Overview

Catan: Portable Edition (also known as Catan: Travel Edition) is a compact version of the classic Settlers of Catan board game designed for travel. The rules are identical to the standard game. Players collect resources, trade, and build roads, settlements, and cities on the island of Catan. The compact form factor features interlocking hexes and smaller components that are more portable but otherwise play identically to the standard edition.

Components

• Compact game board with interlocking hex tiles
• Small-format resource cards (brick, lumber, wool, grain, ore)
• Development cards (knights, road building, year of plenty, monopoly, VP cards)
• Building pieces in 4 colors (roads, settlements, cities)
• 2 dice
• Robber figure
• Longest Road and Largest Army cards
• Building costs reference cards

Setup

Standard Catan setup in portable format:

1. Arrange hex tiles (fixed beginner layout or variable).
2. Place number tokens.
3. Each player places 2 settlements and 2 roads.
4. Collect starting resources from second settlement’s adjacent hexes.

Turn Structure

Identical to standard Catan:

1. Roll dice: All hexes with the matching number produce resources for adjacent settlements/cities.
2. Trade: Negotiate with other players or use 4:1 bank trades (or harbor rates).
3. Build: Spend resources on roads, settlements, cities, or development cards.

Actions

• Road: 1 brick + 1 lumber
• Settlement: 1 brick + 1 lumber + 1 grain + 1 wool (on an intersection adjacent to your road, at least 2 intersections from any settlement)
• City: 3 ore + 2 grain (upgrade a settlement)
• Development Card: 1 ore + 1 grain + 1 wool

Rolling 7: Move robber, steal 1 resource from adjacent player, players with 8+ cards discard half.

Scoring / Victory Conditions

First to 10 victory points wins:

• Settlement = 1 VP, City = 2 VP
• Longest Road (5+) = 2 VP, Largest Army (3+ knights) = 2 VP
• VP development cards = 1 VP each

Special Rules & Edge Cases

• All standard Catan rules apply.
• The portable format uses smaller components but maintains identical gameplay.
• Harbors provide 3:1 general or 2:1 specific resource trades.

Player Reference

Building	Cost	VP
Road	1 brick + 1 lumber	0
Settlement	1 brick + 1 lumber + 1 grain + 1 wool	1
City	3 ore + 2 grain	2
Dev Card	1 ore + 1 grain + 1 wool	varies

Win: First to 10 VP