Quick Match

If you hit Quick Match, the game will attempt to quickly find human opponents, and it picks a random map. To start the game, just activate the green checkmark. The game will be started as soon as at least 3 players are ready.
If you want to search for Custom Matches quickly, you must first activate "Custom Match available as Quick Match" in the online settings and choose your preferred game extension. Then you will be able to join any Custom Match with the Quick Match function applied. Please take a look at the map info when entering a custom game: A player might have changed the game settings and the limit of victory points for the selected game.

Custom Match

If you want to create your own game, you can hit Custom Match and open up a match with your friends, with AI Players, or with other Catanians. To invite your friends, you need to tap on the "Invite Buddy" icon and select one of the available friend avatars. If there are still some open slots left, you can either tap "Add AI Player" and allocate an AI Player to a slot, or just turn the game into a public game by using the "public>private" function and wait for other players. Via the map button you can select from the set of available and purchased scenarios for your own game of Catan.

Buddy List

To invite other players to your list of friends, you need to tap on the green buddy icon displayed in the online menu. In the top right-hand corner, you can search for other friends by selecting their username and add them via the green (+) button. You may as well delete any buddy from your list by using the red (-) button. Alternatively, you can add buddies from the highscore list.

Expansions

To be able to play online games with all maps available, you need to purchase the required expansion (Seafarers, Cities & Knights) from the In-App Catan Shop. All maps displaying a Seafarers or a Cities & Knights icon will then be unlocked and become playable online.