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Ranked 1v1 Strategy

Want to learn how to crush your opponents at Colonist ranked 1v1 games? Read on!

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Colonist Ranked Games: Leaderboards & Membership System

Info and answers about Matchmaking, Ranked Games, Leaderboards, Membership System. Future roadmap.

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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!

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Colonist.io 2021 Summary

In 2019 Colonist was a niche game with a single game mode and only the most hardcore Catan players played. In 2020 Colonist had 4 expansions and was played by many casual players. In 2021 Colonist had 8 expansions, 12 maps and most of North America knows a Colonist Player.

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Cities & Knights Debated Rules

With the release of the Cities & Knights expansion, Colonist.io now allows an even wider range of strategies for you to choose from.

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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!

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Settling the Rules of Catan

Following on from our how-to-play Catan video, here are some rules which are often misunderstood, or omitted from the base game of Catan.

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Debugging the game & Possible Fixes

How to debug rare problems and help developers improve the game.

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Colonist.io 2020 Summary

In 2019 Colonist was a niche game. In 2020 Colonist has became a worldwide known game played from casual Catan players to celebrities and CEOs.

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Colonist is Hiring

Colonist needs fresh blood and is looking for 3 full-time team members. 1. Artist & UI Designer, 2. Web & Game Developer, 3. Backend Developer & Dev Ops

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Why we can't give feature release dates

We get the same question everyday: "When will feature X be released" We would love to tell you when, but we don’t know ourselves.

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Designing Balanced Dice

The “broken” dice algorithm is a highly debated topic. So we researched this comprehensively and we were surprised by the results!

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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

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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

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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!

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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.

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Guest Post: How I Created The KOC Championship 1: June 27th & 28th! (And How You Can Join!)

Tournament host Treekosaurus explains how he created the King of Catan Championship Series on colonist.io and how you can join.

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Updating the Colonist Road Map

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

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Colonist Championship 5: What You Need To Know To Win

Dear potential Colonist Championship 5 winner, To improve your chances of winning the Colonist Championship 5 tournament, I have prepared a few game-play tips, as well as the rules, dates and everything you need to know before the tournament starts. Let's get started! Who: Everyone who likes playing Settlers of

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Colonist Championship 4: Rules, Dates & More

Hi again Catan strategists! Colonist Championship 4 will be held the 22nd of February and here's what you want to know: Who: Everyone who likes playing Settlers of Catan Where: colonist.io and discordapp.com When: 22nd of February -- Start 1 PM - 9 PM (UTC/GMT +0)** Tournament

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3 Incredible Events of the Colonist Championships (Catan)

Colonist Championship 1 and 2 have a very strange similarity: They were both won by the same seed. Seed Number 16! But that’s not all… In fact: these tournaments have a lot more strange similarities, which I will share with you in this post. Colonist Championship 1 The first

Colonist Championship 3: Rules, Dates & More

Hi Catan Strategists! Colonist Championship 3 will be held the 11th of January and here is what you want to know: Who: Everyone who likes playing Settlers of Catan Where: Colonist and Discord When: 11th of January -- Start 1 PM - 9 PM (UTC/GMT +0) The 3rd edition

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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.

The Colonist Championship is Back!

Dust off your boots and mark your calendars, Settlers. The second edition of Colonist Tournament happens this November 10th! Colonist Championship is a Settlers of Catan tournament hosted by the online game Colonist. This Catan tournament holds the record of having the largest prize pool in history and had a

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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!