The Traders & Barbarians scenario “Traders & Barbarians” uses a custom Development Card deck in place of the one used in the base game.

Note that this deck is not used when playing “Traders & Barbarians” with either “Barbarian Attack” or Cities & Knights; instead, the decks from the latter are used. (Note that there is no provision of combining all three together, but in such an occasion, the Progress Cards from Cities & Knights would be used instead.)

Appearance

As with all card decks, English and international cards are different in size, with English size using the bespoke “Catan size” (54mm x 80mm) cards and international sets using the mini European size cards (43mm x 67mm).

The card back for the development card deck has a clear indicator of which scenario it is associated with. The English 6th edition and 4th international edition has adopted a unified language-agnostic card back with a yellow color scheme.

Gameplay

The Development Cards of “Traders & Barbarians”, for the most part, play identically to that of their base game counterparts.

• Knight: This card allows a Barbarian to be moved. If the Barbarian is moved onto a path containing a road, the player may steal a resource from its owner.
• Road Building: This card allows two roads to be placed at no cost.
  • This card is identical to that of its base game counterpart.
• Swift Journey: This card can only be played after the wagon has moved, and allows the wagon to be moved a second time.
• Victory Point: This card is worth one victory point, and can only be revealed when a player declares victory.
  • This card is identical to that of its base game counterpart.

Manifest

The Development Card deck consists of 25 cards:

• 16 - Knight
• 3 - Road Building
• 3 - Swift Journey
• 3 - Victory Point - The three cards are named for each of the three types of Commodity Hexes: Stonemaking (Quarry in the English 4th and 5th editions), Glassmaking, and Toolmaking.

The Traders & Barbarians extension adds 12 additional cards to the Development Card deck:

• 6 - Knight
• 3 - Road Building
• 3 - Swift Journey