http://catananites.tribe.net/thread/06ae64ff-063e-4b65-9085-feb0e5b8549b?format=rss Tribe.net. Local Connections http://catananites.tribe.net/thread/06ae64ff-063e-4b65-9085-feb0e5b8549b#af2d4903-8eb6-4123-a8fe-d9e9c1846048 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. ;) Fri, 07 Sep 2007 20:52:10 GMT http://catananites.tribe.net/thread/06ae64ff-063e-4b65-9085-feb0e5b8549b#af2d4903-8eb6-4123-a8fe-d9e9c1846048 Kara 2007-09-07T20:52:10Z http://catananites.tribe.net/thread/06ae64ff-063e-4b65-9085-feb0e5b8549b#6b334a9f-0ab0-4482-87c3-9d1e361d106c 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. Mon, 12 Feb 2007 22:55:01 GMT http://catananites.tribe.net/thread/06ae64ff-063e-4b65-9085-feb0e5b8549b#6b334a9f-0ab0-4482-87c3-9d1e361d106c Artemesia 2007-02-12T22:55:01Z http://catananites.tribe.net/thread/06ae64ff-063e-4b65-9085-feb0e5b8549b#452af035-5e33-4dc4-bf8f-8cb512ba683c AMEN! With the price of starfarers, sounds like you got a deal somewhere at that. Thu, 18 May 2006 20:46:51 GMT http://catananites.tribe.net/thread/06ae64ff-063e-4b65-9085-feb0e5b8549b#452af035-5e33-4dc4-bf8f-8cb512ba683c Lila 2006-05-18T20:46:51Z http://catananites.tribe.net/thread/06ae64ff-063e-4b65-9085-feb0e5b8549b#6761be56-95de-421e-9eb4-627f8f7210ac 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! Thu, 18 May 2006 20:45:58 GMT http://catananites.tribe.net/thread/06ae64ff-063e-4b65-9085-feb0e5b8549b#6761be56-95de-421e-9eb4-627f8f7210ac Lila 2006-05-18T20:45:58Z http://catananites.tribe.net/thread/06ae64ff-063e-4b65-9085-feb0e5b8549b#53330a98-650c-4c00-b896-5abf083fd047 The problem with that is who would want to win? That would make you the most ruthless asshole in the game! Sat, 29 Apr 2006 22:51:10 GMT http://catananites.tribe.net/thread/06ae64ff-063e-4b65-9085-feb0e5b8549b#53330a98-650c-4c00-b896-5abf083fd047 Jeff 2006-04-29T22:51:10Z http://catananites.tribe.net/thread/06ae64ff-063e-4b65-9085-feb0e5b8549b#98cd202f-7213-40e3-aa2f-82ce82abdba2 add $75 for the Starfarers... Wed, 26 Apr 2006 07:31:41 GMT http://catananites.tribe.net/thread/06ae64ff-063e-4b65-9085-feb0e5b8549b#98cd202f-7213-40e3-aa2f-82ce82abdba2 $item.owner.firstName 2006-04-26T07:31:41Z http://catananites.tribe.net/thread/06ae64ff-063e-4b65-9085-feb0e5b8549b#a8c7c4fe-8de6-415f-943f-bde5612ca953 Yeah, settlers isn't cheap. "Kill Doctor Lucky," mentioned above, is a Cheapass game. Check out www.cheapass.com Wed, 26 Apr 2006 04:00:46 GMT http://catananites.tribe.net/thread/06ae64ff-063e-4b65-9085-feb0e5b8549b#a8c7c4fe-8de6-415f-943f-bde5612ca953 Kotori 2006-04-26T04:00:46Z http://catananites.tribe.net/thread/06ae64ff-063e-4b65-9085-feb0e5b8549b#4d1ce134-e191-4e64-a3c9-f97c9b603761 Uh... after buying all three sets with the 5-6 player expansions I was back about $200 easy. Hardly cheap. Wed, 26 Apr 2006 