Designer Klaus Teuber has posted installment six of his increasingly lengthy history of how the Catan card game has been transformed into Die Fürsten von Catan. In this article, Teuber details “The Era of Gold,” one of three theme decks that can be combined with the introductory game, via storytelling. An excerpt:
It was a sticky hot summer evening. My wife and I sat relaxed on our patio and played The Princes of Catan card game. Each of us had already assembled a sizable principality with our cards. We were, so to speak, the Prince and the Princess of our respective empires.
On my last turn, I had played the Pirate Ship and thus sent my wife’s trade fleet to the bottom of the sea. As a result, the Trade Advantage and the associated victory point were mine…
The phone rang. My wife quickly placed the Gold Cache adjacent to one of her regions and went to the living room. “Could you please bring a beer for the Prince when you come back?” I shouted after her.
Will Teuber continue to plunder his wife’s holdings? Will she bring him the beer he requested? Read on and find out!