Topics: Economy and Trading : Settlers of Catan
Settlers of Catan is one of a new breed ofsemi-abstract board gamesinvented in Germany during the last several years.(I have heard Settlers described as the originalGerman board game which started this fad)It has garnered several prestigious awards.An English language version of the game and some (but notall) of its expansion sets are produced in America byMayfair Games.The basic game is for 2-4 players. A 5-6 player expansionis available, but the basic game is better with threeand best with four players. It is played on a grid ofhexagonal tiles with different terrain types: forest,hill, mountain, pasture, field, desert, water. Eachterrain type produces a different type of resource:grain, wool, wood, brick, stone used to build roads,
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Sites devoted to playing Settlers over the internet in real time (specifically excluding play-by-email).
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