Our Expansion Catan Board Generator creates random, fair Settlers of Catan boards for 5-6 players. Use the generation options to build custom Catan expansion maps that follow your house rules with this online board builder.
Simply click the "Shuffle" button to generate a random Expansion Catan board for 5-6 players. You can customize the generation rules using the "Options" button, which allows you to adjust various house rules and board constraints.
6 & 8 Can Touch: When enabled, allows the number tokens 6 and 8 to be placed on adjacent hexes (normally prohibited for fairness).
2 & 12 Can Touch: Allows number tokens 2 and 12 to be adjacent.
Same Numbers Can Touch: Allows identical number tokens to be placed on adjacent hexes.
Same Resource Can Touch: Allows hexes of the same resource type to be adjacent.
Image Style: Switch between "Colorblock" (simplified colored tiles) and "Classic" (traditional Catan artwork).
Classic: Generates boards for 3-4 players using the standard 19-tile Catan board layout.
Expansion: Generates boards for 5-6 players using the expanded 30-tile layout from the Catan expansion pack. This is the Expansion board generator page.
You can switch to the Classic board generator using the button at the top of the page.
Yes! The generator follows standard Catan rules to create balanced Expansion boards for 5-6 players. By default, it ensures that:
You can customize these rules using the options if you want to play with different house rules.
Currently, you can take a screenshot of the generated board. Future versions may include sharing features. The board generation is deterministic based on the rules you select, so you can recreate the same board by using the same options and seed.
Some options may be temporarily disabled based on your current settings. For example, certain combinations of rules might conflict with each other. The generator automatically disables options that would create invalid board configurations.