Finally Catan
Yesterday MeLo and I went over to a friend’s place to finally get a game of Settlers of Catan in. I had heard so much about this game as one of the all time greats of Euro Gaming and so it was great to finally get it on the table after all this time. My overall impression was that it was a game that I definitely wanted to play again. We played for 2 hours but it didn’t feel that long and, if we hadn’t had something else planned, I think we would have played again. I had originally thought that being restricted to 4 players might reduce opportunities to play Catan without the expansions but all that means is that Catan is an ideal 2 couple game which was how it worked out.
Initial starting positions are critical in this game and, going last to select a start position, I don’t think I made the best of the limited opportunities that were available. I always seemed chronically short of both wood and bricks which hampered me a lot during the early game. I managed to take the longest road card off of the player who seemed to be the biggest threat at the time not realizing that some subtle politicking was going on to make him seem like the threat whilst his partner went on to win the game by surprise, very well done I thought in hindsight.
A thoroughly enjoyable afternoon and I’m looking forward to doing it again.
