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Gen Con 2023

CATAN Masters Invitational

The CATAN Masters Invitational is a special Qualifier tournament for the Master CATAN player.

How To Qualify:

To qualify for the Masters Invitational Tournament, you must have placed in the Top 16 at any previous year’s National Championship.

How To Attend:

The CATAN Studio Organized Play team will send invitations in rank order to players on the Masters list. If those players don’t respond by a certain date, then open seats are offered to the next block of players, and so on until the seats are filled.

We will place late RSVPs on a waiting list.

This program began with the 2016 World Championship in Durango, Colorado. We awarded players on the previous Masters list 1 point to start off the program. Presently, this program is active in the United States, Canada (as of 2019), and the United Kingdom (as of 2022).

2023 Winners

Congratulations to our 2024 Masters Invitational Winners!

Jack Usher, Chris Bradley, Xiao Zheng, and Lynsey Long were the top 4 players this year. Chris, Xiao, and Lynsey were already qualified for Nationals, so Eric Freeman gained a seat for finishing 6th, and two Canadians, Spencer Wood and Elysse de la Paz, earned seats at the next Canadian Nationals. Good job all!

How To Earn Points:

Once qualified by placing in the top 16 at their National Championship, players will earn points as follows.

* Important: A player does not earn points for attending their National Championship the year they qualify (by reaching the top 16). They may earn an additional point for reaching the Final Table (max of 2 points that year).

CATAN Championship Weekend 2025

The next Masters Invitational will take place at CATAN Championship Weekend 2025 in Denver, CO on Friday, August 15.

2025 Games:

The CATAN Masters Tournament always features expansions, scenarios, and/or standalone games. Players were pre-informed about the first two games as seen below, and the third was a surprise!

Game 1: CATAN – Seafarers (The Wonders of Catan Scenario)
Game 2: CATAN – Rise of the Inkas
Game 3: Surprise! You will find out when the round begins.

Prizes:

All participants will receive a CATAN Masters t-shirt, as well as a bag of CATAN goodies. In addition, the winner of each game will win the copy of the game at their table!

The top four players at the 2025 Masters Invitational will win a seat at their country’s next National Championship event. If a player in the top four has already qualified for their National Championship, the next person in the final rankings will qualify for their National.

Upcoming National Championships: