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Go buy Settlers of Catan. Seriously

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June 21, 2010 |

I’m just back from holiday. Two families, young children. So we had to stay in a lot. I brought Settlers of Catan to try out.

After a lot of games, we’re hooked.

It’s elegantly balanced, rarely takes too long, offers a remarkable variety of strategies and is usually surprisingly close. It’s quick to understand but deeply nuanced. I think that anyone designing multiplayer games should play it.

And anyone who likes games (which I reckon is everyone who reads this blog), should play it too.

You can buy Settlers of Catan from Amazon, or go check out my previous post (and a Wired article) on the game.

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  • Kevin Hassall

    Carcassonne is even better, IMHO.

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  • http://cmaughan.myopenid.com/ Chris

    +1 for Carcassonne

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