The book is now available for pre-order on Amazon

Did you know there was a Catan novel published in Germany by popular German Author, Rebecca Gable? The novel has now been translated by Lee Chadeayne, and is releasing soon in the English language.

You can pre-order the novel now on Amazon. The offcial release date for the book is November 15th. The Settlers of Catan by Rebecca Gable and Lee Chadeayne is available in paperback and for Amazon kindle.

Learn more or pre-order the book here: The Settlers of Catan by Rebecca Gable

 The World Wide Catan Championship will be in Pennsylvania for 2012!

Our US partner, Mayfair Games, has announced that the they will be hosting the Worldwide Catan Championship for a second time in 2012. The event is scheduled to take place near Valley forge, PA, at the historic Normandy Farm. More information about the championship event can be found in the announcement on www.mayfairgames.com at the link below. Stay tuned for more details soon!

WWCC 2012 at Normandy Farm 

 Releasing this winter

Our partners at Exozet and USM have announced that the Catan expansion Cities & Knights will be releasing this winter for iOS and Android. Beware of the Barbarians coming soon to a smart phone near you!

Find all our apps:

iPad   iPhone/iPod Touch   Android

News from the Catan Online World

Below is a list and links to a number of news stories about Playcatan.com.

We'd like to draw particular attention to the story "Bridging the Communication Gap and Simplifying Gameplay in the Free Area of the COW" posted on 9/14. It discusses many of the improvements we are implementing into the COW, such as: chat improvements, turn timers, and enhanced player feedback to address issues of players dropping out of games. Please follow the links below to catch-up on what's been happening in the COW.

Community & Game News

• 8/26: Catan Online World: Pre-Defined Chat Messages
• 8/28: Problems with Kaspersky Internet Suite 2011 solved
• 8/31: Important Notice Regarding Resource/Gold Loss During the Server                            Problems on August 30th 
• 9/06: Catan Single League 2011/Q4 starts on October 1st
• 9/07: COW Survey 2011 (Summer)
• 9/14: Bridging the Communication Gap and Simplifying Gameplay in the Free Area           of the COW
• 9/16: Addition to News Item Posted on Sept. 14  

Learn more and play Catan online at the link below:

http://www.playcatan.com 

 For those who missed the news, the app is available in the Android Market

Learn how to play with the Glover!

The Settlers of the Stone Age White Glove Demo

Watch here:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACyHLxDNDvE

Subscribe to our channel: http://www.youtube.com/thesettlersofcatan

The Rivals for Catan is a great way to settle if you've only got 2 players

Join Prof. Easy, Siegfried, Marlene, and Jean as they teach you how to play The Rivals for Catan.

Learn to play here: http://www.profeasy.com/Rivals-for-Catan/

The first piece, by Iram Ifran of Climatwire, "Board Game Brings the Difficulties of Climate Negotiations Home," recounts a Catan boardgaming event at the Goethe Institut in Washington DC where the scenario "Climate catan" was played, adding oil as a resource. The findings were interesting, read the full artilce here: "Board Game Brings the Difficulties of Climate Negotiations Home." 

Catan was also mentioned recently in a piece by Janet Kidd Stewart, published in the Chicago Tribune, called "Getting Back in the Game."  The article discusses how games reflect real-life economy. Read the full article here: "Getting Back in the Game."

CharCon Indy: Fri, Oct 21, 2011 - Sun, Oct 23, 2011

Charleston, West Virginia

WWCC Pre-Qualifier

For details please visit: http://charcon.org