Better Settlers (v. 4.1.0) Разработано Andrew Flynn |
The Better Settlers Board Generator is for use with the offline board game Settlers of Catan. Not only does it allow for faster game setup, it generates a fair and engaging game.
We love playing Settlers. We've noticed that sometimes the game seems to be over in the first fifteen minutes--and no matter how fairly we try to distribute resources and probabilities during setup, natural bias creeps in. So we developed the Better Settlers Board Generator.
The algorithm for the generator is designed to create fair play. The result is more riveting and engaging play.
You'll have a better game of Settlers.
Please note:
- This is not a Settlers of Catan emulator, but is a companion tool intended to improve offline Settlers of Catan games.
- 6s & 8s are next to each other only if the 3rd tile is a 2 or a 12.
- For a board that follows the rules in the rulebook, please use 'Traditional' board layout.
- Network Access permission is used for Google Analytics, there are no ads or anything bad :)
- If you have feedback/problems, please email us and we'll do our best to help you. Stay tuned for future updates!
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[2013-01-19] A Google User: Very good Very balanced starting positions |
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[2013-01-02] A Google User: Works well |
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[2012-12-31] A Google User: The boards seem more balanced! Nobody got ahead or behind due to board bias. Made the game much more stratigical, but seems to add about half hour to our games on average because nobody pulls ahead. I will keep using it! |
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[2012-12-27] A Google User: Awesome app Much easier than shuffling by hand, and has many options to tweak layouts. |
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[2012-12-24] A Google User: Great app Great job, the dev team behind this should be very proud of this app. |
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[2012-12-16] A Google User: Exactly What My Family Needs It does what it says. I hope they do the other expansions too. |
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[2012-11-25] A Google User: Works This made for a fun game last night. My only complaint/request would be for a key on or near the map.It was a bit confusing at first. |
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[2012-11-23] A Google User: Great app for randomizing cataan including expansions. Die role tracker is also fun to use |
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[2012-11-11] A Google User: Awesome |
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[2012-11-06] A Google User: Almost always a better fairer game |
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[2012-10-29] A Google User: Couldn't even open it. Won't open on Droid Eris. |
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[2012-10-21] A Google User: Smoth, welldone, lagfree and simple interface. Should be nice with support of all expansion, but doesn't make the app less useful as it's. Great! |
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[2012-10-15] A Google User: good catan app perfect app. but without exp maps. |
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[2012-10-08] A Google User: Good. Just played a round and found it to be evenly matched. |
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[2012-10-04] A Google User: Super tool This is the best way to show someone how to play. It's all in the setup and choosing your starts. This app really nails this game down. |
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[2012-09-30] A Google User: ?????? How do start a game/play a game??? |
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[2012-09-18] A Google User: Incredibly Incredibly fun gameplay. I use this app on my Transformer TF300 to make setup a breeze. I lay the tablet on the table and two other players and I can get the game set up in minutes. the last game I played using this app was so fun! it lasted about an hour and a half and was incredibly balanced. there was no single spot on the board that was highly more desirable than the others. at the end of the game, all four players were a single turn away from winning, it was the most intense game I've ever played. |
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[2012-09-15] A Google User: Games are more competitive Needs a way to delete roll tracking info at end of game. |
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[2012-09-11] A Google User: Simple This simple game app helps resolve disputes before they happen. |
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[2012-09-09] A Google User: So close to perfect... The only thing I've found wrong is that when looking through the possible city placement spots, every single one says 'wealthy' (even if it was 2-3-water spot) |
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[2012-08-29] A Google User: Quick and fair setup Love this app! The better settlers algorithm is a really good way to setup a game that is balanced. |
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[2012-08-27] A Google User: Luv luv luv it!!!! But... Its a really funnnn game but I wish it would be more like the original but I'm only 11 the games older than I am. In my personal opinion the actual board game is better but I still luv it. GOOOOO SETTLERS!!!!!!!!! |
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[2012-08-27] A Google User: It is brilliant! |
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[2012-08-23] A Google User: Good, but... "Heading for new shores" for 5-6 players often crashes, and takes a long time to load. |
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[2012-08-11] A Google User: Great for fans I like this app more than the other free one I have. It really simplifies the process, but I often randomize it myself. We'll see if I actually make use of this, but it seems handy anyway. |
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[2012-08-07] A Google User: It's free, but.. Wish I didn't have to pay for more scenarios. |
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[2012-08-03] A Google User: Worse than used to be Used to be able to independently shuffle tiles and numbers. Was much easier to use. Please revert to old style! Like the zoom feature but kind of pointless |
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[2012-07-25] A Google User: Slick Nice UX |
