Zaragata

Robber Barons

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House rules for Catan

W
Double Dip

Take one resource card at random from any other player with a building touching the robber's tile.

Said by The Warlord

D
Getaway Driver

Move the robber again, to any tile you like. Nobody is robbed by this move.

Said by The Doorman

B
Protection Racket

Until your next turn, whoever puts the robber on a tile touching your buildings must give you one resource card of their choice before they steal.

Said by The Boss

S
Immunity

Until your next turn, nobody may steal from you, and a roll of seven does not make you discard.

Said by The Sheriff

H
Veterans' Pension

Take one resource card of your choice from the bank, plus one more if you have played a knight this game, counting this one.

Said by The Headmistress

E
Bounty

For the rest of the game, whenever you steal from ____, take two resource cards instead of one.

(the name is filled at the table)

V
Inside Job

Look at ____'s resource cards and take the one you want most.

(the name is filled at the table)

D
Spread the Misery

Every other player who has not been robbed yet this game gives you one resource card of their choice.

Said by The Deadpan

A
Coin Toss

Call heads or tails and flip a coin. Right, and every other player gives you one resource card of their choice. Wrong, and you give one resource card to the player on your left.

Said by The Arbiter

D
Sweet Revenge

Take one resource card at random from the most recent other player to move the robber. If nobody else has, take one resource card of your choice from the bank.

Said by The Doomsayer

G
Red-Handed

Tell the table what you last stole and from whom, then give them one resource card of that kind, or any one if you have none. Never stolen? Give the player on your left one resource card of your choice.

Said by The Gossip

S
Usual Suspect

Until your next turn, whoever moves the robber may steal from you instead, wherever it lands.

Said by The Storyteller

C
Lookout Duty

Until your next turn, stand up for every roll of the dice, and do five squats whenever a seven comes up.

Said by The Coach

N
Light Fingers

The players on either side of you each take one resource card at random from your hand.

Said by The Night Nurse

C
Guilty Conscience

Apologise to ____ for everything you have stolen this game, then give them one resource card of your choice.

(the name is filled at the table)

O
Housewarming

Put the robber on a tile touching your own buildings. Nobody steals.

Said by The Optimist

T
Knightly Roar

For the rest of the game, every knight you play needs a battle cry. If no one else claps, you do not steal.

Said by The Trickster

A
Surprise Audit

Return one resource card of your choice to the bank, or two if you hold more than seven resource cards.

Said by The Auditor

E
Neighbourly

The player on your left moves the robber wherever they like and steals one resource card from you.

Said by The Enthusiast

H
Thank You Kindly

For the rest of the game, every time you are robbed, thank the robber out loud.

Forget, and the robber takes a second resource card from you.

Said by The Hype Man

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