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the World of CATAN

Explore our website for more information about CATAN, its extensions, and the many other games of its creator, Klaus Teuber.

My Journey to CATAN

Discover Klaus Teuber’s story behind the famous CATAN, from the board game’s design to its international success.

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CATAN Shop

Find CATAN games, expansions, merchandise and accessories in the CATAN Shop!

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CATAN for the Nintendo Switch™

Play the original CATAN implementation and scenarios from seafarers (included) and Cities & Knights (as DLC) on the Nintendo console.

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Digital CATAN World Championship

This year on CATAN Universe for the first time.

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News from the Island

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Since the release of CATAN (at that time still The Settlers of CATAN) in 1995, the game has developed into a modern classic that is available worldwide in over 40 languages. To date, over 35 million games have been sold.

With numerous extensions and additions, everyone can create their own personal gaming experience and immerse themselves in the world of CATAN in new ways.

CATAN – 3D Edition

Impress your friends and bring CATAN to life as you collect, trade, and build with an immersive and hand-painted experience.

This long-awaited 3D edition of the basic set is modeled and designed by Klaus Teuber himself.

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CATAN – The Story of a World Success

Game of the Year

CATAN was awarded three independent awards in the year of its release in Germany. 1st place: "Deutscher Spiele Preis", "Essener Feder" award for the best rules and the German Game of the Year award.

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The Settlers of Catan

The first English-language edition "The Settlers of CATAN" appears. A year later the game was released in the USA and won the "Origins Award" that same year.

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First Expansion CATAN – Seafarers

Revolution for the board game: "Seafarers" is the first expansion that was made into a board game and sold over 1 million times.

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CATAN - The Card Game

The card game sold more than 1.4 million copies in Germany and was awarded the German Game Prize: 2nd place and made it onto the shortlist for the game of the year. The further developed successor is now called "Rivals for CATAN"

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CATAN Big Game

Since the first big game in Chemnitz, Germany, the event has cast a spell over hundreds of people around the world. In 2017, the Big Game set a new record with 1096 participants.

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CATAN GmbH is growing

In 2010 Benjamin Teuber joined CATAN GmbH. In addition to his role as managing director, he is now developing the CATAN world together with his father Klaus.

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Rickshaw Run

10 Catanimals, cross the northern part of India on motor rickshaws. You cover a distance of 3000 km on behalf of Childaid Network.

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CATAN World Championship

The best CATAN players in the world have been competing in a championship since 2002. At that time participants from 27 nations competed, in 2018 participants from 46 nations met for the competition for the title "Best CATAN player in the world!"

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CATAN - Anniversary

In 2020 CATAN celebrated its 25th birthday. To date, the game has been translated into more than 40 languages and more than 35 million CATAN games have been sold worldwide.

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Settlers has become so popular in Silicon Valley that it's now being used as an icebreaker at some business meetings.

Wall Street Journal
Over the past few years, Settlers of Catan has transformed from an activity enjoyed by a small niche of gamers into a mainstream hit.

The Atlantic
Settlers manages to be effortlessly fun, intuitively enjoyable, and still intellectually rewarding, a combination that's changing the American idea of what a board game can be.

Wired Magazine
...the new generation of postcollegiate gamers is gravitating toward more complex games of exploration and trade...like Settlers of Catan...

The New York Times
Settlers has spread from Stuttgart to Seoul to Silicon Valley...it has become a necessary social skill among entrepreneurs and venture capitalists.

The Washington Post
Settlers has its own elegant economy, in which the supply and demand for five different commodities are determined by tactics, luck and the stage of the game.

Financial Times