Stop the Conquerors!

Stop the Conquerors! is the second sceanrio in the Legend of the Conquerors campaign.

The battle to resist the conquerors went well for the Catanians, though the Catanians would ultimately retreat and evacuate the population to the northeastern part of Catan. Soon afterwards, Thora is approached by Captain Wyler, an officer from another old world kingdom that had good relations with Catan. Wyler offers the Catanians arms in their struggle against the conquerors, in exchange for amber and grapes - two resources that are plentiful on Catan but considered rare in the old world. When asked why the old world kingdoms like Wyler’s home kingdom would not directly intervene militarily in their conflict, Wyler merely deflects the question, suggesting that his king cannot risk open warfare with the conquerors, yet cannot afford to see Catan conquered: Catan is conveniently located halfway between the old world and the new world, discovered by old world explorers some 20 years before the events of the campaign; this makes Catan a location of strategic importance ot the kingdoms of the old world.

After contemplating on the offer, Thora decides to tentatively accept it, provided that Wyler’s king is not asking for an excess of resources; her attention then switches to reports from spies under Dagur’s command that the conquerors are intent on targeting the settlements of northeastern Catan, where the Catanian population had recently been evacuated.

Equipment Overview

This scenario provides a sharp contrast to Resist! before it: whereas the conquerors of that scenario advance towards land from the water, in this scenario, the conquerors advance towards water from the land. Otherwise, this scenario acts as an extension of Resist!, taking all of its rules and adding additional mechanics.

Players should be familiar with the following equipment and game concepts before playing this scenario:

Equipment:

Game Concepts

Scenario Rules

In addition to all rules from Resist!, the following rules are in effect:

The Progress Card limit is raised to 5 cards for this scenario.
Under the handicap setup, each player additionally receives 1 Battle Progress Card.

Game is to 14 points. The game may also end if any of the following occur:

There are 4 hexes with number discs occupied by Conquerors in a 3-player game, or 5 hexes with number discs occupied by Conquerors in a 4-player game. In this case, all players have considered to have been defeated.
- Note that there is no limit to the number of conquered hexes; the defeat condition is based on physical occupation of Conquerors.
The barbarian ship reaches the last space on the track. If the defeat condition above has not been met after any relevent events have been resolved, the player with the most victory points is declared the winner. If two or more players are tied, the players among them who are furthest on the Hero Track are collectively declared the winners.

Legend Points are awarded as follows:

If the players were defeated: The players who have advanced the furthest on the Hero Track, provided they have advanced at least one space, recieve 2 Legend Points. The players who have advanced the next furthest on the Hero Track, provided they have advanced at least one space, receive 1 Legend Point.
If the players were victorious:
- Victory Points: 7 Legend Points are awarded to the players with the most victory points, 5 to the players with the next most, 3 to the players with the most after that, and 1 to the players with the most after that.
- Hero Track: 2 Legend Points for the players furthest along the Hero Track, provided they have advanced at least one space. 1 Legend Point for the players next furthest along the Hero Track, also provided they have advanced at least one space.

When playing the campaign, players who were defeated must re-attempt the scenario, either with the normal setup or with the handicap setup. Players who were victorious move on to play Free All of Catan!

Setups

3-Player Setup
4-Player Setup