Euro Quest - Settlers of Catan Tournament Get your Ritters ready, there's a Settlers tournament again at EQ (V)...5th year

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** All of this info is from EQ V (2007) **

	Designer:	Klaus Teuber
	Publisher:	Kosmos Mayfair Games
	Boardgamegeek Info:	Settlers of Catan
Spiel des Jahres (German game of the year) 1995 1st Place - Deutscher SpielePreis 1995

GameMaster(s)

GM: Keith Levy, Ass't GM: JP Roberts III

Schedule

Please see the schedule here

Plaques

The top two finishers in the final will receive a plaque.

Event Description

Rules Version / Common Mistakes / Special Rules:

1. Mayfair rules will be in force with no deviations unless herein stated.
2. If every player cannot get a resource of a particular type, no player gets any.
3. You can only win on your own turn.
4. Development cards may be played before you roll.
5. Note that development cards (that are victory points) in your hand at game end will be counted towards your final score, but you still cannot win unless it is your turn.
6. To speed the preliminary & semi-finals up a little bit:
   • all sevens will be re-rolled for the first two rounds
   • players place 1 settlement and then 1 city (yes, you get the appropriate number of resource cards when you place your city)

Preliminary Rounds:

1. Before, I repeat, before setting up the game---highest two-die roll selects their position (first, second, third, fourth), then the next highest roll, etc. Further die rolls may be required to resolve ties.
2. For the first heat, seating is entirely random. For the second and third heat, ranking will determine who plays against whom.
3. We will try to keep all boards at four players, with three-player boards only where absolutely necessary.
4. All sevens will be re-rolled for the first two rounds; players place 1 settlement and then 1 city.

Semi-Finals:

1. There will be no semi-final unless there are more than four two-game winners, as that's the number of seats in the finals.
2. Before, I repeat, before setting up the game---highest two-die roll selects their position (first, second, third, fourth), then the next highest roll, etc. Further die rolls may be required to resolve ties.
3. All sevens will be re-rolled for the first two rounds; players place 1 settlement and then 1 city.

Finals:

1. There are four seats in the Final.
2. Choice of starting position is based on each player's overall ranking thru the semi-finals.

Tie Breakers (all games, all rounds):

1. Number of points in settlements & cities
2. Euro coin flip

Time Limit Adjudication:

1. All rounds were originally scheduled at two hours long to allow for playing longer Settlers variants. As we are only playing Settlers of Catan, we really shouldn't need to adjudicate anything. In case we do have to, the current round of turns completes and the player with the highest points wins, including victory point cards in hand.