Build Your Settlement: The Resource Challenge

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Build Your Settlement: The Resource Challenge

What do you already know about human settlements and resources?

Learning Objective

At the end of the lesson you will understand how different locations affect settlements, use resources wisely, and work as a team to achieve goals.

What is the Settlement Game?

The Settlement Game is a team challenge where you build and manage your own village. Each team gets a starting settlement with special strengths, weaknesses, and resources.

The Five Settlements

1. River: Fish, water, soil | Weak defence 2. Forest: Wood, animals, herbs | Little farmland 3. Hill: Stone, metals | Hard farming 4. Coast: Boats, fish, trade | Raids risk 5. Plains: Farmland, animals | Few materials

Settlement Types

Starting Resources

- Fish Tokens - Wood Sticks - Crop Counters - Animal Tokens - Stone Tokens

Game Resources

Your settlements start with certain resources: Wood Sticks, Stone Tokens, Crop Counters, Animal Tokens, and Fish Tokens. Collect and use these to help your team!

Random Events

Each round, event cards are drawn. They can be good (extra resources) or bad (lost resources). Be ready to adapt your strategy!

Team Roles

Leader: Guides the team, makes final decisions. Trader 1 & 2: Make trades with other settlements, record deals.

Resource Keeper: Counts and tracks your team’s supplies. Messenger: Shares trade deals and announces events.

Resource Keeper & Messenger

Leader & Traders

Winning the Game

At the end, fill out your score sheet! To win, your settlement must have enough food, resources to build, and at least one trade item.

Get Ready to Build!

Discuss with your team: What resources will you need most? Which settlement would you choose to live in and why?

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