Mats Compatible with Catan

Catan’s hexes get all the attention, but the island sits in an ocean the base game barely acknowledges. This mat puts that ocean on the table, ships and all, with the playing fields marked so the familiar hex layout drops in exactly where it belongs.

An ocean with ships
The mat shows open water dotted with ships around the settled hexes, turning the usual bare table into a coastline. It is a visual upgrade first: the same trade and build phases, on a table that finally looks like the island the rules describe.

Marked playing fields
The fields for the tile layout are marked on the mat, so resetting the island for a new game takes seconds instead of a reshuffle-and-guess. The non-slip rubber backing keeps the whole layout from sliding when a trade negotiation gets physical.

One listing, your chosen variant
The product offers a variant selection; choose the option that fits your table at checkout.

Why rubber
Beyond the atmosphere, the mat protects hex tiles, roads and settlements from damage and shifting through a long session. It folds or rolls flat for storage between games.

A weekly-game-night staple
Catan gets played more often than almost anything else on the shelf, which means its board resets more often than almost anything else on the shelf. A mat that marks the fields once saves that small setup tax every single week, and the ocean print turns a routine game night into a slightly more cinematic one without anyone having to say so out loud.

Imagine the fourth trade of the night: ships drawn around the coast, the island reset on marked fields in seconds, and nobody arguing about whether that longest-road claim actually reaches the water.

Our mat is compatible with Catan: The Settlers of Catan but is not an official product: it is not made, licensed or endorsed by CATAN GmbH. Choose your variant.