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New Games from Klaus Teuber this July!
All of us on the Catan team are excited
for the summer releases of Klaus Teuber's Settlers of America: Trails to Rails™(July 15) and Wacky Wacky West™(July 22)! Read more about these games which celebrate historical American western themes below.
Settlers of America: Trails to Rails™ - Street Date July 15, 2010:
The Settlers of America: Trails to Rails™ combines the two strongest categories of the
Mayfair Games product line, train games and Catan games, to create the
first ever Catan train gaming experience! This new addition to the Catan Histories series of games utilizes the familiar Catan hex-tile
grid to present a map of
the United States. Players collect and trade resources, in
order to purchase, migrate and build settlements, forge railroads and
acquire locomotives....
Read more on the product page on mayfairgames.com (link below)
Pre-orders available: Settlers of America: Trails to Rails™ (3-4 players, ages 10+, 60-90 minutes,
approx. $55,
will be available only in
English from Mayfair Games)
Wacky Wacky West™ - Street Date July 22 2010:
In Wacky Wacky West™ you and your fellow townsfolk place track tiles,
street tiles, and river tiles hoping to destroy your rivals' buildings.
Every time someone tries to build over a precious outhouse, the town
votes! You try to enlist your supporters (represented by cards) to vote.
Read more on the product page on mayfairgames.com (link below)
Pre-orders available: Wacky Wacky West™ (2-4 players, ages 8+, 30-45 minutes,
approx. $35)
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Catan for iPad: Now accepting Beta applications
Development of the highly anticipated iPad game "Catan" has
entered the final stage: Exozet Games and USM Publishing invite you to
apply for the Beta.
You can soon play the new conversion of the board game classic "The
Settlers of Catan" on your iPad!
But you don't have to wait until the official release: Apply now and
be one of the first to have a closer look at the Beta! We welcome your
opinion and your know-how as long-time fans of Catan to further
improve this classic's debut on the iPad.
Catan for iPad is, like its predecessor for iPhone, an exact replica of Catan, the
top-selling board game. Intuitive controls allow you to manage your
settlements with ease - but do you have what it takes to beat the
clever AI opponents? Each of them challenges you with unique tactics.
A comprehensive tutorial will allow those new to Catan to get into
the game quickly while well-arranged statistics offer valuable
orientation on the progress of the game.
Curious? Click here to apply for the Beta of "Catan" for iPad!
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New COW installer for Mac and Linux

Effective immediately, the COW client V3-1.680 replaces the
older version 3-1.657 for Mac OS X and Linux.
Using the English client frequently resulted in a rather slow
program startup compared to the German version. Under certain
adverse conditions this could even lead to the point that the client refused
to start up, showing a Java related error message.
Unfortunately, at this time the affected faulty files can not be
replaced by the automatic update procedure. Especially players
using the English client version should by all means download and
install the new program version.
[To the download for Mac OS X] | [To the download for Linux]
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New Catanism blog post - "Translations and More..."
Read "Translations and more..." the first blog entry from Gavin Allister, our community manager and German-English translator!
Visit the Catanism blog to read the first entry from our German-to-English translator and COW community manager Gavin Allister.
In this post, Gavin recounts the story of how he became an integral part of the Catan team. Read the complete post to find out more about how translation projects turned into a full-time position as our official translator and COW community manager.
Read more on the Catanism.com Blog at the link below:
"Translations and More..." on Catanism
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In the Name of the Heroes - Prize Drawing for the Card Game!
In fall of 2010, a completely
revised version of the Catan
Card Game for 2 players will be published.
In celebration, we are holding a prize drawing where participants
can win a 3D-Catan,
4x "The Settlers of America," and 5x the Catan Dice Game Deluxe Edition.
Klaus Teuber talked about the development
of the new Catan Card Game™ in (so far) five blog posts at Catanism - blog.catan.com:
In part 5 of these blog posts, 36 cards were presented, among them
six "Heroes of Catan" whose names were blackened out - the protagonists
of Rebecca Gablé's Catan novel.
The solution word for our prize drawing is composed of a sequence
of single letters, using one letter from each of the names of
our heroes:
Letter 4 of the name of the character with the book.
