the friends got together today and played the german award winning board game settlers of catan. it is really quite grand. a simple family game (+5bp)where the aim is to expand across the island of catan gathering the elements, raising armies, buiding cities and roads, and bargaining amungst challenger settlers (+5bp). a player wins (by home rules) by being the first to obtain 12 points- which often takes anywhere from 1-3 hours (+1-3bp).
here at the game piece emporium we got all your game piece needs! we got colors: white, yellow, green, red, blue and brown. we got roads:14-15 per player (we’ve lost some (-5pb)). we got settlements: 5 per player (blue has 4 and a lego brick (-5bp)). we got cities: 4 per player. we got element cards: wheat, sheep, brick, rock and wood. we got development cards: soldiers, knights, buildings and such. we got hexagonal board pieces, some are blue. we got round number pegs. we got two 6 sided dice. we got a thief too (+5bp).
the game is real easy to play (+5bp), quick to learn (+10bp), and has a warm pace that lets the game roll on without requiring all the attention in the room (+10bp). i’ve got the 5-6 player expansion wich was a little pricey (-10bp)- but there are many other expansions still to buy (+5bp).
settlers of catan is very much worth looking into, it can be found only where other awesome things are sold.
settlers of catan brownie points: 26-29!
