Creat your own Flat Catan Board

1.     Get a piece of foam core from your local art or office supply store.

2.     Paint it ocean blue with acrylic paint. Wisp in white to suggest waves.

3.     VERY IMPORTANT. Not only do you need to put the border pieces together on the board before gluing – you need to arrange the hexagonal pieces inside it to make sure the borders are at the proper angles and shape.  Otherwise it may end up being too tight to fit the pieces in. Pencil around the outside and/or inside of the border pieces so you know exactly where to put them once they are glued.

4.     Lay the border pieces on a disposable work surface face down. They need to be perfectly flat so that the spraying glue does not creep under them to the front.

5.     Spray with spray adhesive. (or use white glue) Immediately arrange on your prepared foam core.

6.     You now have a lovely lightweight permanent Catan playing surface!

Hint for cutting foam core. If you do not have a paper cutter and want to use an exacto knife, make several light scores along a straight edge before making any heavy cuts.