How To Play Catan

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This video tutorial will teach you how to play Catan.
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This video will start by teaching you the general concepts of Catan, and is followed by the more detailed features of the game. This tutorial is perfect for beginning players, as well as, experienced players that need a refresher.
After watching, you will know the basics of how to play the board game Catan. All that is left to do is grab some friends and start playing!
This Catan tutorial will cover the following topics:
- The setup
- The objective
- How to play
- How to win
- A review of the rules
Please leave a comment below if you need any additional information about the board game Catan, if you have any questions about the game, or if any aspect of the game was not clear in the video.
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@zizuqasimi2047 3 жыл бұрын

This is a good tutorial my cousin is coming Over in 30 mins so I had to learn this game really fast thanks

@hcfc4248 3 жыл бұрын

Enjoy

@xuanminhnguyen4533 3 жыл бұрын

The game manual is too messy , my cousins have to wait for me to finishing decode the rule lol

@cyporg6183 2 жыл бұрын

how was your game

@bushrasajid8052 2 жыл бұрын

I lost to my cousins today and badly!! Now, I am preparing myself for the next battle.

@SortaFresh 2 жыл бұрын

How’d your game go bro

@KOAla-fo7bv 4 жыл бұрын

There’s no way... I just ordered this an hour ago, and was thinking of looking up a video to show my family, and right as I got on, your notification popped up!

@JustinDoesStuffYT 3 жыл бұрын

KOA 8923 KZfaq is always watching...

@elicentric 3 жыл бұрын

The chosen one

@Shave-ice 3 жыл бұрын

Thank your FBI agent

@jonathanlewis6146 3 жыл бұрын

*The algorithm is getting smarter. . .*

@MrSp0iler 3 жыл бұрын

I wish for 4 player magic realm, catan is too simple.

@jonigonzales901 2 жыл бұрын

This is well done. You may want to add that there has to be at least 2 road segments between builds. So if a settlement is in an intersection, you can't build within 2 road segments of that settlement.

@lslice5283 2 жыл бұрын

Randomly came across a video of people playing this, then needed to know how the game was played, so here I am, was super helpful thank you

@Hudini901 3 жыл бұрын

As a person who has never played Catan, this video fails to mention why roads are important at all. My first thought was "why do i need to build roads? are they just for the longest road victory points?". In the build phase this guide fails to mention that you can only build settlements where your roads reach.

@gerking195 3 жыл бұрын

Cuz it's kinda common sense like how do you get resources to a place you can't access

@Hudini901 3 жыл бұрын

@@gerking195 no its not common sense there are plenty of games which have similar mechanics but they are used differently. For example in civilization V, you can build cities wherever, roads only grant you bonus gold upon connecting cities.

@jasont4400 2 жыл бұрын

@@Hudini901 it’s definitely common sense / obvious. You just aren’t very smart

@Kuasm 2 жыл бұрын

@@jasont4400 I don't know about but that is certainly a rude comment

@TheRaylos 2 жыл бұрын

@@jasont4400 Hudini901 brought up a really good point and its constructed in a non-aggressive manner. Not sure why you gotta make things personal when its a perfectly legitimate concern.

@traversal6881 5 ай бұрын

This was a good supplement to the rulebook which helped speed up my learning. Got it for Christmas and the rulebook was simple enough, but I wanted to confirm with a video, which this has done. Many thanks!

@Midiman54 Ай бұрын

Very clear cut tute I’ve seen yet. I’m playing and learning from two experienced friends tomorrow. 🙏🙏🙏

@DeDyson 3 жыл бұрын

Just saying thanks. Last time I played this was over 20 years ago. I needed a good refresher, and here it is.

@nachiket481 2 жыл бұрын

Very clear and well-explained! Thank you for simply stating the instructions, and having no unnecessary frills!

@kingkongdong7042 Жыл бұрын

What do you mean bro, it doesn't even explain how to play the game.

