When the barbarians attack, they assume the strength of the total number of cities. Then we look at the total points of active knights on the board. When the knight points equal or surpass the barbarians strength, the Settlers are victorious. However, if there are more cities than knight points, the barbarians win.
What do knights do in cities and knights?
Besides defending Catan, knights can also be used to chase away the robber or to displace another player’s knight. When the players are not busy defending Catan, they are competing for the metropolises, which represent two additional victory points.
Do you need the original Catan to play cities and knights?
What You Need From Your Catan Game To play Cities &Knights you will need most of the components from a copy of Catan. Set aside the following Catan pieces, as you won’t need them: the development card deck, the “Largest Army” card; and the building costs cards.
How many cities can a knight move in Catan?
As the likelihood of having the barbarian move closer to Catan is very high, a variant in common usage is that the robber (and with Seafarers, the pirate) does not move until the first barbarian attack, nor can a knight move the robber before that point. Player A has 3 cities and 1 active strong knight.
Is the barbarian army as strong as the Knights?
The strength of the hostile barbarian army always corresponds to the number of cities on Catan. In order to successfully defend Catan, the knights of all players combined must be at least as strong as the barbarian army.
How many knights and cities does player a have?
Player A has 3 cities and 1 active strong knight. Player B has 1 city and 2 active basic knights. Player C has 2 cities and 1 active basic knight. When the barbarians attack, player C will lose one of his cities, because the attack strength (6 cities) is greater than all knights combined (5 knights).
What’s the strategy in cities and Knights expansion?
In ”Cities & Knights,“ the strategic emphasis is on city expansion and city defense. Theoretically, it is possible to combine the two expansions and thus create a game that provides an even larger variety of strategies and possibilities to win.
