Add "Volcano" option (instead of the desert hex)
Create the game board in the same manner as a normal game but replace the Desert tile with the special Volcano tile (see image).
Randomly assign a number token (in addition to the number tokens already placed on the island) whose value can be any number except "7". Show this number token on the Volcano hex. The number will determine how active the Volcano is.
The Robber begins the game on the Volcano hex.
During the initial construction turns, no player may place either of their two starting settlements on an intersection that borders the Volcano.
During the game, the volcano may erupt! When it does, settlers who are unfortunate enough to be in the path of the lava will be swept away! When the number on the token that was placed on the Volcano is rolled, the Volcano erupts!
When the Volcano erupts, roll a die to determine the direction the lava will flow. One of the six intersections on the Volcano tile will be affected. [See full description online].
Comments: 5
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16 Sep, '20
CatanJawad...If there is a settlement on the selected intersection, it is destroyed! Remove it from the board (its owner may rebuild it later). If a city is located there, it is reduced to a settlement! Replace the city with a settlement of its owner's colour. If he has no settlements remaining, it is destroyed instead.
The presence of the Robber on the Volcano hex does not prevent the Volcano from erupting! -
16 Sep, '20
CatanJawad...Volcanoes tend to be rich in valuable minerals such as gold or gems. If the players desire, the Volcano can produce resources when its number is rolled. This "gold" is distributed in the same manner as the Gold River hex in the Seafarers expansion: Each settlement that is adjacent to the Volcano when it erupts may produce any one of the five resources it's owner desires. Each city adjacent to the Volcano may produce any two resources.
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16 Sep, '20
CatanJawad...This resource production is taken before the results of the volcano eruption are resolved. Note that while the Robber can not prevent the Volcano from erupting, he does prevent any player from producing resources from the Volcano hex if he has been placed there.
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16 Sep, '20
CatanJawadThis small change breathes new life into the basic game without the overhead of porting a complete expansion set to colonist.io.
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16 Sep, '20
CatanJawadSee also "Jungle" option instead of the desert hex, but the Volcano option would be easier to implement (as no extra tokens are needed).