@traversal6881 5 ай бұрын

@kingkongdong7042 Yes it does... it outlines each turn phase, the order of turns, what is possible through each phase, and what each action is for. Watch it again.

@robertwood7034 3 жыл бұрын

That was WAY better than the 4 minute video from a different channel. Thank you.

@Johnnyquagmire 3 жыл бұрын

Is it weird I know what video you’re talking about...

@MarsDrums-lr7wd 3 ай бұрын

Love this game! We just started playing this about 3-4 months ago. It's SOOOOO Much fun!!! I didn't know about a city breaking a road path and cancelling the longest road. That's interesting. I'll have to remember that next time we play it.

@JNaimoli 3 жыл бұрын

Maybe Im wrong, But I believe if you have 7 cards you are safe from the robber. Directions say "more" than 7 not 7 or more

@TrueNomadSkies 3 жыл бұрын

There may have been an eratta at some point on that wording. Catan is a pretty old game, after all.

@marcalderman330 3 жыл бұрын

You are correct. In the 5th ed. the rules state "more than 7" and "(ie 8 or more)"

@heldhostageatwalmart 3 жыл бұрын

That’s correct. Or at least that’s the way I’ve been playing it

@dhvanitdoshi5809 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah I also read rule book it says more than 7

@neversleep8820 11 ай бұрын

Very helpful video, also many great comments with the technicalities within the game. It's a pretty overwhelming game at first!

@7Risen7Phoenix7 Жыл бұрын

Several years ago my sister and brother-in-law introduced me to this game, and I've been hooked ever since. ❤

@JohnPaglinawaan 3 жыл бұрын

Arghh the panic attack I had when the pastures deck were off placed at 1:25. Thank you for fixing it

@renaudgg Жыл бұрын

lmao

@beanpotatoreviews184 Ай бұрын

Zoloft

@BoettcherHman Жыл бұрын

its been many years since ive played this game and I just bought it to play with my 7 and 8 year old son. After reading the provided rules twice, I was still confused. This video helped a ton!

@johnnywipf1748 Жыл бұрын

Thanks helps a lot

@danielritchie2711 3 жыл бұрын

I love this! Great voice, clear as crystal 😍

@dudeguy323 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video! Very clear directions!

@SATUR9US 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Great video, entertaining and succinct!

@user-ng4vl1ui1p 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for creating this video!

@brahmse9409 2 жыл бұрын

Really really helpful explanation!! Thanks dude!

@Dewback6 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent tutorial! Thank you.

@AthrvisAwesome-12345 2 жыл бұрын

This was very helpful! Thank You!🙂

@charlief.7588 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Very helpful.

@sawyerwoodhouse2008 5 ай бұрын

Thanks I just got the game for christmas and this was super helpful

@baneenee3308 2 жыл бұрын

this was incredibly helpful. Thank you.

@sososunshine 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for this excellent video - really well explained and clear for a newbie. Playing it for the first time tomorrow, now I’m confident I’ll know what I’m doing!

@sososunshine 3 жыл бұрын

Update - I won my first game! 🙌😀

@hcfc4248 3 жыл бұрын

Nice

@finnspofford2763 2 жыл бұрын

Great video, helped me and my buddies!

@latterdayhertic 8 ай бұрын

Great explanation, it's was concise and clearly explained

@marcalderman330 3 жыл бұрын

Very well done. I also question the phrasing of the number of cards that need to be discarded when the robber is activated. The rules state "more than 7" and "(ie, 8 or more) in the 5th ed. It would also have been nice to talk about the Distance Rule when doing the game setup. Again, great job, and the students at my school really benefited from this video. Nice work!

@saritagundeti305 2 жыл бұрын

What's the Distance rule?

