- BGG rating
- 6.9
Rules assistance for Starship Catan: 3. Mission – The Diplomatic Station
Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.
- 2 players
- Complexity 2.0/5
Rules assistant for Starship Catan: 3. Mission – The Diplomatic Station
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Starship Catan: 3. Mission – The Diplomatic Station is an expansion for Starship Catan released in 2004 for 2 players. It was designed by Klaus Teuber and its main mechanics are Trading and Memory.
About the game
Description from www.catan.com: "There will be a big celebration in honor of our new membership to the Galactic Council! We are asked to organize the celebration and will need to build a Diplomatic Space Station for that purpose. 1000 guests are expected to show up!" Content: 12 "diplomatic station" adventure cards 5 module cards 2 manufacturing markers 2 crest tokens This is a download expansion set for Starship Catan which can be obtained from the Starship Catan website. Part of the Catan Series. Expands: Starship Catan
Designers
Publishers
- Mayfair Games
Questions and answers
Starship Catan: 3. Mission – The Diplomatic Station supports 2 players according to the catalogue. This is the publisher’s listed player count, so the game is designed for exactly that number of participants. Variants for other group sizes, if any, are described in the rulebook of your edition, so check it before setting up a different configuration.
Starship Catan: 3. Mission – The Diplomatic Station has a complexity rating of 2.0 out of 5 from BoardGameGeek players, which makes it a medium-light game. The rating reflects how much rules knowledge, planning and decision-making a typical game demands. Expect a longer first teach for heavier games, and use a preparation guide before game night.
Starship Catan: 3. Mission – The Diplomatic Station belongs to these categories: Print & Play, Memory, and Science Fiction. Its main mechanics are Trading and Memory. Categories describe the theme and setting of a game, while mechanics describe what players actually do on their turns. Each mechanic links to a catalogue hub with similar games, which helps when you want something comparable.
The credited designers of Starship Catan: 3. Mission – The Diplomatic Station are: Klaus Teuber. These credits come from the published game data and name the people responsible for the game’s design, not its illustrators or publishers. Designer pages on MeepleRules collect other titles by the same designers, which helps when you enjoy a game and want to find similar ones.
The catalogue lists Starship Catan: 3. Mission – The Diplomatic Station as an expansion for Starship Catan. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need Starship Catan to use it. Check that your edition of Starship Catan is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.