Catan: Cities & Knights, originally titled The Cities & Knights of Catan, is the second major expansion to Catan. Originally released in 1998, after the release of the English 3rd edition, Cities & Knights effectively provided a single scenario with greater complexity and advanced mechanics. Within the color coding system of expansions, English sets originally used green, but switched over to the international sets’ orange as of the English 6th edition.

All of the mechanics introduced in Cities & Knights work together, with few concepts that can stand alone for potential integration with other scenarios. Most scenarios in Seafarers could accommodate the rule additions to Cities & Knights easily, though some are incompatible by design.

Scenarios

• “Cities & Knights”

Parts List

Cities & Knights includes the following:

• Player Pieces
  • Knights
    • English 6th edition, 2nd-4th international edition:
      • 2 Basic Knights per player
      • 2 Strong Knights per player
      • 2 Mighty Knights per player
      • 6 helmets per player (international sets only)
      • 6 activation flags per player (Viking wood sets only)
    • English 3rd-5th edition, 1st international edition:
      • 6 Knight discs
      • 1 set of 6 stickers per player, to be applied to the Knight discs
  • 3 city walls per player
  • 1 set of 3 stickers per player, to be applied to the city walls (1st international edition only)
  • 3 metropolis towers per player (2nd-4th international editions only)
• Other Player Related Assets
  • City Improvements
    • English 6th edition, 4th international edition:
      • 1 City Improvement Board per player
      • 3 Marker cubes per player
      • 1 Building Cost reference card per player
    • English 3rd-5th editions, 1st international edition:
      • 1 City Improvement Calendar per player
    • 2nd-3rd international edition:
      • 1 City Improvement Board per player
      • 15 City Improvement Tiles per player
      • 1 Building Cost reference card per player
• Frame Pieces
  • Frame piece 1-2 with Barbarian Track (English 6th edition, 4th international edition)
  • 10 Frame Pieces (English 3rd edition, 1st international edition)
    • 4 Bottom pieces (ij, ja, ab, bc)
    • 4 Top pieces (de, ef, fg, gh)
    • 1 Left piece (hi)
    • 1 Right piece (cd)
• 3 Metropolis Arches (English editions and 1st international edition only)
• 3 Metropolis Caps (Viking wood sets only)
• 1 set of 3 Metropolis markers (English 3rd-5th editions only)
• 1 Merchant
• 1 Barbarian track (English 3rd-5th editions, 1st-3rd international editions)
• 1 Barbarian ship marker
• 1 Event die
• 1 Red die (English 3rd edition, all international editions)
• Commodity Cards
  • 12 Cloth
  • 12 Coin
  • 12 Paper
• Progress Cards
  • 1 Trade card deck (18 cards)
  • 1 Politics card deck (18 cards)
  • 1 Science card deck (18 cards)
• 6 Defender of Catan cards (English 3rd-5th edition, 1st-3rd international editions)
• 6 Catan chits (English 6th edition, 4th international edition)
• 1 set of 2 card trays (English 6th edition, all international editions)

The Cities & Knights extension includes the following:

• Player Pieces
  • Knights
    • English 6th edition, 2nd-4th international edition:
      • 2 Basic Knights per player
      • 2 Strong Knights per player
      • 2 Mighty Knights per player
      • 6 helmets per player (international sets only)
      • 6 activation flags per player (Viking wood sets only)
    • English 3rd-5th edition, 1st international edition:
      • 6 Knight discs
      • 1 set of 6 stickers per player, to be applied to the Knight discs
  • 3 city walls per player
  • 1 set of 3 stickers per player, to be applied to the city walls (1st international edition only)
  • 3 metropolis towers per player (2nd-4th international editions only)
• Other Player Related Assets
  • City Improvements
    • English 6th edition, 4th international edition:
      • 1 City Improvement Board per player
      • 3 Marker cubes per player
      • 1 Building Cost reference card per player
    • English 3rd-5th editions, 1st international edition:
      • 1 City Improvement Calendar per player
    • 2nd-3rd international edition:
      • 1 City Improvement Board per player
      • 15 City Improvement Tiles per player
      • 1 Building Cost reference card per player
• Frame Pieces
  • 3 Frame Extension Pieces (English 3rd edition, 1st international edition)
    • Bottom extension piece (x)
    • Left extension piece (y)
    • Right extension piece (z)
• Commodity Cards
  • 6 Cloth
  • 6 Coin
  • 6 Paper
• 2 Defender of Catan cards (English 3rd-5th editions, 1st-3rd international editions)
• 2 Catan chits (English 6th edition, 4th international edition)
• 1 set of 2 Paired Player Markers (English 6th edition, 4th International edition only), with figure stands

Notes:

• Viking wood sets include a 4th city wall per player.
• Some international sets do not include a building cost reference card in the extension, resulting in only 4 of the 6 players having them.
• Early 2nd international edition sets used an alternate knight design where one arm was moveable to denote activation status.
• Although the base game has included a red die since the English 4th edition (2nd international edition) for the purposes of not needing one packaged with Cities & Knights, international sets still include a red die for compatibility purposes, in case the base game does not include one.
• Some select English 5th edition and 3rd international edition sets will use the Paired Player Turn rule, and thus include the Paired Player markers
• As with the other extensions, the color of the 6th player is brown prior to the English 6th edition and 4th international edition, and purple afterwards.