@mikuxlegend 2 жыл бұрын

@@saritagundeti305 oh like you need to have 2 roads away from your building and your opponents buildings to build another at 5:49 you can see that orange and white have a settlement adjacent to the 6 on the left they are close to each other which is not allowed

@nimirist Жыл бұрын

I have always played if it’s 8 or more than 8

@sohainaafarrukh5382 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this tutorial my friends are playing it rn and I feel very left out. Finally I can partake in this lovely game. Thanks once again

@GatherTogetherGames 3 жыл бұрын

Have fun!

@Siggerou1993 3 жыл бұрын

When you decide that you want to surprise your friends and win most of your games, check out Dylighted' s channel about Catan. Let me know how it goes!

@erisdeimos9682 2 жыл бұрын

Same bro

@evilscotsman88 3 жыл бұрын

Great stuff. Excellent video. Straight to the point an no faff. Makes it easy for n00bs to grasp!

@AymanBakr_A Жыл бұрын

Excellent tutorial

@margaretmcelrath4571 Жыл бұрын

Very helpful. Thankyou

@SnowFlake-143 7 ай бұрын

Oh god this is sooo helpful!! you're definitely a life saver🥲✨ I wasn't able to understand how to play this game even after reading the rules out, thankfully I watched your video😁 Tysm!!💜

@stevenunez8965 3 жыл бұрын

That was one real good tutorial.

@monkeypies21 3 жыл бұрын

Very helpful. I was so clueless before I watched this

@benjaminkleile4490 3 жыл бұрын

This was uploaded exactly on my birthday...

@nikolai5012 2 жыл бұрын

at around 5:30, I believe it is more than 7 cards (so 8 or more) that has to choose half of their cards (rounded down if odd) to discard

@mathewtshowchoir Жыл бұрын

Was looking for this comment. You are correct.

@zameer3177 Жыл бұрын

If anyone doesn’t understand I highly recommend watching the video in 0,5 times speed. Actually helpful

@AmbitiousPH Жыл бұрын

one of my friends were frustrated cuz of how dumb i was playing this game, this helped a ton! ❤😊

@user-xf4dq3ou3k 5 ай бұрын

thank u this means alot u made my day ty

@chickenschnitzel678 2 жыл бұрын

got this game today and now understand it more thanks but will need a few games to fully get it

@t.e.n3466 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks really helpful. Keen to play the game

@arnavbains9961 3 жыл бұрын

Nice video this helped a lot

@nicolejones5790 3 жыл бұрын

I a actually learned to play without the border and even made a way to make it a two player. I have not played in a long time. Miss it!

@CarlosRuiz-jd2rw Жыл бұрын

Great vid!

@MrGoandrush 28 күн бұрын

great tutorial. by the way I think the robber has no effect on cards less than 8. Rule say "if you have more than 7 cards" and even specifies it means equals 8 or more. However if you get robbed when you have 7, it will make the game level harder and requires even more stronger hand and risk management.

@coledorillo6685 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks you piece.

@Mantorp86 Жыл бұрын

Best tutorial ever!

@thewhitemage4010 3 жыл бұрын

I just bought catan cus I've always wanted to play it and this really helped with understanding the rules. Thank you. Now I just need the expansions XD

@thesoundforest9300 2 жыл бұрын

Sorry, but what expansions?

@thewhitemage4010 2 жыл бұрын

@@thesoundforest9300 I think there are like 5. One that I recently got was the seafarers expansion. They just make the board bigger and add a few different mechanics

@Totalavulsion 3 жыл бұрын

I was bought this for my birthday. Oddly, your video is putting me off playing it.

@7ehNP 3 жыл бұрын

I just played it for the first time with my family. It was a lot of fun!

@markvitelli6312 3 жыл бұрын

I think they need to make it a little more complicated and non intuitive.

@b89purvakhetan36 2 жыл бұрын

At 8:23 , when random tokens are kept , 2 RED are adjacent to each other. As per rule book, we should make sure that no two Reds are adjacent to each other. Hope you make that correction in the video.

@thijsbaarda 2 жыл бұрын

I don't recommend random tokens (even with no 2 adjacent REDs) It can create quite the unfair game. keeping the correct order really help to spread players over the board and not having rally bad areas.

