Heading for New Shores + Cities & Knights

What you need

CATAN, Seafarers, and Cities & Knights. Use the Cities & Knights barbarian-track frame, the Heading for New Shores land, sea, harbor, pirate, and VP pieces, plus the Cities & Knights cards, boards, cubes, walls, knights, 6 VP tokens, barbarian ship, merchant, and event die.

• Players: 3 or 4.
• Required games: CATAN + Seafarers + Cities & Knights.
• Generator mode: randomized / variable board.
• 3 players: the Heading for New Shores 22-land + 13-sea board with 22 discs, 8 active harbors, and 18 VP tokens, plus 1 Cities & Knights board, 3 cubes, 3 walls, and 6 knights per player.
• 4 players: the Heading for New Shores 28-land + 14-sea board with 27 discs, 9 active harbors, and 24 VP tokens, plus the same per-player Cities & Knights additions and fourth-player supplies.
• Published target: 16 VP.

Before you generate

The generator creates a randomized Heading for New Shores board with its fixed frame and harbor edges, then adds the Cities & Knights track and starting pieces. Choose 3 or 4 players before generating.

Set up the table

1. Use Configure this setup above. It opens the 4-player variable selection by default; choose 3 players when needed, then generate.
2. Use the Cities & Knights barbarian-track frame with the Heading for New Shores setup, then place the generated board, harbors, pirate, and both games’ supplies.
3. Put the barbarian ship on the first track space, the robber beside the final space, and the pirate on the final track space. After the first barbarian attack, use the scenario rule for the pirate’s destination.
4. On the main island, place each player’s first settlement with a road or legal coastal ship, followed by a city with a road or legal coastal ship; take starting resources from the city, using the Heading for New Shores placement rule.

Combination notes

The Heading for New Shores board combined with the verified Cities & Knights setup.

• The published target is 16 VP for this combination. The Cities & Knights rulebook recommends Heading for New Shores for this pairing.

Source reference

CATAN — Cities & Knights Rules, 2025 sixth edition, pages 2–5 and 12; CATAN — Seafarers Rulebook, 2025 sixth edition, pages 3–5.