999games catan cities and knights board game expansion

A copy of the base game is required to use this set.It is also possible to combine Cities and Knights with The Mariners of Catan. Cities and Knights now also has new artwork and playing pieces for even more gaming experience! This expansion set can only be combined with the latest edition of the basic game (the 2012 edition with the plastic parts). This current edition has plastic playing figures, land tiles made of sturdier material, a new inlay and handy boxes to store the playing figures. In Cities and Knights you start with a city instead of a village. The game contains commodities such as coins and paper, which you get when a number is rolled to your city. You need these commodities to expand your cities in three areas to higher levels, with the ultimate goal of creating a metropolis, worth no less than 4 points. Just like in the basic game, you roll dice at the start of your turn, but now a symbol die is added. This determines whether you earn a development card or whether the barbarian ship comes closer. When the barbarian ship arrives on the island, the players must defend themselves with knights. Knights cost 1 ore and 1 wool and must be activated with a grain. Anyone who does not arm themselves properly can easily lose a city to the barbarians. However, if you have the most activated knights, you will be declared the savior of Catan and rewarded with a point. To win Cities & Knights, you have to collect 13 points.