Itomi's Hexes of Kaahtan - My Catan customized

Escaping the overpopulation

2009-01-17T14:24:00.000+01:00

Number of players: 4
Victory points to win: 12

Author: Itomi Bhaa

Material

The starting island
Forest	Field	Hill	Pasture	Mountain	Desert	Gold
2	2	2	2		1	1

The six islets
Forest	Field	Hill	Pasture	Mountain	Desert	Gold
4	4	4	4	5	2	2

The sea
Sea	Generic harbor	Wood harbor	Wheat harbor	Brick harbor	Sheep harbor	Coal harbor
24	4	1	1	1	1

Setting Up

- Create the starting island as detailed on the map, using the starting island stack.
- Randomly create the six islets, using the six islets stack, face down.
- Add the sea tiles and the 8 harbor tiles as detailed on the map.
- Take the number chips and place them as detailed on the map for the starting island.
- Take the remaining number chips and place randomly on the six islets.

Special rules

Founding phase

All settlements must be placed on the central island as detailed on the map. The players begin with no goods.

Playing the game

Because of the overpopulation, the placement rule does not apply on the starting island: settlements/cities can be "1-away" from all others.

The robber and the pirate

The robber enters the game the fisrt time a seven is rolled. The pirate enters the game once the first boat is drawn.

Special victory points

Building four settlements/cities on the starting island is worth two extra victory points.

Available for download on boardgamegeek.com (membership required).

7 Islands

2008-08-17T13:23:00.000+02:00

Number of players: 3 or 4
Victory points to win: 12

Adapted from: http://home.worldonline.dk/nyskes/settlers/Catan_Scenarios.htm

Material

The big island
Forest	Field	Hill	Pasture	Mountain	Desert	Gold
3	3	2	3	3	1	1

The six islets
Forest	Field	Hill	Pasture	Mountain	Desert	Gold
3	3	3	3	3	1	2

The sea
Sea	Generic harbor	Wood harbor	Wheat harbor	Brick harbor	Sheep harbor	Coal harbor
18	3	1	1	1	1	1

Setting Up

- Randomly create the big island using the big island stack.
- Randomly create the six islets, using the six islets stack, face down.
- Add the sea tiles and the 8 harbor tiles as detailed on the map.
- Take the number chips 2, 3, 4, 4, 5, 5, 6, 8, 9, 9, 10, 10, 11, 12 and place them randomly on the big island.
- Take the number chips 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 5, 6, 6, 8, 8, 9, 9, 10, 10, 11, 11, 12 and place them randomly on the six islets.
- Take six markers (six coins for example) and place one of them randomly on each of the six islets.

Special rules

Founding phase

Each player place their two starting settlements as usual. No settlements may be built on the six islets during startup.

Playing the game

Whenever a player builds a settlement on an islet that still has its marker, roll a D6. On a roll of 1-2, nothing happens. On a roll of 3+, draw one development card and remove the marker from this islet.

Special victory points

Colonizing three islets is worth two extra victory points.

Available for download on boardgamegeek.com (membership required).

Orient, septentrion and occident

2008-02-04T23:14:00.000+01:00

Number of players: 3
Victory points to win: 14

Author: Itomi Bhaa

Material

The starting island
Forest	Field	Hill	Pasture	Mountain	Desert	Gold
3		3	1

Oriental, septentrional and occidental islands
Forest	Field	Hill	Pasture	Mountain	Desert	Gold
2	6	1	2	6	2	2

The sea
Sea	Generic harbor	Wood harbor	Wheat harbor	Brick harbor	Sheep harbor	Coal harbor
67	3	2		2	2

Setting Up

- Create the starting island as detailed on the map, using the starting island stack.
- Randomly create the oriental, septentrional and occidental islands, using the east and west islands stack, face down.
- Add the 67 sea tiles and the 9 harbor tiles as detailed on the map.
- Take the number chips and place them as detailed on the map for the starting island and radomly on the other islands.

Special rules

Founding phase

All settlements must be placed on the central island as detailed on the map. The players begin with three wheat cards.

The robber and the pirate

The robber enters the game the fisrt time a seven is rolled. The pirate enters the game once the first boat is drawn.

Special victory points

Colonizing two islands is worth two extra victory points.

Available for download on boardgamegeek.com (membership required).

East side, west side

2007-11-25T18:35:00.000+01:00

Number of player: 2
Victory points to win: 14

Author: Itomi Bhaa

Material

The starting island
Forest	Field	Hill	Pasture	Mountain	Desert	Gold
1	1	1	1

The east and west islands
Forest	Field	Hill	Pasture	Mountain	Desert	Gold
2	2	2	2	3	2	1

The sea
Sea	Generic harbor	Wood harbor	Wheat harbor	Brick harbor	Sheep harbor	Coal harbor
42	2	1	0	0	1	0

Setting Up

- Create the starting island as detailed on the map, using the starting island stack.
- Randomly create the east and west islands, using the east and west islands stack, face down.
- Add the 42 sea tiles and the 4 harbor tiles as detailed on the map. Take the number chips and place them as detailed on the map.

Special rules

Founding phase

All settlements must be placed on the central island as detailed on the map. The players begin with no goods.

