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Catanous – Catan Map Generator – Board Game Review
Catanous – Catan Map Generator is a Board/Utilities/Strategy game from Lumos Labs LLC, first launched in 19th September 2017.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 186+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Catanous – Catan Map Generator Stand Out
Catanous is your ultimate Catan board generator, handcrafted to help you forge FAIR, RIVETING, and FAST-PACED games like never before! Now you can dive into the world of Catan with boards that ensure no player is left behind, turning every match into a nail-biting contest of strategy and skill.
KEY FEATURES:
• Balanced Map Distribution: Enjoy games with fair and strategic board layouts, ensuring a level playing field for all.
• Tweak Your Board's Destiny: Configure harbors, tiles, number tokens, and desert placement generation rules to create the perfect board.
• Bonus Special Catanous Maps: Dive into specially crafted Catanous maps for unique challenges and adventures.
• Special App Icons: Customize your experience with exclusive app icons, each with its unique charm.
MAPS INCLUDED:
• Original First Island: Base game and extension boards.
• Seafarers Expansion: Heading for New Shores, Oceania, The Fog Islands, The Four Islands, Through The Desert, The Forgotten Tribe, Cloth For Catan, The Pirate Islands, The Wonders of Catan, New World
• Bonus Special Catanous Maps: Heading For New Fogy Shores, Gold Rush
ACCESSIBILITY:
• Color Blind Setting: Catering to all players, Catanous offers a color-blind setting for inclusive gameplay.
• Differentiation Without Color: Catering to all players, Catanous differentiation without color for inclusive gameplay.
Remember, Catanous isn't meant to overthrow the beloved board game; rather, it serves as your trustworthy sidekick, offering you the tools to effortlessly craft unique and balanced boards for all your gaming endeavors.
As you strategize and trade your way to victory, don't forget to sprinkle in some laughter and merriment, for the true spirit of Catan lies in the camaraderie forged at the gaming table!
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:
An enormous round of applause for Blaise Vincz (blaisevincz.com) for the phenomenal resource artwork that brings Catanous to life!
This Board game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Catanous – Catan Map Generator is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 11th November 2023
Recent improvements include:
THANK YOU for using Catanous, here's what's new:
• Improvements: Enhanced map layouts, perfecting every pixel.
• Improvements: Squashing those pesky bugs that keep bugging you.
If you're loving Catanous, don't forget to leave us a review! We love hearing your feedback and it helps us improve the app.
Thanks for playing and happy Cataning!
Download & Availability
Catanous – Catan Map Generator is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Catanous – Catan Map Generator on App Store
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
We have enjoyed using this to map out our CATAN board! Easy to use! Would love for you to add Cities and Knights options.
Enjoy unlimited maps that are never the same.
We like how the app has maps for the seafarers expansion too.
Really well made. We hope to see other Catan expansions get added in the future.
We use this whenever there is a board game night and Catan is on the menu. We add a little more randomness to it by rolling a die and hitting the generate that many pips. Would like to see maybe some of the re-themed ones on here also like Star Trek and Game Of Thrones.
We play Catan all the time and always seem to waste time when setting up the board. We always want to randomly fling the resource hexes out there and play them where they fall, but always end up rearranging to make things more balanced, arguing over what should go where. This saves you all the wasted time. PLUS if you still want everything to be completely random, you can. It also helps you setup for those complex seafarer expansions that we never am able to make fee balanced. Amazing app.
Great game to play with friends and family.
Ive played Catan many many many times. And since discovering this app we always use it to randomize the numbers. Its wonderful.
Just starting to use this app. Its a fun way to get some variety in your matches. We wish there was one additional filter to keep one resource from having two of the same did number.
This game does a great job of adding features to arrange the hexes and numbers to different game set ups which we love! However an issue Im having is that the default harbors layout isnt as accurate to the game itself. Ive played both the 5th and 6th versions of Catan (6th edition doesnt allow you to customize harbors!!), both versions harbors dont align with the harbor layout in the app. 6th: 3, wheat, ore, 3, sheep, 3, 3, brick, wood App default: 3, 3, brick, ore, 3, wheat, wood, 3, sheep Maybe the app is geared towards an older version of the game? Regardless, it would be nice if it has that option to select which version of the game you have or something that lets you decide how the harbors are set up.
This works great for standard and 5-6 player catan, but when using expansions like seafarers, it does not provide flexibility to play to the rules outlined for each scenario. Needs flexibility to change types of land tiles being used.
Its perfect for playing with friend to have that unbiased option for setting the game up.
This app is great not only does it generate a map for Catan and the expansion with numbers but it also has a good quality look to it not some clip art trash. We love this app and will not play without it because of how simple it makes the game setup and fairness of gameplay for all players. This app is great, something that would be interesting to add a feature to choose a rare ore gameplay, maybe potentially have a generator for seafarers and other expansions.
This app is a must have for serious catan players. Having a balanced but also random board makes the game more fun for everyone.
Amazing! This is the only app for a he board that our family will use.
The game is more fun when the board does not advantage one side. But, as most Catan fans know, the game setup can be tricky if you want to play on a fairly even field. This app makes it simple. Our Catan-addicted family wont play without it.
We use this app every time we play Catan, but we wish there was an option to prevent the same number from being next to each other. With that, it would be 5 stars easily.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 3.1.6
- Size: 76.78 MB
- iOS: 15.0 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: [Lumos Labs LLC]()
Last updated: 11th November 2023 | Genre: Board, Utilities | Developer: Lumos Labs LLC