Letter 2 of the name of the character with the axe.
Letter 2 of the name of the character with the raven.
Letter 4 of the name of the character with the sword.
Letter 3 of the name of the character with the hammer.
Letter 2 of the name of the character with the sickle.
If you have read the novel "Die Siedler von Catan" ("The Settlers of Catan") by Rebecca Gablé, it shouldn't be difficult for you to correctly assign the
names of the characters. You probably also saw the solution word in the
novel.
For all those of you who didn't read the book, we hid some hints on www.catan.com. Don't worry - if you
look around attentively, you can hardly overlook the hints. Conditions of Participation
Only residents of Europa and North America (USA and Canada) are eligible
to participate, since the prizes can only be shipped to these two
regions.
Please send the correct solution word as e-mail subjectto
heroes-drawing@catan.com
This e-mail address is being
protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
indicating your country of residence. Wrong solutions, solutions
without information about the participant's country of origin, or
solutions from countries outside Europe and North America do not
participate in the prize drawing.
Deadline: July 21st, 2010 at midnight (Central European
Time).
There is no recourse to legal action. If we
receive
more than 10 correct solutions, the winners will be determined at
random. E-mail
notifications shall be sent to winners for their complete addresses.
Provided that the respective winners do not object, their names and the
names of
their cities of residence will be published in be. Staff members or
Personel of
Catan GmbH, KOSMOS, Catan LLC, and Mayfair Games, Inc. as well as their
family
members are prohibited from participation.
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Pulpgamer.com's Family Night Podcast - PGFN018: Developing Strategy!
In this episode, our friends at Pulpgamer.com talk about strategy and tactics in games, the differences between them, how they
are applied in games, and how much fun it is to stay sharp.
Go on a "Catan Adventure" with the Pulpgamer team as they discuss the various strategies and tactics present in Candamir: The First Settlers™ and Elasund:The First City™.
Please enjoy "PGFN018: Developing Strategy" by following the link below:
PGFN018: Developing Strategy
To learn more about Candamir™ and Elasund™, visit the Prof. Easy tutorials on Catan.com:
Candamir™ Tutorial
Elasund™ Tutorial
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Player Events and WWCC Events Updates!
 Here is a list of upcoming WWCC (World Wide Catan Championship) events for 2010. Please visit our website for more information
World Wide Catan Championship Events 2010:
Cape Fear Games WWCC
Pre-Qualifiers - Jun
10,12,19, 2010 Winner travels to GenCon Indy WWCC Qualifier 3608 Oleander Dr. Ste. Wilmington, NC,
USA http://www.capefeargames.com
Game Summit Eastern Canadian WWCC
Pre-Qualifiers - Jun
12, 2010 Winner will go to Kingston in July for the WWCC Eastern Canada Qualifier
Nepean
Sportsplex Minotaur Games Eastern Canadian WWCC
Pre-Qualifiers - Jun
12, 2010 Winner will go to Kingston in July
for the WWCC Eastern Canada Qualifier
KingCon Confederation
Place Hotel 237 Ontario St. Kingston, ON http://www.minotaurgames.com http://www.kingcon.ca
Hugin & Munin Eastern Canadian WWCC
Pre-Qualifiers - Jun
19, 2010 Winner will go to Kingston in July
for the WWCC Eastern Canada Qualifier
Hugin & Munin
1664 Tecumseh Rd. East Windsor, ON http://www.huginmunin.com
Origins
Game Fair: June 23-27 WWCC
Qualifier Event Winner
travels to Germany for the WWCC 2010 For
details on Origins please visit: www.originsgamefair.com GenCon
Indy: August 5-8 WWCC
Qualifier Event Winner
travels to Germany for the WWCC 2010 For
details on GenCon Indy please visit: www.gencon.com
World Wide Catan Championship - Sept 17-20, 2010 Leibertingen, Germany WWCC Finals - Winners from both Origins and GenCon Indy travel to Germany to compete in the World Wide Catan Championship 2010 Burg Wildenstein Castle, 88637 Leibertingen, Germany
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