Playing the game

- At the start of a turn, the player rolls the dice twice instead of once. Resources are produced for both rolls. If a 7 is rolled on the first roll, then the player with fewer victory points controls the robber or the pirate (when victory points are tied, the player who rolled the dice controls the robber). The double dice rolls mimic the resource production in a 4 player game, and giving control of the robber to the trailing player 75% of the time helps prevent a player from running away with the game. Using two pairs of dice (of different color) makes playing a lot smoother - designate one color as the "first" roll, and the other color as "second".
- Players may only trade with the bank. Since is rare for both players to agree to trade, it is simpler to just eliminate the trading altogether.
- The limit for the number of cards a player can hold when the robber is activated is increased from 7 to 9. In the four player game there is ample opportunity to trade with other players between turns. In this variant, players tend to accumulate more cards between turns, so the limit was increased accordingly. (Two players rule taken from http://www.baumfamily.org/dave/settlers.html)

The robber and the pirate

The robber enters the game once the first desert hex is drawn (place on desert). The pirate enters the game once the first boat is drawn.

Special victory points

Colonizing both the east and west islands is worth two extra victory points.

Available for download on boardgamegeek.com (membership required).

The Seafarers board

2007-10-23T09:57:00.000+02:00

The templates for “Hexes of Kaathan - The Settlers” are ready. You can download the printable version for up to 4 players here and for up to 6 players there.

More Seafarers'

2007-10-10T05:24:00.000+02:00

Let’s continue with the seafarer extension. I have had to create more deserts. I hope these one will be convincing.

The board will be available for download soon.

The gold lakes

2007-10-06T17:21:00.000+02:00

After a little break, I decided to go on and design the seafarers extension. Here is a first screenshot. At first, I did not know how to make the gold rivers, my problem was the river stops at the edge of the hex. But eventually I chose to create gold lake instead of gold river.

The Settlers board

2007-08-27T10:04:00.000+02:00

En français ici

At last ! The templates for “Hexes of Kaathan - The Settlers” are ready. You can download the printable version for up to 4 players here and for up to 6 players there.

My first board

2007-08-22T19:29:00.000+02:00

At last, my first board is finished !

More photos are available on Picasa.

The file "ready to print" will be available in the download center soon.

The hills

2007-08-16T09:29:00.000+02:00

En français ici

Yuhuu, I’ve finished the hill hexes, soon, I will be able to play !

The special cards

2007-08-13T17:49:00.000+02:00

Here is one of my favorite ways to mark points in the game: the largest road card. I’ve also redesigned the greatest army.

They are available for download on boardgamegeek.com (membership required).

The cost cards

2007-08-11T18:50:00.000+02:00

Today, I've designed an important component for the beginners: the cost cards, which recapitulate the price of every items in the game. Since I’m planning to make the Seafarers extension, I’ve decided to include also the price of the boats.

They are available for download on boardgamegeek (membership required).

My customised ressource cards

2007-08-06T17:26:00.000+02:00

Today, a quick look at my customised ressource cards.

They are available for download on boardgamegeek.com (membership required).

The fields

2007-08-03T22:28:00.000+02:00

En français ici

Here are the wheat field hexes; I am a bit tired of the hexes …

The development cards

2007-07-28T22:26:00.000+02:00

En français ici

A little break in the making of the tiles of Hexes of Kaahtan. To rest, I designed bilingual development cards to play at the same moment with French and Spanish people...

Theses cards are available for donwload on boardgamegeek (membership required).

The farms

2007-07-22T22:24:00.000+02:00

En français ici

An update about Kaahtan’s board : the sheep fields are finished. I hope that all the hexes will be finished by the end of this month.

The forests

2007-07-14T22:23:00.000+02:00

En français ici

A quick update on Hexes of Kaahtan : all the forest hexes are finished.

The mountains

2007-06-25T19:57:00.001+02:00

En français ici

The mountains hexes are finished. To improve the readability (some mountains hexes also contain trees), for each raw material the color of the title of the hex will be different.

Introduction

2007-06-16T18:21:00.002+02:00

En français ici

Time has come to update the blog (and accessorily write my first note in english) and to show the first images of a new project: I decided to redesign the hexes of the game Settlers of Catan in an old map’s style.

To improve the rendering, each hex will have a different image. 12 hexes out of 30 are already drawn; I preferred the 6 players’ version.

I choose to call this version Kaahtan. Feel free to leave me any constructive comment.

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Hexes gallery

2000-01-01T01:02:00.000+01:00

The forests

The fields

The hills

The mountains

The farms

The gold lake

The deserts

The ocean and the harbors

Donwnload center

2000-01-01T01:01:00.001+01:00

If a link does not work, don't worry, it will be available soon.

Boardgame
The Settlers (4 players)	Boardgamegeek (membership required) Mirror (slower)
The Settlers (6 players)	Boardgamegeek (membership required) Mirror (slower)
The Seafarers (4 players)	Boardgamegeek (membership required) Mirror (slower)
The Seafarers (6 players)	Boardgamegeek (membership required) Mirror (slower)

Scenarios


Accessories
Number chits for the Settlers	Boardgamegeek (membership required)
Number chits for the Seafarers	Boardgamegeek (membership required)

Itomi's Hexes of Kaahtan - My Catan customized

Escaping the overpopulation

Material

Setting Up

Special rules

Founding phase

Playing the game

The robber and the pirate

Special victory points

7 Islands

Material

Setting Up

Special rules

Founding phase

Playing the game

Special victory points

Orient, septentrion and occident

Material

Setting Up

Special rules

Founding phase

The robber and the pirate

Special victory points

East side, west side

Material

Setting Up

Special rules

Founding phase

Playing the game

The robber and the pirate

Special victory points

The Seafarers board

More Seafarers'

The gold lakes

The Settlers board

My first board

The hills

The special cards

The cost cards

My customised ressource cards

The fields

The development cards

The farms

The forests

The mountains

Introduction

Hexes gallery

The forests

The fields

The hills

The mountains

The farms

The gold lake

The deserts

The ocean and the harbors

Donwnload center

Boardgame

Scenarios

Accessories