03:54:31 GMT http://catananites.tribe.net/thread/06ae64ff-063e-4b65-9085-feb0e5b8549b#4d1ce134-e191-4e64-a3c9-f97c9b603761 Darth Paul 2006-04-26T03:54:31Z http://catananites.tribe.net/thread/06ae64ff-063e-4b65-9085-feb0e5b8549b#68a3b39f-4c9c-4dd4-9a64-87ad929cc534 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... Wed, 19 Apr 2006 00:30:45 GMT http://catananites.tribe.net/thread/06ae64ff-063e-4b65-9085-feb0e5b8549b#68a3b39f-4c9c-4dd4-9a64-87ad929cc534 Lila 2006-04-19T00:30:45Z http://catananites.tribe.net/thread/06ae64ff-063e-4b65-9085-feb0e5b8549b#dbbda765-a411-46f8-a3d1-901848003092 me too! Fri, 07 Apr 2006 17:38:11 GMT http://catananites.tribe.net/thread/06ae64ff-063e-4b65-9085-feb0e5b8549b#dbbda765-a411-46f8-a3d1-901848003092 Jenni 2006-04-07T17:38:11Z http://catananites.tribe.net/thread/06ae64ff-063e-4b65-9085-feb0e5b8549b#44db5f79-a1be-46d7-8c43-9c129db10516 I love cheap-ass games! Fri, 07 Apr 2006 09:32:20 GMT http://catananites.tribe.net/thread/06ae64ff-063e-4b65-9085-feb0e5b8549b#44db5f79-a1be-46d7-8c43-9c129db10516 Jeff 2006-04-07T09:32:20Z http://catananites.tribe.net/thread/06ae64ff-063e-4b65-9085-feb0e5b8549b#783309d5-461f-41e6-943b-919129991b68 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." Fri, 07 Apr 2006 04:06:57 GMT http://catananites.tribe.net/thread/06ae64ff-063e-4b65-9085-feb0e5b8549b#783309d5-461f-41e6-943b-919129991b68 Kotori 2006-04-07T04:06:57Z http://catananites.tribe.net/thread/06ae64ff-063e-4b65-9085-feb0e5b8549b#f3192b4a-773b-4087-a1bb-94b8c0166e41 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. Thu, 06 Apr 2006 17:26:08 GMT http://catananites.tribe.net/thread/06ae64ff-063e-4b65-9085-feb0e5b8549b#f3192b4a-773b-4087-a1bb-94b8c0166e41 Jenni 2006-04-06T17:26:08Z http://catananites.tribe.net/thread/06ae64ff-063e-4b65-9085-feb0e5b8549b#4d030018-a4b6-4a4a-988b-f11ec22e3fef We all felt that havin a black robber was very un-PC, so we call him the CEO. Thu, 06 Apr 2006 06:17:09 GMT http://catananites.tribe.net/thread/06ae64ff-063e-4b65-9085-feb0e5b8549b#4d030018-a4b6-4a4a-988b-f11ec22e3fef Adriel 2006-04-06T06:17:09Z http://catananites.tribe.net/thread/06ae64ff-063e-4b65-9085-feb0e5b8549b#02a19df5-bdb5-4e92-b30f-33306cf0b6ed In our family games he goes by the monkier "the bastard" 'cause he's a right bastard, 'natch! P Wed, 29 Dec 2004 21:18:50 GMT http://catananites.tribe.net/thread/06ae64ff-063e-4b65-9085-feb0e5b8549b#02a19df5-bdb5-4e92-b30f-33306cf0b6ed Paul 2004-12-29T21:18:50Z http://catananites.tribe.net/thread/06ae64ff-063e-4b65-9085-feb0e5b8549b#5536a550-2395-4e70-a2ae-ff9dfcece16a 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... Mon, 20 Dec 2004 19:51:16 GMT http://catananites.tribe.net/thread/06ae64ff-063e-4b65-9085-feb0e5b8549b#5536a550-2395-4e70-a2ae-ff9dfcece16a Darth Paul 2004-12-20T19:51:16Z