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I've played Settlers of Catan grogg0316 Send a noteboard - 01/09/2009 08:46:06 PM
I was wondering how many of you out there have played this game before. My friends and I have been playing this German-import game (designed by the genius of Klaus Tueber) for years now, both tabletop (it is a board game) and online (most popular site to play is www.games.asobrain.com).

I've seen the crappy XBox/MSN versions, and they suck.

I'm sure the Europeans on this site will have at least heard of it (very very popular over there, and I think it is the National Sport of the Netherlands LOL), if not played it, but it doesn't seem to be that well known here in the States.


I enjoyed it alot. I played it for the first time last week with my wife and some of her coworkers when we all got together for dinner.

It seems like that certain colors have advantages over others. I played Red and I was stuck in the center of the island trying to get brick so I could build roads out to a port to trade. White also seems to be at a disadvantage since they're split up.

I'm actually thinking of getting it for myself. :)
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Settlers of Catan (and variants) imlad - 01/09/2009 05:34:44 PM 1265 Views
I'm from the US and have played it with friends. They hate that I usually win. Zalis - 01/09/2009 05:40:19 PM 1004 Views
have you played any of the expansions? imlad - 01/09/2009 05:50:46 PM 1168 Views
Nope. I've only played the board version, and a game usually takes no more than 1.5 hrs with 4. Zalis - 01/09/2009 06:05:49 PM 1000 Views
i've heard of it Mr. Gnome - 01/09/2009 06:38:19 PM 1040 Views
you can play online at a couple of sites imlad - 02/09/2009 02:14:45 AM 1215 Views
Absolutely brilliant game. Elegantly designed, fantastic social play, aesthetically pleasing.... lord-of-shadow - 01/09/2009 07:31:10 PM 965 Views
Interesting. I've never heard of this game. Aemon - 01/09/2009 08:26:36 PM 1022 Views
Nonono Geoff - 01/09/2009 09:58:24 PM 1294 Views
heh, Google provided me with that link right after my wikipedia-ing. Aemon - 02/09/2009 02:24:41 AM 959 Views
the asobrain site is the easiest place to play *NM* imlad - 02/09/2009 02:38:51 AM 813 Views
If they like scrabble... Geoff - 02/09/2009 10:04:01 AM 1127 Views
For whatever reason... PhotoJim - 01/09/2009 08:30:51 PM 1073 Views
Munchkin is entertaining to play. Like, twice. Aemon - 01/09/2009 08:41:02 PM 997 Views
But really easy to play drunk. *NM* PhotoJim - 01/09/2009 09:22:41 PM 504 Views
start playing with cities and knights then imlad - 02/09/2009 02:21:09 AM 1152 Views
I've played Settlers of Catan grogg0316 - 01/09/2009 08:46:06 PM 960 Views
color advantages not necessary imlad - 02/09/2009 02:32:56 AM 1216 Views
I think we were doing the ports wrong too. grogg0316 - 03/09/2009 06:43:14 PM 1011 Views
I love it. Brilliant. *NM* Ghavrel - 01/09/2009 09:30:40 PM 501 Views
It's okay... Geoff - 01/09/2009 09:33:09 PM 1300 Views
Could you suggest some other ones worth checking out? Aemon - 02/09/2009 02:26:29 AM 1061 Views
fantasyflightgames makes some really good ones... imlad - 02/09/2009 02:36:48 AM 1209 Views
Thanks! I'll do some digging. Aemon - 02/09/2009 02:55:15 AM 1032 Views
Sure! Geoff - 02/09/2009 10:03:14 AM 1043 Views
...wow. Aemon - 02/09/2009 01:36:11 PM 963 Views
Indeed Geoff - 03/09/2009 12:46:23 AM 1166 Views
ye gods! Yunalesca - 01/09/2009 09:50:41 PM 1185 Views
I play it quite often. *NM* Gher - 01/09/2009 09:59:27 PM 515 Views
Oh yeah, we play it. Duke - 02/09/2009 02:59:30 AM 1219 Views
I love it ironclad - 02/09/2009 10:32:50 AM 1075 Views
I tried it once imlad - 02/09/2009 09:06:01 PM 1093 Views
played it own it... Dominic - 07/09/2009 06:37:38 AM 1096 Views
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