Catan

A collection of 28 posts

2025

Colonist.io 2025 Summary

In our 7th year, we had 15M more games played! Read more: 2025's biggest milestones & 2026's focus.

Catan

Transitioning from Board Game to Colonist.io

Ever feel like your friends and family always gang up on you in Catan? Looking for a new way to enjoy the game without the usual drama? 🎭 Read on...

1v1

Balancing 7's on 1v1

Discover how Colonist.io uses a unique algorithm to balance the dice rolls in 1v1 matches.

Colonist

Join the Colonist Team

🚀 Join a dynamic, flourishing gaming startup at Colonist.io! 🚀

1v1

Ranked 1v1 - A Comprehensive Strategy Guide

Want to learn how to get better at Colonist ranked 1v1 games? Read on!

Catan

Ranked 1v1 Strategy

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

Catan

Colonist Ranked Games: Leaderboards & Membership System

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

Catan

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!

Catan

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.

Catan

Debugging the game & Possible Fixes

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

Catan

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.

Colonist

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

Catan

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.

Catan

Designing Balanced Dice

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

Colonos de Catan

Los Mejores sitios para jugar Catán online gratis

Hoy revisaremos los mejores sitios para jugar Catán de forma gratuita. Además daremos un vistazo a lo que los hace buenos y también a las razones de porque los jugadores los frecuentan.

Catan

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

Catan Featured

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

Catan

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!

Catan

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.

Catan

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.

Catan Featured

Updating the Colonist Road Map

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

Catan

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

Catan

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

Catan

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

Catan

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.