Catan Assistant

Franckh-Kosmos Verlags GmbH & Co. KG

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About this game

So, you have a copy of the CATAN board game, and want to get playing right away. But, you have no time or desire to read rules–let alone explain them to your friends?

How about this:
Just get all the rules explained to with this app!
Gather your friends, unpack the game, and start playing without anyone reading the rules.

Available languages: English, Spanish, German, Polish, Portuguese, Catalan, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish

Note: This app is not a game. It is an assistant for the well-known board game products from the CATAN world. Do you have Ubongo, Tumult Royale, Imhotep, the nominee for “Spiel des Jahres” or the “Kennerspiel des Jahres” EXIT? You want to learn how to play it but don’t have the time or desire to deal with reading through all the instructions?

Well, how about simply having all the rules explained to you via narrated animations? Learn how to set up the game and get started without reading the rules booklet. Learn other KOSMOS games without reading the manuals.

Note: This app offers additional features for the well-known games from KOSMOS.The app is usually not compatible with Chromebooks.

Features:

*** Animated Tutorial ***
With audio narrations and 3D animations, this app explains all the rules for the games in an easy, linear manner that requires little reading - including the variations for all the possible numbers of players - so that you can start playing almost immediately!

*** Additional Functions ***
For the EXIT games, you will find a timer including an atmospheric sound track.
In Ubongo, an animated assistant helps you to find the solution to any of the tasks given in the basic game.
Tumult Royale includes a timer that allows you to replace the hourglass included in the game. You can also vary the time allotted for the tax collection phase.


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Functions:

*** Animated explanations ***
Using voice narration and 3D animations, it explains the rules to you comfortably and without reading the rules so you can start playing right away!

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If you have questions, suggestions for improvement, and feature requests–we look forward to hearing from you!
Email us at: [e-mail]
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Ratings and reviews

It's a bit slow and clanky, but makes getting started a breeze. We probably wouldn't play Catan if it wasn't for this app. We still occasionally go back to different sections to refresh ourselves on the rules. But here lies the problem: the specific sections aren't easy to find, so it takes some tedious exploration. Better controls on the playback and performance improvements would make this app a 5-star. The 4-star is for the usefulness of the app.

Useful way to learn how to set up Catan for game play. I like that both beginner setup (really helpful for first time play) and variable setup (useful for a more advanced setup after you get the hang of the game) are included. The instructions pause after each step to give the players time to complete the step before pressing next to continue.

Edit: very cool that it's still a work in progress. Will check back in a while. End-edit. Cool that they made a newer version, and the tutorial is great, but this is not an assistant. This is just a tutorial. A good one, but not an assitant. I was looking forward for a 'dice' option. Also some real game "assistant" features would be great - some point counting, including expansions, keeping score for players. Then it would be a real assistant.

What's new

Bug fixed concering the download of certain game packages