User Manual

Starting Set-up for Experienced Players

It is more fun to play with a variable game board—with the

game board laid out randomly. The board changes each game.

If you would like to use the variable set-up, you can find the

guidelines in the Almanac under Set-up, VariableY. Also look

for useful tips under Set-up PhaseY and TacticsY.

SETTING UP THE GAME

Select a color and take your 5 settlements, 4 cities and

15 roads (no more and no less!). Place your 2 roads and

your 2 settlements on the game board. Place your remaining

settlements, roads, and cities down in front of you.

Note: Remove the red pieces from the game if you are playing a

3-player game.

Take your color’s Building Costs Card. (See Illustration B.)

Place the Special Cards “Longest Road” and “Largest Army”

beside the game board along with the 2 dice.

Sort the Resource Cards into 5 stacks and put them face up

next to the game board. Shuffle the Development Cards and

place them face down

by the board.

You receive

resources for each

terrain hex around

your starting

settlement marked

with a white star

(see Illustration A).

Take the appropriate

Resource Cards from

their stacks.

Illustration A

Illustration B