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The hex grid is a distinguishing feature of the games from many wargame publishers, and a few other games (such as The Settlers of Catan). The hex map has also been popular for role-playing game wilderness maps. They were used in the Dungeons & Dragons boxed sets of the 1980s and related TSR products.
Like Catan, Zarahemla uses a somewhat modular board structure, but instead of individual hexes (as is the case of Catan), Zarahemla uses five strips of hexes - one five-hex strip, two four-hex strips, and three-hex strips, which could be oriented and rearranged as in the standard game. These strips of hexes are double–sided.
Catan, previously known as The Settlers of Catan or simply Settlers, is a multiplayer board game designed by Klaus Teuber.It was first published in 1995 in Germany by Franckh-Kosmos Verlag (Kosmos) as Die Siedler von Catan (pronounced [diː ˈziːdlɐ fɔn kaˈtaːn]).
The game is different from Catan in a couple of ways, such as the differences in the development cards and what certain aspects of the game are known as. The main difference is the "fixed" nature of the board, where (like many other Catan variants) both the hexagonal land tiles and the numerical disks are printed directly onto the board, while ...
SimplyFun, a company which produces simplified versions of board games, released Simply Catan in 2006. The game replaces individual hexes with "hex strips" for faster setup, and incorporates simplified rules for playing without development cards.
Settlers of America: Trails to Rails is a 2010 German style board game created by Klaus Teuber and distributed by Mayfair Games.It is the first Settlers of Catan-series game to be distributed exclusively in the English language, and the third game in the Catan Histories line of games, which adapts the Settlers of Catan game mechanics to various historical contexts.
Catan: Traders & Barbarians is the third expansion to the Settlers of Catan games, developed by Klaus Teuber.It contains a series of new scenarios and small variations, which are meant for two, three, or four players (though, like other expansions, an extension for up to six players is available), with limited compatibility between the other two expansions, Catan: Seafarers and Catan: Cities ...
Klaus Wilhelm Heinrich Teuber [1] (25 June 1952 – 1 April 2023) was a German board game designer best known as the creator of Catan.Originally working as a dental technician, he began designing games first as a hobby then as a full-time career.