Has any1 found or tried a variation where you - yes you, the player, gets to pick a civilisation (of a settler on Catan). Sorta like in civilisations (the board/PC game).

Just a thought... lets say we draw up a list of 6 civs. Each civ would have their own attributes that would affect how the game may be played for you.

eg I pick the romans, famed for their legions and use of roads. In the game I may start with an extra road and during the course of the game I can "break" roads by placing mine over roads of any other players.

I think this would be a fun way to add more spice into the game... imagine playing as one of the historical civs (Astec and ritual sacrifice - 3 sheep and 1 wood for divine intervention!) lol

I would love to hear of some potential civs to try it out.