Tribe.net. Local Connections Kara http://catananites.tribe.net/thread/06ae64ff-063e-4b65-9085-feb0e5b8549b#af2d4903-8eb6-4123-a8fe-d9e9c1846048 2007-09-07T20:52:10Z 2007-09-07T20:52:10Z

Sometimes we'll call him "El Bandito" but generally just "the bandit". Although, we've begun a silly habit of saying, "MOVE - THAT- BANDIIIIIT!!!" in a cheezy game-show host voice whenever someone rolls a 7. ;)

Kara 2007-09-07T20:52:10Z Artemesia http://catananites.tribe.net/thread/06ae64ff-063e-4b65-9085-feb0e5b8549b#6b334a9f-0ab0-4482-87c3-9d1e361d106c 2007-02-12T22:55:01Z 2007-02-12T22:55:01Z

Because of the black and the whole "rawr I steal j00" attitude, the first group I played with tended to call him the "ninja" and would cry out "YOU GOT NINJA'D!" when rolling a seven.

Artemesia 2007-02-12T22:55:01Z Lila http://catananites.tribe.net/thread/06ae64ff-063e-4b65-9085-feb0e5b8549b#452af035-5e33-4dc4-bf8f-8cb512ba683c 2006-05-18T20:46:51Z 2006-05-18T20:46:51Z

AMEN! With the price of starfarers, sounds like you got a deal somewhere at that.

Lila 2006-05-18T20:46:51Z Lila http://catananites.tribe.net/thread/06ae64ff-063e-4b65-9085-feb0e5b8549b#6761be56-95de-421e-9eb4-627f8f7210ac 2006-05-18T20:45:58Z 2006-05-18T20:45:58Z

Um... yeah. Is that a problem? You don't do trades to help out the other players. C'mon, it's fun to be an asshole sometimes!

Lila 2006-05-18T20:45:58Z Jeff http://catananites.tribe.net/thread/06ae64ff-063e-4b65-9085-feb0e5b8549b#53330a98-650c-4c00-b896-5abf083fd047 2006-04-29T22:51:10Z 2006-04-29T22:51:10Z

The problem with that is who would want to win? That would make you the most ruthless asshole in the game!

Jeff 2006-04-29T22:51:10Z $item.owner.firstName http://catananites.tribe.net/thread/06ae64ff-063e-4b65-9085-feb0e5b8549b#98cd202f-7213-40e3-aa2f-82ce82abdba2 2006-04-26T07:31:41Z 2006-04-26T07:31:41Z

add $75 for the Starfarers...

$item.owner.firstName 2006-04-26T07:31:41Z Kotori http://catananites.tribe.net/thread/06ae64ff-063e-4b65-9085-feb0e5b8549b#a8c7c4fe-8de6-415f-943f-bde5612ca953 2006-04-26T04:00:46Z 2006-04-26T04:00:46Z

Yeah, settlers isn't cheap. "Kill Doctor Lucky," mentioned above, is a Cheapass game. Check out www.cheapass.com

Kotori 2006-04-26T04:00:46Z Darth Paul http://catananites.tribe.net/thread/06ae64ff-063e-4b65-9085-feb0e5b8549b#4d1ce134-e191-4e64-a3c9-f97c9b603761 2006-04-26T03:54:31Z 2006-04-26T03:54:31Z

Uh... after buying all three sets with the 5-6 player expansions I was back about $200 easy. Hardly cheap.

Darth Paul 2006-04-26T03:54:31Z Lila http://catananites.tribe.net/thread/06ae64ff-063e-4b65-9085-feb0e5b8549b#68a3b39f-4c9c-4dd4-9a64-87ad929cc534 2006-04-19T00:30:45Z 2006-04-19T00:30:45Z

The Indigenous people. Truly aren't the unwashed scum stealing all the resources the settlers? Thus, the robber is merely the displaced people of Catan rightfully claiming their resources. Admittedly, the name came about in a late night, somewhat drunken stupor during a four hour game, but it just stuck. It is a bit Berkeley-ish...

Lila 2006-04-19T00:30:45Z Jenni http://catananites.tribe.net/thread/06ae64ff-063e-4b65-9085-feb0e5b8549b#dbbda765-a411-46f8-a3d1-901848003092 2006-04-07T17:38:11Z 2006-04-07T17:38:11Z

me too!

Jenni 2006-04-07T17:38:11Z Jeff http://catananites.tribe.net/thread/06ae64ff-063e-4b65-9085-feb0e5b8549b#44db5f79-a1be-46d7-8c43-9c129db10516 2006-04-07T09:32:20Z 2006-04-07T09:32:20Z

I love cheap-ass games!

Jeff 2006-04-07T09:32:20Z Kotori http://catananites.tribe.net/thread/06ae64ff-063e-4b65-9085-feb0e5b8549b#783309d5-461f-41e6-943b-919129991b68 2006-04-07T04:06:57Z 2006-04-07T04:06:57Z

We swapped out the black piece with a similarly shaped white piece from another game, after someone (jokingly) said that having the robber painted black was racist. We started calling him Whitey. Later, when one of my friends bought Kill Doctor Lucky, we used that same piece to be Dr. Lucky and renamed the game "Kill Whitey."

