The Forgotten Tribe

What you need

CATAN plus Seafarers, the frame, 30 land and 19 sea hexes, 18 number discs, player pieces, six face-up collectible ports, eight VP edge tokens, and four face-down development cards.

• Players: 3 or 4.
• Required games: CATAN + Seafarers.
• Generator mode: randomized / variable board.
• 3 players: the shared 30-land + 19-sea board, 18 discs on the productive island, six collectible port pickups, eight VP edge tokens, and four face-down development cards.
• 4 players: the same board and separate pickup inventories; add the fourth player’s pieces and aid.

Before you generate

The generator randomizes the large productive island while keeping the six surrounding unnumbered islands, sea, reward edges, and starting locations in place. The six face-up port pieces are collectible pickups, not starting harbors.

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. Place the fixed small islands and sea, then place the generated productive island and its discs. Keep the 18 board discs separate from the reward pieces.
3. Place the robber on a desert, the pirate on its shown sea hex, eight VP tokens, four face-down development cards, and six face-up collectible ports on the printed edges.
4. Place starting settlements with roads or ships on the large island; use the rulebook for how rewards and ports are collected later.

Scenario notes

A discovery-focused Seafarers board with collectible rewards marked for setup.

• There are no active starting harbors. Keep the six collectible port pickups, eight VP tokens, and four face-down cards separate from the land, sea, and number-disc counts.

Source reference

CATAN — Seafarers Rulebook, 2025 sixth edition, pages 12–13.