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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
Make robber more visible
Robber is hard to see sometimes, especially when playing larger boards.
Done
ui
AFK / inactive Players Should Be Kicked after 2 rounds
Player will AFK and others must sit through the clock every turn. It's often vindictive. Players should be kicked and possibly docked 1 karma for such action.
Done
Display if Karma System is active or not
The notification for the Karma System (if the penalty is active or not) gets lost in the chat log. It would be helpful if that was displayed somewhere other than the ...
Player Profile Info not Loading
Chrome on PC.
When I see mine or other player profile Info it appears blank even it says palayer not logged een when I now for certain I'm, or the other player is.
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
Under consideration
idea
Please add room speed back to the lobby
There's no way to easily distinguish rooms, click in to the rooms we want to be in or play with the names we usually see.
Pay to remove ads
Can we have an option to pay to remove ads?
Game with no ad banners at the sides: https://prnt.sc/1gbc7jh
Done
premium
Super slow mode should extend time for robbing, rolling the dice, and playing a knight.
In super slow mode, you have 3 hours for each turn but only 30 seconds to play a knight. You also only have 10 seconds to roll the dice. These are drastic differences ...
Done
Replay Mode
admin: This thread now contains all REPLAY related suggestions. Add your suggestion in the comment section below! Thank you.
JUAN ...
Suggested by:
Pineapple Pizza with extra pineapple
(28 Nov, '19)
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Upvoted: 25 Oct, '22
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Comments: 20
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 ...
Under consideration
volume slider
sometimes you are watching some Unbox Therapy (Youtube) or some Sport game while playing Colonist withtout removing the sound, but its too loud. I would suggest to ...
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 ...
Under consideration
allow counter trades to be accepted
the active player should be able to accept a counter offer
admin edit: fixed in v94. Going live 11/11
JUAN
Bot trading bug/request thread
If a player leaves the game for whatever reason and a bot takes over, people can abuse the bot for very favourable trades. This can ruin any kind of balance in the ...
Option to switch back to the old design
Hi, I love the game! But I personally find all the new graphics really distracting. I loved the simplicity of the older design. It would be awesome if there was an ...
If no one has a resource, when trading it shouldn't tell you "Error: No one has that..."
It's not up to the AI running the game to tell players that no one has a resource requested. It's a players job to try to keep track. As it is, it can save a person ...
Done
Remove Balanced Dice as Default Setting
Can we please make the default random dice and make balanced dice optional please.
The game upon which it is based is played with physical dice which is never ...
Done
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, ...
Under consideration
When placing the robber and accidentally selecting a player with 0 resources, don't penalize
One thought, and it may have been mentioned before, but when you place a robber on a position that has multiple players, you shouldn't be penalized with getting 0 ...
Spectate games: search or jump to one directly
With thousands of games running, it's impossible to find a friend's game. If they provide the 4 digit ID, there is no way to join that game directly.
We should be ...
Done
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
Under consideration
trade
swap Trade menu button with Buy Dev button
The order remains logically correct, and now the Trade menu opens/closes from same position. This also prevents accidentally buying dev cards when closing trade menu. ...
Boost discord's Competitive Leagues
I believe that Discord's competitive leagues are an important part of the Colonist community, and lately I noticed a big loss of advertising space for them.
My ...
Under consideration
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 ...
Under consideration
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)
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Upvoted: 14 Oct, '22
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Comments: 11
Internet Connection Broken Refresh Browser
Keep getting this message over many days now with bot games. Different devices iOS. New tabs. Doesn’t seem to matter. It also seems to be getting worse, before I ...
Done
Lock username once created to prevent trolling
players are changing their usernames to get into games that they were kicked from and then trolling/targeting.
Bot Embargo Bug
If embargo is started against Bot (or player that becomes bot after leaving) and bot offers trade, it waits out the entire timer before turning dice over. Suggestion: ...
Make card counter number BOLD if over 7 cards (or any card discard limit)
When a player has more than 7 cards in hand, make the number (8, 9, 10, etc) be in bold, as shown in the attached images. The point in which a number is made bold ...
Fix Karma System: /disable karma doesn't work
does the karma system ever actually disable?
it seems as though the karma system doesn’t ever deactivate. countless times after leaving a game after a bot takes ...
Done
bug
Auto Reconnect
Instead of showing an error like this it should auto connect.
https://prnt.sc/pcmmp1
Titles of games should change automatically according to new game settings
For example, when changing game settings to very fast game title should change and adapt automatically to that
Remove/Disable Private Player Message Feature During Games
Either completely remove or disable users ability to send private messages to players in the platform or at least while either player is in a match.
In the game its ...
Done
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 ...
Under consideration
Bug: Rolling 7 after having placed a knight can result in a 15 second turn
It has happened to me several times that when rolling a 7 my turn is only 15 seconds long, I believe I have tracked this occasional behaviour to happening when I ...
Done
needs-reproduction
Disable Emojis from usernames
Emojis instead of words is a cool and fun feature but am I the only one bothered when these are used in usernames?
Under development
Add more feminine Icons.
There are many female players that don't align with farmers, swords or knights. How about Carmen Miranda - lady with fruit on her head? Or, adding male and female ...
Under consideration
Change default back to standard robber
Please change the robber back to standard robber. Friendly robber is a house rule, not catan, seems terrible idea that a 6 ore spot cannot be blocked on the player ...
Done
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.
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). ...
More lifelike trading
Currently, the player who accepts the trade offer first, gets the trade. The trade proposer should be able to agree to the trade being accepted and/or choose who to ...