This is a stand-alone game and requires no base game to play! It isnot compatible with the expansions and extensions of the regularCATAN game! Get together with friends or family. Learn to play in about15 minutes. Then enjoy countless hours of fast-paced fun! Begin a quest to settle the island of Catan! Guide your brave settlers tovictory by using clever trading and shrewd development. Use resources –grain, wool, ore, lumber, and brick – to build roads, settlements, cities andkey cultural milestones. Get resources by rolling the dice or by trading withother players. Ages 10+