Hey all! Does anyone have ideas for a Catan themed birthday party for my spouse turning 30? The main theme is "settling into your 30s" or some phrase like that.

Going to have a themed cake and cookies. A big banner that says the above and we're going to play Catan for the first few hours (like 5 games of 4-6 people). But other than that I've just started brainstorming.

Does anyone here have any cool ideas that I can get creative with in a few weeks time?

Being deserted is never fun, but when you lose your level 3 knight, it even extra less fun. In our situation, I only had two lv 3 knights (thanks Smith) and got deserted. The person who deserted me couldn't build level 3 Knights. My interpretation of the deserter card is they place a knight of the same level, and the coin (our rock [ore]) progression only allows you to build it, not have it. Am I right, they get a level 3 knight even though they can't build it?

Why isn't my red city working as a 3:1 dock? Is there only one spot that works here?

I was really impressed with the response to my previous ask, so here's another that caused a ruckus. It doesn't happen often, but more than once, we've had someone get two metropolis while only having one city. The question became where does the extra arches go, and what happens if another player ties the double dude and has a city they could put it on?