Catan Scenarios: Catanimals

Description

--- "Catan Plush Animals" is a whimsical variant that turns resources into scoring plush toys, rewarding adjacency dominance like Longest Road for victory points. Key mechanics include: - *Plush animal awards* Funny plush toys represent each resource, granting +1 victory point to the player with the most adjacent houses. - *Adjacency scoring* Similar to Longest Road, dominance over resource hexes by house count secures the plush and its point. - *Base game compatibility* Seamlessly integrates with core Catan or any expansions without altering fundamental rules. - *Competitive resource control* Players vie for territorial superiority around resource tiles to claim plush bonuses. This Catan variant reimagines commodities as adorable, funny plush animals that provide tangible scoring incentives. Players earn a resource's plush toy—and an extra victory point—by controlling the most houses adjacent to its hex, mirroring the Longest Road mechanic's simplicity and strategy. Designed for easy incorporation into the base Settlers of Catan game or any expansions, it heightens competition over board positioning without overhauling existing rules, emphasizing clever settlement placement to dominate resource vicinities and amass these plush point earners. ---