@sweetkicksvideos7566 Жыл бұрын

@@thijsbaarda I didn't know about putting them in alphabetical order lol. Now I wanna play again, cause I always thought the game felt unfair when randomly placed.

@PCDealsReviews 2 жыл бұрын

love the board game dude

@isaacpantoja2068 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@Tawnyaise0 7 ай бұрын

After watching this video, I played this with my sister and brother in law. I almost won even though it was my first try, but I was collecting the knight card because I thought I have to collect the 3 knights first then give them away to get the point card. Later when I put all 3 cards down, I realised that I had to play them 3 times, not collect them. And then my sister won. But it was really a fun experience. And I used alot of beginner's luck.

@eddiequalon1649 5 ай бұрын

what a great video

@LoneWoIfPack19 Жыл бұрын

'The Catan Dice Game' is very entertaining as well. You can also play single player which is a top 5 dice, card, or board/tabletop single player game for me. I'd like to know what you think about it.

@75jrwhite 2 жыл бұрын

Looks like fun👍

@andrewtidwell8139 3 жыл бұрын

Great job bro!

@GatherTogetherGames 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

@mesomeone8684 3 жыл бұрын

You the real mvp.

@koklead7904 3 жыл бұрын

Can I please ask what equipment do you use for making these birds eye videos?

@rociocarballo8499 Жыл бұрын

Gracias, Thanks, Merci !😁

@julientouma5733 3 жыл бұрын

And yes, you need more than 7 cards meaning 8 and above in order to return half of them (rounded down) to the bank.

@zululoveletters 2 жыл бұрын

Have to learn this game for a social work function and, dear god, whoever invented this game clearly wasn’t getting any $3x at any given point in his life. No offense. Thank you, This tutorial was very helpful.

@stammaz9804 2 жыл бұрын

Hahahahaha 😂😂

@an-enby-panda7840 21 күн бұрын

sent this to my friend who said he wants to play with me =)

@christophernewall5302 7 ай бұрын

As I was truly enjoying your lesson I noticed something, the pieces had moved. They were in different spots. I had been hoping to see a continuous game. But thank you for clarifying second placement.

@rizkyagung997 2 жыл бұрын

god what a nice summarization

@giftedtelevision 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Very helpful and well done. I appreciate that.

@koolkiwikat 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you, I brought all the series years ago, still sealed.... Will have to break them open

@jadonkezia 3 жыл бұрын

Catan vbs no how long I good video fight

@jadonkezia 3 жыл бұрын

The game blessed

@daguilar8879 Жыл бұрын

do settlements have to be attached to roads? and at the begginning can the second settlement be anywhere on the board

@Tree_Oakens 9 ай бұрын

You are a life saver the intrusions didn’t do shit

@AtTheEnd1000 3 жыл бұрын

A lot of information! But when I think about it, it's not that hard!

@sweetnancy76 3 жыл бұрын

thanks for the info i got confused some times and had to read some of the rules but otherwise great vid

@adamh5153 9 ай бұрын

I have a second hand set that seems to have everything but the harbor tokens which were mentioned after explaining everything without explaining their purpose. Do I need them or not? What are they for?

@kingmuzzy8275 3 жыл бұрын

Check out Seven Wonders & Seven wonders Duel. Very similar aspects, if you like this, you will like that

@bassoongal7879 2 жыл бұрын

Correct me if I'm wrong. But aren't progression cards only used in Catan: Cities and Knights?

@jordankrimston5037 Жыл бұрын

i watch this every day

@Dinkolish 3 жыл бұрын

You only give up cards to the Robber if you have more than 7 resource cards. Other than that, great video!

@MavrosMinotavros69 Жыл бұрын

He said that fucko

@rokko_hates_japan 3 жыл бұрын

if you have 2 settlements or cities next to the same resource hex, do you receive the resource amount for all? i.e. each city receives 2, if you have 2 cities next to the same forest, do you get 4 wood cards?

