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Catan Strategies: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Catan Strategies: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Learn strategies to improve you game! Useful tips for beginners, intermediates, and advanced players.

Colonist 101: How to Play

Colonist 101: How to Play

Whether you’re new to the Settlers of Catan board game or a veteran player new to our online game Colonist, we have you covered with this quick start guide.

Best Sites to Play Catan Online

Best Sites to Play Catan Online

Today we will be listing down the best free to play Catan games on different platforms. We will also be taking a look at what makes these games good, as well as the reasons why Catan players don’t frequent them that much.

The Trade of a Lifetime

The Trade of a Lifetime

One of our long-term players Adam proposed to his girlfriend Zoe, also a passionate fan, during a game of Colonist. Read about this magical and completely unique marriage proposal!

5-6 and 7-8 Player Rules

settlers of catan rules

5-6 and 7-8 Player Rules

Learn the unique rules for our 5-6 and 7-8 player expansion pack game modes. How large are the boards? What is the special build phase? Click to learn!

Los Mejores sitios para jugar Catán online gratis

Colonos de Catan

Los Mejores sitios para jugar Catán online gratis

Hoy vamos a listar los mejores lugares donde jugar Catan de manera gratuita, en diferentes plataformas. También echaremos un vistazo a lo que hace buenos a cada uno de estos juegos en linea, asi tambien como a las razones por las que los entusiastas del juego de mesa no los frecuentan tan seguido.

We're Hiring Two Developers!

We're Hiring Two Developers!

Just a friendly head's up that in the next couple months, Colonist is aiming to hire two full-time people to help with backend and UI development. The best way to get in would be to join our contributors and dive right away and start fixing issues. * Fill out this form

An Update on Fun Maps & Expansions For Pack Owners

An Update on Fun Maps & Expansions For Pack Owners

In the last 48 hours, we've received a number of messages from community members asking for clarification about what expansions and maps each type of pack owner will receive once the new store is released. First off, thank you for your feedback - it was passionate and thoughtful and showed

Better Timers & Longer Initial Build Phase!

Better Timers & Longer Initial Build Phase!

Ask and ye shall receive! That's right folks, we're about to release an update that will solve three of the most voted on feature requests for Colonist.io, all around improving the game speed timers including the much requested additional time for initial build phase!

Game Is Laggy, How Do I Fix? Enable WebGL!

Game Is Laggy, How Do I Fix? Enable WebGL!

95% of the time, your game is laggy because your browser does not have webGL enabled. Read on to learn how to enable WebGL for your browser.

Updating the Colonist Road Map

Updating the Colonist Road Map

An update on the upcoming roadmap of expansions, a new storefront and more!

Colonist Strategies: What are the Best Catan Starting Strategies?

Colonist Strategies: What are the Best Catan Starting Strategies?

Today we will be giving you pointers on the best starting placement strategies for Settlers of Catan that you can use in Colonist.

Colonist Strategies: How to Gain Victory Points and Win in Catan

Colonist Strategies: How to Gain Victory Points and Win in Catan

Let us show you the stratagem that will surely make you win your next game of Catan. Then practice these strategies out through quick games on Colonist.io!

Introduction to Settlers of Catan

Introduction to Settlers of Catan

The Settlers of Catan, or just Catan, is a board game designed by Klaus Teuber and published by Kosmos, a German game company back in 1995.