Playing Settlers of Catan is now even more fun with this Cities & Knights expansion set. A challenging expansion to The Settlers of Catan, in which players deploy knights to protect the island from invading barbarians and upgrade their cities into metropolises. To use this set, a copy of the base game is required. It is also possible to combine Cities & Knights with Seafarers of Catan. Cities & Knights now also features new artwork and plastic game pieces for an even more immersive gaming experience! In Cities & Knights, you start with a city instead of a settlement. The game includes commodities such as coins and paper, which you receive when a number adjacent to your city is rolled. You need these commodities to upgrade your cities in three areas to higher levels, with the ultimate goal of creating a metropolis, which is worth 4 points. As in the base game, you roll the dice at the beginning of your turn, but now a symbol die is added. This determines whether you earn a development card or if the barbarian ship approaches. When the barbarian ship arrives on the island, players must defend themselves with knights. Knights cost 1 ore and 1 wool and must be activated with a grain. Those who are not well-armed can easily lose a city to the barbarians. However, if you have the most activated knights, you are declared the savior of Catan and rewarded with a point. To win Cities & Knights, you must accumulate 13 points. Game duration: approx. 120 minutes.