The game puts you in charge of one of two factions developing the recently-settled island of Catan. Use a unique card mix to create your own principality and outsmart your rival! Explore and settle new lands, while you acquire and trade resources. Use gold, resource combinations, and the roll of the dice to develop your domain. Expand your settlements and cities, recruit heroes, and defend your lands through politics, invention, and intrigue. A clever strategy and a dash of luck decides who will be Prince of Catan!