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“Traders & Barbarians” Expansion

• Barbarian Attack - May I use the Treason card to place the 2 barbarians on hexes in the island's interior?

  No. Barbarians may only be placed on coastal hexes.

• Barbarian Attack - Once a knight development card is played and a knight is placed at the castle hex, can the player immediately move the knight away from the castle hex or does he/she need to wait one full turn before moving the knight?

  A knight placed at the castle hex must be moved immediately; to do this, however, you have to wait until the end of your turn. You can move your knights after you have finished trading and/or building. Knights you just placed at the castle hex must be moved.

• Catan Event Cards + The Rivers of Catan - May I build a bridge if a road is damaged by an Earthquake?

  Yes, provided that you place the bridge adjacent to an intact road or adjacent to a settlement.

• Catan Event Cards - Earthquake: May I build a settlement adjacent to a damaged road?

  If only your damaged road connects to an intersection, you may not build a settlement there. However, you may build a settlement if one of your other, intact roads or one of your ships also borders on this intersection.

• Catan Event Cards - Earthquake: May I repair a damaged road by using a Road Building card?

  Yes.

• Catan Event Cards - Event and production – in what order are they resolved?

  First the event is resolved, then the production is distributed.

• Catan for Two + The Fishermen of Catan - If I have used a Development Card or fish token to build a road, do I have to build a road for a neutral player too?

  Yes.

• Catan for Two + The Rivers of Catan - Can a neutral player become the Wealthiest Settler?

  No. The neutral players never receive gold.

• Catan for Two + The Rivers of Catan - Do I have to build bridges for the neutral players too?

  Yes, provided that you have just built a bridge yourself. However, if you can’t build a bridge for a neutral player you can build a road instead.

• Catan for Two - Are the victory points on face-down Development Cards also taken into account for determining the costs of an action taken by means of trade tokens?

  No. Only visible victory points are considered.

• Catan for Two - If I build a settlement adjacent to desert and coast, do I receive 3 trade tokens?

  Yes.

• Catan for Two - May I give the cards I just received via forced trade back to my opponent?

  Yes.

• Catan for Two - May I move the robber in between my two production rolls by playing a Development Card?

  Yes.

• Catan for Two - May I perform a forced frade if my opponent has less than 2 cards?

  • If your opponent has only 1 card, you may take it from him, but you must give him back 2 cards.
  • If your opponent has no card, he cannot trade with you, not even by force.

• Catan for Two - May I steal a Resource Card after I have used trade tokens to move the robber to the desert?

  No.