Kotori 2006-04-07T04:06:57Z Jenni http://catananites.tribe.net/thread/06ae64ff-063e-4b65-9085-feb0e5b8549b#f3192b4a-773b-4087-a1bb-94b8c0166e41 2006-04-06T17:26:08Z 2006-04-06T17:26:08Z

Oh man, that is good. I'm probably going to get this game soon, maybe I'll call mine Kenny, for my fave Enron employee.

Jenni 2006-04-06T17:26:08Z Adriel http://catananites.tribe.net/thread/06ae64ff-063e-4b65-9085-feb0e5b8549b#4d030018-a4b6-4a4a-988b-f11ec22e3fef 2006-04-06T06:17:09Z 2006-04-06T06:17:09Z

We all felt that havin a black robber was very un-PC, so we call him the CEO.

Adriel 2006-04-06T06:17:09Z Paul http://catananites.tribe.net/thread/06ae64ff-063e-4b65-9085-feb0e5b8549b#02a19df5-bdb5-4e92-b30f-33306cf0b6ed 2004-12-29T21:18:50Z 2004-12-29T21:18:50Z

In our family games he goes by the monkier "the bastard" 'cause he's a right bastard, 'natch! P

Paul 2004-12-29T21:18:50Z Darth Paul http://catananites.tribe.net/thread/06ae64ff-063e-4b65-9085-feb0e5b8549b#5536a550-2395-4e70-a2ae-ff9dfcece16a 2004-12-20T19:51:16Z 2004-12-20T19:51:16Z

The group I used to play with called the robber Gee Bee Jay, for "George Bush Jr." since we're all democrats and we hate him. The seafarers raider was christened the "Butt Pirate" because we figure that whan you land him on something you're getting f'd up the ass...

Darth Paul 2004-12-20T19:51:16Z Molly http://catananites.tribe.net/thread/06ae64ff-063e-4b65-9085-feb0e5b8549b#6072f261-b833-4eca-a095-534465fef0f6 2004-05-02T22:06:36Z 2004-05-02T22:06:36Z

I've never played seafarers... so I was unaware of the true pirate! However, the folks who taught me do play seafarers... so I have to wonder, are they just trying to keep me confused and ensure future victories?!?

Molly 2004-05-02T22:06:36Z peregrinekt http://catananites.tribe.net/thread/06ae64ff-063e-4b65-9085-feb0e5b8549b#6eea8446-140e-4897-a91e-b7f836a3d0d4 2004-05-02T00:19:46Z 2004-05-02T00:19:46Z

I think my brother's Catan group calls the pirate the Pirates of Ipanema, which they sing, every time the pirate moves. apparently came out of (initially) saying "pirates! du du dunnn!", when it was rolled, drinking a lot, girl from ipanem inspiration... etc. and now they sing the girl from ipanema like pirates and do a little dance. I have yet to see this myself.

peregrinekt 2004-05-02T00:19:46Z Malex http://catananites.tribe.net/thread/06ae64ff-063e-4b65-9085-feb0e5b8549b#238d6925-114b-40d7-84d7-9c878de1caf6 2004-05-01T22:07:03Z 2004-05-01T22:07:03Z

I thought the pirate just blocked shipping route segments.

Malex 2004-05-01T22:07:03Z Jessica http://catananites.tribe.net/thread/06ae64ff-063e-4b65-9085-feb0e5b8549b#4540a409-e9a0-423a-95d3-9414d3ba3d13 2003-10-20T20:32:29Z

My friends tend to call the robber Fritz. They call being robbed, "being Fritzed." Anyone else have any pet names for the unwashed scum who steals our resources?

Jessica 2003-10-20T20:32:29Z $item.owner.firstName http://catananites.tribe.net/thread/06ae64ff-063e-4b65-9085-feb0e5b8549b#41c05144-5d4b-4029-9620-b379cf3d75f0 2003-10-20T20:38:41Z

when teaching the game to a newbie, I have a bad habbit of calling the robber either "the dude" or "the baron." Don't really know why. Some friends of mine got creative and painted their robber piece to look something like an easter egg. Naming him a real name is a good idea though. Ha ha... we could call it the US troops. <sorry... I support our troops... really!> -jaq

$item.owner.firstName 2003-10-20T20:38:41Z Luke http://catananites.tribe.net/thread/06ae64ff-063e-4b65-9085-feb0e5b8549b#b0ecee67-9580-49a5-9797-a8ee62ec4289 2003-10-23T23:37:16Z

For some reason my gaming group started calling him the raider, which became a touch confusing when we got Seafarers...

Luke 2003-10-23T23:37:16Z Molly http://catananites.tribe.net/thread/06ae64ff-063e-4b65-9085-feb0e5b8549b#3ccda095-1a1f-46df-8fc0-0b86b21f006a 2004-04-22T00:44:37Z

We've always called him the pirate. Can't say as I know why, the folks who taught me called him that.

Molly 2004-04-22T00:44:37Z Jessica http://catananites.tribe.net/thread/06ae64ff-063e-4b65-9085-feb0e5b8549b#a716e5c9-d9a7-4a4c-a27f-5ac27cb63c13 2004-04-25T19:44:34Z

Actually, the pirate is a different piece. In seafarers, there's a pirate and a robber. The pirate blocks ports and the robber blocks landy bits.

Jessica 2004-04-25T19:44:34Z