In Cities and Knights of Catan, you compete with 2 or 3 other players to be the first to 13 victory points. There are many changes in this game from the original such as the lack of a largest army card and any development cards. For your military needs you may now buy soldier tokens which are placed on the board. You can also upgrade soldiers to be more powerful. Soldiers are used to harass your opponents and, more importantly, to fight off the barbarian hordes which attack Catan every so often. These enemies live on a black ship which slowly moves closer to the island. Once they arrive at the island you resolve the attack. If the barbarians are defeated, the person with the most amount of knights gets an extra victory point. Otherwise, the player(s) with the least amount of knights turns a city into a settlement.
