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Dice stats live data

It would be nice to have dice stats live somewhere in menu
Suggested by: Jakub (24 Feb, '20) Upvoted: yesterday Comments: 38
Under consideration ux

Playing game gives coins

Hi, since there's a store so maybe we should add a system where you get a small amount of coins after you finish a game so you can spend to buy stuff.
Suggested by: AABATTERY (22 Sep, '20) Upvoted: 03 Dec Comments: 12
Under consideration

Support for color blind players

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Suggested by: Demiculus (04 Sep, '19) Upvoted: 28 Nov Comments: 40
Under consideration ui

Custom Design Boards

Would be amazing for hosting tournaments and creating an Esports-scene! I also think you shouldn't allow every player to be able to create these boards. So, It would ...
Suggested by: Treeckosaurus (05 Sep, '19) Upvoted: 02 Dec Comments: 25
Under consideration game premium tournament

3 players can kick out a 4th (for abusive language, etc).

All other players (3 in a 4 player game, 2 in a 3 player game) can kick out a disruptive player by unanimous vote.
Suggested by: Todd (25 Oct, '19) Upvoted: 23 Nov Comments: 45
Not planned game

open source the game

given the amount of community contribution in terms of input, suggestions, providing the players to actually make it happen, the game should be open source. this ...
Suggested by: Connor Beckerle (13 Sep, '19) Upvoted: 20 Nov Comments: 15
Not planned idea

data API or ability to export data after games for analysis

Would like to be able to query the data from a game given a game ID. Could be an API -- or a database or just CSV access
Suggested by: nick (09 Apr, '20) Upvoted: 22 Nov Comments: 21
Under consideration idea

Minimize / Resize right sidebar windows: chat, opponents, game history

It's hard to see all the opponents for larger games. If there was an option to minimize the windows to make the opponents window larger. A minus/plus button in the ...
Suggested by: Mike Boardman (03 Apr, '20) Upvoted: 27 Nov Comments: 51

Bot logic support for Cities and Knights

Suggested by: Andrew McComb (23 Aug, '21) Upvoted: 04 Dec Comments: 7
Under consideration

Option to disable bot trades

I would like there to be an option in which you can toggle to disable all trading between bots and players, this is an option to prevent bot abuse as well as colluding.
Suggested by: PCChaseMe (24 Oct, '19) Upvoted: 02 Dec Comments: 49
Under consideration game options trade

Allow name change once a month

I know we used to be able to change it endlessly and someone had issues with that because of trolling, but I didn't realize it would be changed and I changed mine ...
Suggested by: Kevin (30 Aug, '22) Upvoted: 11 Nov Comments: 6
Under consideration

Add Block Function

The block function would allow you to avoid toxic players, or a player you have just had a negative experience with. I don't believe there is any downside to this, ...
Suggested by: Davbav (14 Nov, '22) Upvoted: 01 Dec Comments: 37
Under consideration

Allow players to gift colonist coins!

Right now you have to get in contact with the team to send coins to other players, it'd be nice if there was a gifting option similarly to how Discord lets you gift ...
Suggested by: ShadesOnBroadway (31 Oct, '20) Upvoted: 29 Oct Comments: 12
Under consideration idea

Traders & Barbarians Expansion

Suggested by: Calvin (19 Apr, '20) Upvoted: 04 Dec Comments: 3
Under consideration expansion

MULTI Catan Please!!

6 player version with fog of war covering the other multiple islands, fast paced, highest amount of victory points after 72 turns wins
Suggested by: MultiCatanFan (02 Apr, '20) Upvoted: 01 Dec Comments: 12
Under consideration expansion game options idea

Fun Map - Randomizer

This is a suggestion for a fun map. Players start off on the base map and as soon as the leading player reaches midway to winning (say, 5 out of 10 points to win), ...
Suggested by: Aravinda (21 Sep, '20) Upvoted: 28 Oct Comments: 5
Under consideration

Option to change back to default icon

After choosing a different icon (like the christmas hat), you can only choose from the other special icons but not return to the normal one (the white head). It could ...
Suggested by: Emma (22 Jan, '21) Upvoted: 11 Nov Comments: 20
Under consideration

Explorers and Pirates

Suggested by: Barbarossa41 (12 May, '20) Upvoted: yesterday Comments: 6
Under consideration expansion

Add an indicator when multiple players have the same IP

Suggested by: H (28 Oct, '19) Upvoted: 16 Sep Comments: 10
Under consideration idea room

End Game Command / Button

It would be nice to have an option to end the game by counting up total VP as an alternative to leaving with /disablekarma
Suggested by: Kero | Panda (23 Jul, '20) Upvoted: 28 Oct Comments: 56
Under consideration idea

2 vs 2 ... and other Team Games

Some rules to suggest Consider when doing team games, that victory points are combined. I.e. both players in combo need 20 VPs, not each player get to ten (this way ...
Suggested by: Andrew (19 Mar, '20) Upvoted: 14 Nov Comments: 9
Under consideration

See all 8 players in table view.

