Catan Cities & Knights Expansion DEVIR (Portuguese Version)

Catan Cities & Knights is the most complex of the Catan expansions and the one that most transforms the original game, making it more strategic and also increasing the duration of the games, so it is only advisable for experienced players who wish to go beyond the casual and familiar game. Catan Cities & Knights games are played with 13 victory points instead of the usual 10. One of the most important changes in this expansion is the so-called event matrix. In each dice roll, players, in addition to the two dice normally used, will roll a third die that may result in the barbarians advancing in their expedition to Catan, or that players may obtain progress cards if their city is sufficiently well developed. In Catan Cities & Knights, players can protect themselves from the robber and its effects by reinforcing their city walls. They can build these walls by paying two bricks, and this will increase the maximum number of cards they can have in hand when the robber appears. Another way to protect themselves from the robber is through knights. In this expansion, there are no more development cards, so to acquire knights, players must purchase them directly. These knights are placed directly on the board and can be used to fend off robbers, cut off other players' trade routes, protect their own crossroads, or fight barbarians. Each time barbarians arrive in Catan, all players will have to add their knight strength to face them. If they fail, the players who contributed the least to the overall effort will see one of their cities destroyed. The last major addition to this expansion is the three new materials: Paper, Cloth, and Coin, which can only be obtained in cities bordering Forests, Meadows, and Mountains, respectively. These new materials allow cities to progress and enable the acquisition of new development cards, as well as the achievement of Metropolis status for the most advanced cities in each type of progress. Achieving this status grants players 2 victory points.