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Can you trade one resource for the same resource type, such as sheep for sheep?

The Domestic Trade and Trade sections both forbid trading like resources.

  • CATAN rulebook · Rulebook · Domestic Trade
  • CATAN rulebook · Rulebook · Trade
  • cordeiro · Community · 2025-04-15
  • Jester · Community · 2008-05-12

No. The rules forbid trading matching resources, such as 3 ore for 1 ore or 2 wool for 1 wool, so a trade must give and receive different cards. The bank's 4-for-1 trade is separate: four identical cards buy any one card of a different type.

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