When playing with more than 4 players, it is hard to see all the details of all the players as you have to scroll the player displays to be able to view all the ...
Suggested by: AlexInAuburn (19 Apr, '20) Upvoted: 06 May Comments: 4
Under consideration

Time Bank

My thoughts on how a time bank could function: Let's say: you have 3 minutes for placements and 1 minute for regular turns (default times) On top of that, you ...
Suggested by: Treeckosaurus (24 Jun, '20) Upvoted: 23 Oct Comments: 24
Under consideration idea

Alternate 1v1 Robber Rule

There's a lot of issues with robber rolls in 1v1 games. If one player gets the majority of 7 rolls, the other player is left stuck unless they invest in dev cards ...
Suggested by: DerfM (14 Apr, '23) Upvoted: 16 Jun Comments: 2
Under consideration

Show total count of players on each leaderboard list

Tell us how many total people are on each leaderboard list when you look at it. Am I #15 of 100 or #15 of 10,000? Big difference.
Suggested by: Fromper (22 May, '22) Upvoted: 03 Dec Comments: 5
Under consideration leaderboards

Allow proposing trade when it is not your turn

The downside of this will be spam, but that can be overcome by muting a player or limiting the amount of offers an opponent can give per turn
Suggested by: Demiculus (26 Jan, '20) Upvoted: 29 Jul Comments: 8
Not planned trade

Don't make Balanced dice default in Ranked 1v1 games

Random dice should be the default option.
Suggested by: UncleAbraham (10 Jun, '22) Upvoted: yesterday Comments: 15
Not planned

If player has a port, don't post trade if they "select" more cards than required for bank trade

Habit to click the resource i'm getting rid of 4 times. Instead of offering it to trade to other players, if i have a 3 for 1 can it not post the trade offer? ...
Suggested by: ERROR/Admin/Bruh before it was stolen (12 Aug, '19) Upvoted: 11 Nov Comments: 11
Not planned enhance feature trade

Track statistics

- Win% for each placement position (1st player to place, 2nd position, etc.) - Win% for all 5 resources start - Win% for lacking ore - Win% for lacking wheat - ...
Suggested by: Treeckosaurus (19 Mar, '20) Upvoted: 14 Sep Comments: 7
Under consideration

Dark mode - reduce background brightness

Reduce background brightness outside of board to spare my eyes. Especially when playing during nighttime.
Suggested by: b (20 Oct, '19) Upvoted: 28 Oct Comments: 4
Under consideration ui

Unlimited Mode

Hello me and my friends were playing the Lord of the Rings Map. We set the VP to 20 and we all realized we had a problem. There was no way for us to win the game. The ...
Suggested by: Derkerb (04 May, '20) Upvoted: 02 Nov Comments: 9
Under consideration

12s and 2s Option in the start lobby- Collect on either or when rolled

When you roll a 12 it's as if a 2 was rolled too and vice versa.
Suggested by: Redseahorse (07 Apr, '20) Upvoted: 15 May Comments: 16
Under consideration

Bug: bank won't accept 4:1 card trade

I've noticed a few times over the course of the past week or so that during certain games, the bank will not allow me to trade in 4 cards (but other players can). ...
Suggested by: B (07 Sep, '19) Upvoted: 08 Mar Comments: 41

Reduce Extension Prices

Hi there, like many casual players I considered purchasing an extension as something new. however when I saw the prices of these I genuinely laughed at how overpriced ...
Suggested by: Matt (20 Nov, '20) Upvoted: 03 Nov Comments: 2
Under consideration

Return to previous trading UI

Hi - love the site, active (addicted) user. The new trading UI has increased the number of clicks required to trade with the bank, covers the lower 1/3 of the board ...
Suggested by: CatanAddicted (28 Jul, '23) Upvoted: 30 Oct, '23 Comments: 18
Not planned

Filter Profile Stats: bot games, game modes, maps, etc.

