Description
Catan Energija (original title Catan: New Energies) is a standalone game by Klaus and Benjamin Teuber that brings the well-known Catan into the modern age. Besides resources, you need energy, which is produced by power plants. Fossil plants are cheap but pollute, renewable ones cost more but are cleaner. What you build affects not only you but the whole island.
How to play Catan Energija
At the start of your turn you draw event tokens from the bag – the more polluted the island is, the more you draw. Once enough tokens of one event have gathered, it happens: floods, air pollution or rewards for those who take care of the environment. Then you roll the two dice: settlements produce resources, cities also give science cards, and power plants produce energy. Trading and building follow.
The first player to reach 10 victory points wins. If the event tokens run out first, the player with the best ratio of renewable to fossil energy wins.
Why you will like it
- Every power plant is a decision: fast, cheap energy or a cleaner future for the whole island.
- Events from the bag bring hazards that block production, or rewards for clean players.
- You can spend energy to clean up hazards or trade it for resources.
- If the island gets too polluted, the game can end early – and then the player with the most points does not necessarily win.
Who is Catan Energija for
The game is for three or four players aged 12 and up, and a game takes about 90 minutes. The rules are moderately easy, and it suits everyone who knows Catan and wants new decisions. You can also play it without the base game.
What you might not like
The dice and event tokens bring quite a lot of randomness. It may not suit those who prefer games with less luck.
What is in the box
- 19 terrain hexes, 18 number tokens and a frame with the island pollution track
- 95 resource cards, 20 science cards and 25 development cards
- 4 player boards and pieces for 4 players (settlements, cities, roads)
- 24 fossil and 36 renewable power plants
- 79 event tokens and a bag
- the environmental inspector, energy and hazard tokens, 2 dice
- rulebook
Our shop also carries the base game Catan.
