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“Traders & Barbarians” Expansion

• Barbarian Attack - Do you leave the remaining knights at their current hexes or move them back to the castle hex?

  The knights remain at their current hex. Furthermore, they may immediately intervene in the next battle if there are more knights than barbarians at an adjacent hex.

• Barbarian Attack - If there are multiple battles against the barbarians, do you first fight all battles and then determine the losses, or do you determine the losses immediately after each battle?

  After each battle, you immediately determine which knights didn't withstand the battle. A knight wounded in a battle can't participate in another battle.

• Barbarian Attack - May I resolve the phases “Move your knights” and “Expel the barbarians” in any order, perhaps also simultaneously?

  No. First you have to move all knights, then all the battles take place.

• 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.