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[2012-07-24] A Google User: Great and useful app This app allows for Catan to be more fun and challenging. Great interface and easy to use. |
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[2012-07-19] A Google User: Sweet Program I love using this to set up maps! |
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[2012-07-15] A Google User: Generated a bad game I'd hoped we could get around unfair games using this app, but unfortunately it had the same problems as usual. In fact, since it was me who quickly got stuck, it felt much worse than usual. Dice counter was interesting, but returning to the home screen made the app force close and lose the dice data. :-( |
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[2012-07-08] A Google User: Wonderful! I've noticed that no matter what the generator never repeats or falters, this is a great app that corrects many of my mistakes and I will use it well into the future |
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[2012-07-04] A Google User: Great game, great app! Great having a portable board generator. The app has a clean design and is easy to use. Grab it if you like to play Settlers. |
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[2012-06-25] A Google User: A great randomizer! This fantastic freebie generates fair and interesting maps. Great for the avid Settlers fan! |
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[2012-06-25] A Google User: Excellent! Have played several intense Catan games over the past few feeks, and this app is fantastic! It basically guarantees a fair board where everyone has at least a chance of winning if they play it smart. Highly recommended. |
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[2012-06-23] A Google User: This is awesome!!! Nuf said! |
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[2012-06-12] A Google User: Better indeed. This is truly great, had a game between 4 of us that until the last turn we were all drawing most of the way. Very fair very interesting game, will be getting the paid features for next games night. |
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[2012-06-08] A Google User: Great app This is a fantastic help |
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[2012-06-01] A Google User: Awesome This app is great! I love seeing anything that speeds up settlers. |
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[2012-05-25] A Google User: great no issues, great set ups |
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[2012-05-21] A Google User: Works It simply works. Would the plates be a little more distinctive and bigger it would be near perfect. |
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[2012-05-20] A Google User: Very helpful Would be great if the border pieces were drawn. Also, accidentally hitting the back button closes it and you lose the map. Other than that it is fantastic. |
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[2012-05-20] A Google User: Great app A bit slow sometimes, and I wish it would remember my prefences, but fantastic functionality! |
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[2012-05-20] A Google User: just gets better and better Great app that makes a big difference to Settlers games. Try it and see how much more balanced your games end! |
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[2012-05-20] A Google User: Fantastic For free, this is a great app. It has been great and my group uses it to set up all catan games |
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[2012-05-13] A Google User: start up menu takes long to find out how to use, still at it |
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[2012-05-13] A Google User: Great Great addition to the game :-) |
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[2012-05-12] A Google User: Catan Supporta Very nice utility |
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[2012-05-07] A Google User: Works as promised We definitely notice more equally competitive games when we use this app. |
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[2012-04-22] A Google User: We love this app! My friends and I have been playing Catan for some time now and Better Settlers has really improved our overall gameplay and fun! Using this app simply makes your boards better. It's easy to use, and speeds up the setup of our boards as well. |
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[2012-04-18] A Google User: Can't play not a game |
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[2012-04-18] A Google User: Weeee Awesome app, rolltracker could use a total roll counter |
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[2012-04-09] A Google User: Great Dice tracker is fun. Game setup is a breeze. Distribution is so nice. Thanks so much. |
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[2012-04-09] A Google User: Good app Useful with a great design. |
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[2012-04-02] A Google User: Durrrr For the life of me I can't figure how to proceed with the game. I can't place a settlement. There should be some explaination on how to work this game. |
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[2012-03-31] A Google User: Just what is needed to balance the board game. This helps provide a game board setup that can balance the game, so you are less likely to have an imbalanced game. |
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[2012-03-24] A Google User: ㅎ ㅎ |
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[2012-03-18] A Google User: Few issues The setups seem weird, brick + wood with 6 & 8. Also took a while to work out the legend |
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[2012-03-12] A Google User: Хороший рандомайзер это приложение для настольной игры колонизаторы. Создает карту, рассказывает куда поставить начальные домики. Очень качественно. |
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[2012-03-05] A Google User: Bad No idea what to do. No guide/ instructions |
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[2012-03-04] A Google User: No idea No instructions, tutorial nothing |
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[2012-03-01] A Google User: Great app for settlers fanatics |
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[2012-02-26] A Google User: Catan I like this game very much.I can play this game every day. |
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[2012-02-23] A Google User: Good I liked it! |
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[2012-02-21] A Google User: Excellent Definitely generates boards that result in long balanced games worth no clear cut winners after the setup phases |
