Catan

Catan is the game that turned a whole generation of people into board gamers, and it is also the game most likely to start an argument about the robber. We have played it for years, we still bring it out, and we have opinions about every part of it. This category collects all of them in one place.

New to the island? Start with the Catan review, which is honest about the parts that have aged and the parts that still hold up. Then read How to Win at Catan and best starting placement, because the game is largely decided before anyone rolls the dice, and most beginners have no idea.

The robber gets two articles because it generates more questions than the rest of the rulebook combined. Catan robber rules settles the do-you-have-to-move-it debate for good. When you are ready to expand, Catan expansions ranked tells you which box to buy first and which to skip entirely.