When I was first starting out, I played with bots to get a feel for the UI and understand the game better. But now I realize the bots are easier to trick and wins ...
Suggested by: Vamsi (10 Aug, '20) Upvoted: yesterday Comments: 16
Under consideration profile

Adjust number of roads/settlements/cities

Currently, games are fixed at 15 roads, 5 settlements, and 4 cities. This limits flexibility possibly for players who want to experiment out of the norm. If ...
Suggested by: PPP (08 May, '20) Upvoted: 02 Nov Comments: 8
Under consideration expansion game options idea

Introduce Catan New Energy Theme on Colonist

It would be Amazing to introduce Catan New Energies as part of the map themes that the Colonist supports. This would also contribute towards the company's ESG efforts ...
Suggested by: Maria (12 Feb) Upvoted: 01 Oct Comments: 1
Under consideration

Add Card Stack as an Option Instead of Random Dice Rolls

Keeping in mind this would only be an option and regular dice rolls would be the standard. This comes from an older version of PlayCatan. Basically, instead of ...
Suggested by: OatmealKing (12 Dec, '19) Upvoted: 05 May Comments: 10
Not planned game game options idea

Improve trading system (similar to PlayCatan)

Full requirements and images: https://www.dropbox.com/s/0htsc0e52hf0of3/ColonistTradingSysDoc.zip?dl=0 Example flow video: ...
Suggested by: Stroom (30 May, '20) Upvoted: 09 Jun, '23 Comments: 8
Not planned idea trade ux

Reporting Other Players: Improve Follow-Up and Consequences

Not having any follow-up on whether or not any action has been taken against a reported-player is getting frustrating, meanwhile the number of report-worthy players ...
Suggested by: Maggie (17 Jul, '22) Upvoted: 21 Sep Comments: 5
Under consideration

Add a "Streaming now" Section on Lobby just like "Tournaments" and "Videos"

It may take some work to have the list update constantly, but it is a nice way to encourage people to stream. Best if it can get integrated with Twitch so that ...
Suggested by: Puzzles (07 Dec, '20) Upvoted: 25 Mar Comments: 1
Under consideration lobby

Please add board position lock back into the options.

Yeah, I could double click faster. But playing with the mouse or touchscreen still moves the board frequently enough. (Default it to off if you must)
Suggested by: John (24 Feb, '20) Upvoted: 28 Oct Comments: 15
Under consideration game game options map ui

Release a Tournament Maps Expansion Pack (20 official competition maps)

Make a full game expansion pack with all 20 Tournament Maps, for people to purchase. What are these Tournament Maps? The tournament maps are a collection of 20 ...
Suggested by: Satoshi (18 Aug, '20) Upvoted: 15 May Comments: 4
Under consideration expansion map premium tournament

Ability to set Password for Private room

The only way to gain access to a private room is via link - it would be helpful to have the ability to set a password if you choose to have a room privation the match ...
Suggested by: heady (31 Aug, '19) Upvoted: 30 Oct Comments: 3
Not planned idea room

Play local multiplayer

A way to play locally multiplayer. The online is version is great and makes playing/setting up way easier. I prefer it to play the real board game in many ways. ...
Suggested by: JHaf (19 Apr, '20) Upvoted: 23 Sep Comments: 1
Under consideration

add vote surrender

sometimes one player just gets ahaed too fast and everyone agrees it is a matter of time until he wins. so we could add to the chat a "/votesurrender color" to end ...
Suggested by: tuga (08 Aug, '19) Upvoted: 28 Oct Comments: 9
Under consideration chat idea

Auto-No to trade instead of Embargo

Can there be an option for trading where you just elect to have an automatic no? sometimes setting the embargo is dramatic and sets a different tone in the game. I ...
Suggested by: heady (03 Apr, '20) Upvoted: 21 May Comments: 7
Under consideration

Yap Island Map

What is better than adding random islands of the world to the game? Nothing. Now out of all the islands you could add, what would be better than adding the island ...
Suggested by: Joey (12 Sep, '20) Upvoted: 15 May Comments: 4
Under consideration map

Total game time displayed ingame

A timer whilst ingame showing the current amount of time that the game has been running for, similar to that which is currently shown at the end of the game.
Suggested by: TheXnator (06 Apr, '20) Upvoted: 14 Sep Comments: 11
Under consideration idea ux