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[2012-02-20] A Google User: Old version better I loved the old version, could play all night with one click for each game to shuffle probabilities, now you have to dig through the menu to do it. |
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[2012-02-19] A Google User: horrible app since it has been installed i can't get to play it..its just stuck on the introduction page.please don't download it. |
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[2012-02-19] A Google User: A great little tool - saves having to argue over the layout. |
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[2012-02-16] A Google User: Pretty good Great interface and very functional. Still crashes on start once in a while but works fine after that. My biggest complaint is about the seafarers scenarios (in app purchase). They are all for 3-4 players with no option to expand. Add seafarers maps for 5 and 6 players please! |
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[2012-02-08] A Google User: Beautiful. Very well designed, looks good on tablets too. |
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[2012-01-29] A Google User: The app doesn't even open. It encounters an error everytime. |
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[2012-01-28] A Google User: Awesome app, saves a lot of time and headache. Wish there was options for Cities and Knights. |
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[2012-01-20] A Google User: What? Can't even figure it out, no help nothing is labeled. |
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[2012-01-19] A Google User: Solid app Simple and does what it advertises. |
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[2012-01-07] A Google User: Good and fair. An option to disable 6–8 adjacency in "Better Settlers" mode should be added. I think people would appreciate it. Also, there should be a way to rotate the board without the letter/numbers being rotated as well. This would help alot during set up. |
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[2011-12-31] A Google User: Works great! Very handy. We use it all the time! |
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[2011-12-31] A Google User: Handy, but add-on pricing is lame. Helpful. Could use a built-in dice-rolling feature. Don't like that maps are ridiculously expensive for something that took nominal work. |
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[2011-12-29] A Google User: Very nice! The only problem I have encoured is an error at the opening of the app. |
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[2011-12-29] A Google User: Excellent! Very handy App for playing Settlers. |
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[2011-12-27] A Google User: Great Very even games. |
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[2011-12-25] A Google User: Huh? Can you actually play a game on this? |
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[2011-12-24] A Google User: Great Our games are neck and neck by the last few turns no one finished with less than 8 points |
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[2011-12-23] A Google User: A fun addition to Catan IRL This will randomize board settings for the base game setup and some of the expansions. EXPANSIONS REQUIRE IN GAME PURCHASE AND MAY ONLY HAVE MAPS FOR 4 PLAYER GAME. |
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[2011-12-22] A Google User: Seriously? 99 cents to see pictures of maps you took from the game manual. Gtfo |
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[2011-12-14] A Google User: Every fan should have! |
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[2011-12-13] A Google User: BillingService? Love it but what is "BillingService" and why does it run in the background?? I don't like it... Tmo G2 2.2 temproot |
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[2011-12-07] A Google User: Great app for Catan Made the game fun and fair |
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[2011-11-30] A Google User: Excellent Now I dont have to randomly sort the pieces out. |
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[2011-11-26] A Google User: Harbor glitches It seems neat. However, I noticed there are some glitches with the best settlement placement and the harbor information. |
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[2011-11-26] A Google User: Wish I could customize layout Harbors do not match the board for vanilla settlers. I wish there was a manual setup to take advantage of the settlement advisor. |
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[2011-11-16] A Google User: Awesome This is a useful app from settlers. Awesome! |
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[2011-11-16] A Google User: Updated: New UI and monetization in app. Great helper app for setting up catan. Simple, clean, and no ads. New in app map purchase ... not a fan. |
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[2011-11-16] A Google User: Awesome! Great way to improve the challenge factor in Catan. Constant updates, as well. Very recommended if you play Catan. |
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[2011-11-15] A Google User: Works As advertised, simple and clean, results in well balanced games. |
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[2011-11-15] A Google User: A great way to play the game Generates a new, fun, and challenging way to play each time. Many great options to customize. |
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[2011-11-03] A Google User: Exactly what it says This does exactly what it says it does, which is pretty nice. Allows for VERY fair games and even shows statistical best placements, good for training your eye. I really like the fact that it keeps track of dice rolls. I would love if it could track resources as well, but that's asking for a lot. |
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[2011-10-30] A Google User: Fantastic Love this app. |
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[2011-10-22] A Google User: Does not match the game pieces. The harbours are wrong. |
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[2011-10-10] A Google User: Great app! I will begin using this immediately!! |
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[2011-10-06] A Google User: I'd like too be able to build a table - I would like to be able to track every thing in my games |
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