Cities and Knights of Catan

The Cities and Knights of Catan (German: Städte und Ritter) is an expansion to the board game Settlers of Catan for three to four players (five to six player play is also possible with the Settlers and Cities and Knights five to six player expansions). It contains features taken from the Settlers of Catan, with emphasis on city development and the use of knight, which are used as a method of attacking other players as well as helping opponents defend Catan against a common foe. Cities and Knights can also be combined with the Seafarers of Catan expansion (again, five to six player play only possible with the Seafarers five to six player expansion). Because of the new gameplay elements introduced in Cities and Knights, the game is typically played to a greater number of victory points. One of the main additions to the game are commodities, which effectively act as secondary resources produced only by cities (and not settlements). Like resources, commodities are associated with a type... full article at wikipedia