What is "catan"

Catan was the Xbox Live Arcade version of Klaus Teuber's The Settlers of Catan, developed by Big Huge Games in collaboration with Teuber. It was released on May 2, 2007. It is the first German-style board game to be released on Xbox Live Arcade, which was followed by Carcassonne.

The game has since been removed from Xbox Live Arcade and is no longer available to purchase.

Catan is a PlayStation 3 video game developed by Game Republic. Catan is an original adaptation of Klaus Teuber's board game The Settlers of Catan; it is not a port of the 2007 XBLA adaptation by Big Huge Games. The download was released in Japan on December 18, 2008 for 1200 yen. The game has since expanded to other territories.

Although only one player is supported offline, the online multiplayer mode allows for four players to go against each other. The game features both 1080p graphics and 5.1 surround sound.

A unique feature of the game is that it fully supports game launching. Game launching is a feature for PlayStation Home that lets users launch multi-player games in Home.

Sometime before 18 March 2012, the game was removed from PlayStation Store.

The Settlers of Catan, sometimes shortened to just Catan, is a multiplayer board game designed by Klaus Teuber and first published in 1995 in Germany by Franckh-Kosmos Verlag (Kosmos) as Die Siedler von Catan. Players assume the roles of settlers, each attempting to build and develop holdings while trading and acquiring resources. Players are rewarded points as their settlements grow; the first to reach a set number of points, typically 10, is the winner. The game and its many expansions are also published by Mayfair Games, Filosofia, Capcom, 999 Games, Κάισσα, and Devir.

The Settlers of Catan was one of the first German-style board games to achieve popularity outside of Europe. As of 2015, more than 22 million copies in 30 languages were sold. The game has been translated into 30 languages. It is popular in the United States where it has been called "the board game of our time" by The Washington Post. A 2012 American documentary film titled Going Cardboard (featuring Klaus Teuber) is about this game's impact on American gaming communities and what came of it. The game involves large amounts of strategy, while still being fairly simple to learn, making it perfect for those who wish to enter the world of strategic boardgames.

Catan or Settlers of Catan is a board game.

Catan may also refer to:

• The Settlers of Catan, a 2003 novel by Rebecca Gable based on the board game
• Catan (2007 video game), a 2007 Xbox Live Arcade video game adapted from the board game
• Catan (2008 video game), a 2008 PlayStation 3 video game adapted from the board game
• Saint Catan or Saint Cathan, Irish monk revered as a saint in parts of Scotland