle hex.There are a couple of scenarios in Catan: Traders & Barbarians that use their own sets of development cards with varying abilities. These are generated through a combination of city improvements and dice rolls but function much the same as regular development cards. Road Builder - a player can place 2 roads OR 2 ships OR 1 road and 1 shipĬatan: Cities & Knights does not use development cards but uses Progress cards.Victory Point card - 1 additional Victory Point is added to the owners total and doesn't need to be played to win.Ĭatan: Seafarers uses the base game development cards which function exactly the same except for the following exceptions:.Monopoly - player can claim all resource cards of a specific declared type.Year of Plenty - the player can draw 2 resource cards of their choice from the bank.Road Building - player can place 2 roads as if they just built them.Knight card - lets the player move the robber.In the base game, there are 25 development cards: 14 knight cards, 5 victory point cards, 2 road building, 2 year of plenty, and 2 monopoly.

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