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Pioneers

Connects players over the internet to compete in a board game based on resource management and settlement building.

Made by Dave Cole, Andy Heroff and Roland Clobus

  • Strategy Game

  • catan

  • settlers-of-catan

What is Pioneers?

Pioneers is a digital implementation of the popular board game The Settlers of Catan, allowing players to compete over the internet. Originally developed in 1999 by Dave Cole under the name Gnocatan, the project later transitioned to the GNOME platform and saw continued development by Andy Heroff and other contributors on SourceForge

Highlights

  • Supports up to 8 players, enabling both single-player and multiplayer modes
  • Allows players to create custom game board layouts
  • Connects to a central metaserver to facilitate finding and joining other online players

Platforms

  • Linux
  • Windows

Languages

  • English

Features

    • Board Game

    • Multiplayer