@matejpetak9065 3 жыл бұрын

yes, you are right, you can get a maximum of six points from each hex, if you have 3 cities build on it

@abbasmokbel4839 11 ай бұрын

Ma fehemet shi, thank you

@JVk321 Жыл бұрын

Can either of your fist settlements builds be placed at a harbor trade?

@pradeepedirisinghe7717 4 жыл бұрын

1) Do you have build a settlement near the harbour (at the ending point) to get resourers..? 2) in my turn play the dice...Can i play more than 2 or more development card at my turn ? Thank you your explanation helped a lot 👍

@Cinema74 3 жыл бұрын

You have to build a settlement to trade, just a road isn't good enough. You can only play 1 development card a turn, and not on the turn you bought it.

@itzamarjulian7066 2 жыл бұрын

Do I need 2 roads before I can place a settlement?

@joshrochon6243 Жыл бұрын

Can the robber be moved to any hex or only a hex that borders the one it’s currently in?

@ale347baker 3 жыл бұрын

I watched this video first, and understood a little though I was not looking forward to playing it. I then watched from Watch it played, and I got a better handle of the game, and it seemed like a decent game. Im just saying if you watch this and are not inspired to play, watch more videos. For me, this video is good because its quick and short. But I recommend watching others as well.

@luccaharaway3973 Жыл бұрын

Did you end up liking the game?

@jameshall2195 3 жыл бұрын

How are the resource cards decided when they are given out?

@Allthewhil3 3 жыл бұрын

Its whatever you place your settlement on, it's the ones its touching

@heldhostageatwalmart 3 жыл бұрын

The hexagons which your second settlement is touching. You should get three resource cards

@UnorthodoxMasterOfGames 3 жыл бұрын

Do you have a video on how to play cities and knights? Cuz people can watch that before watching a few of my cities and knights gameplay videos if they are curious enough to check them out

@alexmomo2851 2 жыл бұрын

it is a very very nice game!!!

@christinahe8319 3 жыл бұрын

I want to learn to play Catan.

@stephanieochia2173 2 жыл бұрын

Great! Is there any card play u wants to introduce to us?

@OrtzDavd 3 жыл бұрын

Looking at 5:25... Are we allowed to have settlements one space/road apart?

@restorenperformcoaching5983 3 жыл бұрын

I think when you have a settlement/ city, the 3 adjacent intersections are unbuildable

@anajudithjaimes2995 15 күн бұрын

No, settlements/cities must have two spaces/roads apart!

@ltrose5256 2 жыл бұрын

Question, can a player begin the game by placing a settlement directly next to a harbor thereby receiving trade in benefits?

@banjochris 2 жыл бұрын

I'm about 99% sure the answer is yes but it's a lousy place to put one of your first two settlements, since it's only next to 1 or 2 hexes, as opposed to 3 most places.

@FPChris 10 ай бұрын

So wait. 1:00 the number tokens are always in the same order then based on the letters on the back? But the tiles are random?

@j.g.8640 2 жыл бұрын

Thank u soo much we has no idea how to play lol

@NisseHesedingMusic 2 жыл бұрын

I have the version by Kosmos with plastic figures. It looks much more realistic and beautiful.

@racsop70 4 ай бұрын

Can’t seem to find a definitive answer. I understand that when someone initially steals the longest road they get those two points plus an additional two for victory points. What happens when someone steals the longest road from the second person that originally stole it? Does the second person keep their two victory points or do they lose all four?

@anajudithjaimes2995 15 күн бұрын

When player 1 builds 5 consecutive roads, they receive the longest road card (2 victory points). However, if player 2 builds 6 consecutive roads, then player 2 takes the longest road card (2 victory points) from player 1. The longest road and largest army cards are not permanent victory points. Whoever holds the cards has those victory points, until someone builds more roads or plays more knight cards than them. Hopefully this clarifies!