Independent setup utility
The Fog Islands
A discovery board with face-down terrain and number stacks waiting beside its fog spaces.
- Players
- 3–4
- Required games
- CATAN + Seafarers
- Board choices
- Illustrated board · Variable board
What you can generate
Choose 3 or 4 players and the board option shown above. The illustrated board keeps the starting arrangement. The variable board shuffles only the named rulebook pools; the discovery spaces and their separate stacks remain part of setup. An unsupported choice is reported clearly instead of being changed for you.
- Players: 3–4
- Required games: CATAN + Seafarers
- Board choices: Illustrated board; Variable board
- Setup guidance: The board follows the arrangement shown in the rulebook. Only the rulebook-defined variable areas are shuffled. Harbor types may also be mixed when that setup permits it.
- Use the setup inventory to gather tiles, number discs, ports, markers, and supplied pieces before play.
At the table
White discovery spaces remain empty at the start. Keep the face-down terrain and number stacks beside the board so later discoveries can be made from the supplied pieces. The generator shows the starting arrangement; the rulebook explains how discoveries work during play.
Source reference
CATAN — Seafarers Rulebook, 2025 sixth edition, pages 8–9.