Zaragata

Wood for Sheep

by zaragata

House rules for Catan

C
Market Day

Every other player must offer you a trade right now. Accept any one of the offers, or none.

Said by The Clerk

B
Bank Error

Swap one of your resource cards with the bank for any one resource you like.

Said by The Boss

D
Harbour Pass

Until your next turn, you may make one trade with the bank at three of one resource for one of any other, as if you had a port. If you own a better port, use that instead.

Said by The Doorman

V
Open Books

Every other player shows you their hand. Then you may make one trade with any of them.

Said by The Vamp

S
Non-Aggression Pact

Choose a player. For the rest of the game, neither of you may steal from the other, or put the robber on a tile touching the other's buildings.

Said by The Sheriff

H
Final Offer

Name a trade you want from ____. They accept it, or give you one resource card of their choice instead.

(the name is filled at the table)

E
Tax Collector

Every other player holding more than five resource cards gives you one resource card of their choice.

Said by The Enforcer

A
Lucky Dip

Every other player hides one resource card in a closed fist. Pick one fist and keep what is in it.

Said by The Arbiter

D
Cutting In

Once before your next turn, when two other players agree a trade, you may take the place of either side on the same terms, if you hold the cards.

Said by The Deadpan

W
Leader Tax

Take one resource card at random from the player with the most points on the board, other than you. If they are tied, you pick.

Said by The Warlord

H
Auction House

For the rest of the game, every trade you offer must be called like an auction: say the offer, then going once, going twice, sold.

Said by The Hype Man

O
Sheep Noises

For the rest of the game, whenever you give a player wool, say baa.

Forget, and the player you gave it to takes one resource card at random from your hand.

Said by The Optimist

A
Credit Check

Until the end of your next turn, you may not trade with the bank or use a port. Players only.

Said by The Auditor

B
Gift Basket

Give ____ one resource card of your choice, and tell them why they deserve it.

(the name is filled at the table)

E
Sworn Enemy

For the rest of the game, you may not trade with ____, and you glare at them whenever they build.

(the name is filled at the table)

T
Bad Contract

Your next trade with a player must be two of your cards for one of theirs.

Said by The Trickster

N
Charity Drive

Give one resource card of your choice to the player with the fewest points on the board, other than you. If they are tied, you pick.

Said by The Night Nurse

G
Brick Memoirs

Until your next turn, before any trade you make, tell the table a short story about where that resource came from.

Said by The Grandpa

C
Rejection Reps

Until your next turn, the first time a trade you offer is turned down, do five squats.

Said by The Coach

G
Loose Lips

The player on your left looks at your hand and tells everyone which resource you need most.

Said by The Gossip

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