The Settlers of Catan
Description
The Settlers of Catan was first conceptualized by Klaus Teuber around 1993-1994 as part of a massive game project that focused on the exploration of a new land, colonization, development, and eventual conflict. While working with the board game publisher Franckh-Kosmos Verlags-GmbH & Co (Kosmos), it was determined that the scope of the game was too ambitious. Klaus worked with Kosmos over the course of the next year to refine the development aspects of the game and eventually published it under the German name "Die Siedler von Catan" for the German market in 1995. Pieces of the original massive game project later appeared in the games Entdecker and to a certain extent even in Domaine (both published by Mayfair/Kosmos).