Cartographer's Almanac

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Catan Victory Tracker

Last updated: June 2026

Track victory points for 2-6 Catan players live during your session. Tap to add settlements, cities, Longest Road, Largest Army, or VP development cards. Everything saves locally — no account, no server, refresh-resistant.

Players

What this tracks

Standard Catan VP sources:

Total possible from these sources: 5 + 8 + 2 + 2 + 5 = 22 VP. The win condition is 10 — far below the maximum, meaning multiple players are usually close to winning by mid-game.

For Cities & Knights or other expansions

This tracker uses base Catan VP. For Cities & Knights (13 VP target, metropolis bonus), add 2 VP per metropolis to the "VP cards" field, or treat each metropolis as a hidden VP. The default 10 VP highlight changes if you adjust the threshold mentally.

Privacy and data

All data saves locally in your browser. Nothing leaves your device. Refresh the page and your tracker state persists. Clear browser storage and it resets. The tool works offline once loaded.

Strategy: who's actually winning?

The tracker shows visible VP. Hidden VP cards aren't visible to opponents, which is the entire point of buying them late-game. If you suspect an opponent has a hidden VP, mentally add 1-2 to their visible total — most opponents at 7-8 visible VP have at least one hidden card.

The leader you should treat as "the leader" is whoever has the highest visible + likely-hidden total. If two players are at 8 visible VP and one has been buying dev cards consistently while the other has been building, the dev-card buyer is more dangerous.

Pair with the generator

For your next Catan session: generate a balanced board, set up your players in this tracker, and update VPs as the game progresses. The combination gives you a complete session toolkit.