http://catananites.tribe.net/thread/06ae64ff-063e-4b65-9085-feb0e5b8549b#6072f261-b833-4eca-a095-534465fef0f6 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?!? Sun, 02 May 2004 22:06:36 GMT http://catananites.tribe.net/thread/06ae64ff-063e-4b65-9085-feb0e5b8549b#6072f261-b833-4eca-a095-534465fef0f6 Molly 2004-05-02T22:06:36Z http://catananites.tribe.net/thread/06ae64ff-063e-4b65-9085-feb0e5b8549b#6eea8446-140e-4897-a91e-b7f836a3d0d4 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. Sun, 02 May 2004 00:19:46 GMT http://catananites.tribe.net/thread/06ae64ff-063e-4b65-9085-feb0e5b8549b#6eea8446-140e-4897-a91e-b7f836a3d0d4 peregrinekt 2004-05-02T00:19:46Z http://catananites.tribe.net/thread/06ae64ff-063e-4b65-9085-feb0e5b8549b#238d6925-114b-40d7-84d7-9c878de1caf6 I thought the pirate just blocked shipping route segments. Sat, 01 May 2004 22:07:03 GMT http://catananites.tribe.net/thread/06ae64ff-063e-4b65-9085-feb0e5b8549b#238d6925-114b-40d7-84d7-9c878de1caf6 Malex 2004-05-01T22:07:03Z http://catananites.tribe.net/thread/06ae64ff-063e-4b65-9085-feb0e5b8549b#4540a409-e9a0-423a-95d3-9414d3ba3d13 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? Mon, 20 Oct 2003 20:32:29 GMT http://catananites.tribe.net/thread/06ae64ff-063e-4b65-9085-feb0e5b8549b#4540a409-e9a0-423a-95d3-9414d3ba3d13 Jessica 2003-10-20T20:32:29Z http://catananites.tribe.net/thread/06ae64ff-063e-4b65-9085-feb0e5b8549b#41c05144-5d4b-4029-9620-b379cf3d75f0 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 Mon, 20 Oct 2003 20:38:41 GMT http://catananites.tribe.net/thread/06ae64ff-063e-4b65-9085-feb0e5b8549b#41c05144-5d4b-4029-9620-b379cf3d75f0 $item.owner.firstName 2003-10-20T20:38:41Z http://catananites.tribe.net/thread/06ae64ff-063e-4b65-9085-feb0e5b8549b#b0ecee67-9580-49a5-9797-a8ee62ec4289 For some reason my gaming group started calling him the raider, which became a touch confusing when we got Seafarers... Thu, 23 Oct 2003 23:37:16 GMT http://catananites.tribe.net/thread/06ae64ff-063e-4b65-9085-feb0e5b8549b#b0ecee67-9580-49a5-9797-a8ee62ec4289 Luke 2003-10-23T23:37:16Z http://catananites.tribe.net/thread/06ae64ff-063e-4b65-9085-feb0e5b8549b#3ccda095-1a1f-46df-8fc0-0b86b21f006a We've always called him the pirate. Can't say as I know why, the folks who taught me called him that. Thu, 22 Apr 2004 00:44:37 GMT http://catananites.tribe.net/thread/06ae64ff-063e-4b65-9085-feb0e5b8549b#3ccda095-1a1f-46df-8fc0-0b86b21f006a Molly 2004-04-22T00:44:37Z http://catananites.tribe.net/thread/06ae64ff-063e-4b65-9085-feb0e5b8549b#a716e5c9-d9a7-4a4c-a27f-5ac27cb63c13 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. Sun, 25 Apr 2004 19:44:34 GMT http://catananites.tribe.net/thread/06ae64ff-063e-4b65-9085-feb0e5b8549b#a716e5c9-d9a7-4a4c-a27f-5ac27cb63c13 Jessica 2004-04-25T19:44:34Z