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Revising Settlers for Indigenous People?

2007-09-08T00:34:00Z

A Tlingit friend of mine was offended by the idea of "Settlers of Catan", which kind of bummed me out because regardless of subject matter, it's a solid board game, my very favorite of all time. So I'm trying to come up with ideas for creating a version of Settlers that revolves around indigenous people rather than a colonial motif.

I am aware they made a "Hunters & Gatherers" version of Carcassonne and some elements were tweaked to fit the motif of pre-agricultural living but I'd like to keep as many of the elements the same as possible simply because I am not a game designer and it would be easier for me to construct a version of the game using a pre-existing model rather than reinvent the wheel. So, like say, settlements would become a fish camp/hunting grounds versus the cities which become the main village. Roads could be 'paths'. But what to do with the resource cards? Wood could be kept, for sure. Sheep could be turned into wild game like deer. To turn the tables a little, the bandit could become "the Explorer" or some invading western equivalent. ;)

Any ideas? For the most part I am stuck on the 5 resources and what would be used to make a road equivalent, settlement/city equivalent, etc. since the values of pre-agricultrual/industrial living are very different from those in Settlers now. :\ I'd ask my friend herself but this was to be a surprise.

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starting settlement placement strategy?

2007-09-07T21:10:39Z

Hey,

I've been wondering about this for a while. When you're placing your first two settlements, what strategy do you favor? Do you go far as many varied resources as possible with frequent numbers on them or do you snag a 2:1 port and that resource? Which works better in general? I love the game, but admittedly I haven't won in a while. heh.

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2 player game

2007-09-07T21:00:31Z

does anyone have a method of playing a two player game? my brother and I play the basic game, each with two 'players', we alternate turns, we can trade once within our own guys per turn, and we play to 15 points. this works out pretty well, but makes the strategy a little weirder since you have to try not to play against yourself. He recently got the seafarers expansion which I have only played once, but it seemed to lend itself to a 2 player game much easier.

so, any suggestions to get a more workable 2 player game going?

pere

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extortion

2007-09-07T20:55:03Z

I've found a fun variation on the robber -- my friends and I call it "Extortion". It works as follows:

1. Someone rolls a 7, or plays the Knight card.
2. The assailant chooses a person to rob.
3. The assailant and victim may choose to negotiate over which resource card the victim will yield, in return for the assailant placing the robber on a hex of the victim's choosing (typically a less productive one).
4. If both players agree, exchange is made. If no agreement can be met, the robbery occurs as usual.

Note that once a victim is chosen, the robber may not choose a different victim if no agreement can be made.

The advantages for both robber and victim are clear. The robber has a better chance of taking a more desirable resource. The victim, in return, has the opportunity to protect resources that s/he may want to save for his/her next turn, and mitigate the loss of production caused by the robber's presence.

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Names for the robber?

2007-09-07T20:52:10Z

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?

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In what other game can you say...

2007-09-07T20:49:10Z

"I've got wood for sheep"?

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looking for game players in San Francisco

2007-09-06T22:40:04Z

Just started with the game, but already addicted. I would like to set up a game playing night once a month. Or if there is already something established in San Francisco I would like to join.

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X-Box Settlers

2007-06-08T03:53:01Z

Hello everyone. New to the Tribe. Kinda new to the Settlers. Has anyone played on x-box live yet, and if so, waddya think and what's your gamertag? I just *sniff* want a coupla friends. ):

Lonely in Albany,

Ryder

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Pirates of Catan

2007-06-05T15:34:18Z

With the pirate craze in full swing it was just a matter of time.
The Wiz Kid card game Pirates with the miniture ships has been combined with Settlers.
The rules are at
http://forum.wizkidsgames.com/showthread.php?t=109002&page=1&pp=15
Check it out.
I have not yet played this but I am hoping to soon.

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Catan on TV

2007-06-01T18:33:34Z

SF news did a story on a ferry commute where people play games and have fun. Several times they showed them playing Settlers of Catan.

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Anyone in/near Los Angeles?

2007-05-31T04:17:42Z

Hi, I'm looking to either join up with anyone here in LA who wants to get a game going. Please reply if you have a group or would like to start one. I'm somewhat new to Catan, and the only friends of mine who don't think it's...geeky, live in the Bay Area.

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Cattan: 2 players need 3rd, 4th players

2007-03-13T00:33:15Z

2 players need 3rd, 4th players to fill out the game.
We play in Alameda or in El Cerrito once or twice a week in evening.
If your in the area and want to coordinate we could play more often.
Our third has family/child so can't participate as often as we would play.
Preferred is some ability to know your cards from turn to turn and therefor execute turns quickly and in turn get in three games not two per eve. We use the base set only to keep cards and costs simpler, but would entertain the notion of expansions if, as a group we can demonstrate sufficient capacity to process the extra cards and still keep it interesting (moving along).
Reading previous I figure some will think " how particular " , and I'll admit it yah.
We all can have complicated long turns, it just can't be that way every turn.
http://people.tribe.net/cbn

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Settlers Online

2007-02-27T16:56:26Z

I have been playing online Settlers for the last few weeks and the only limitation I see is that you need to sign up. To play in the ladder (rankings of players) you need to sign up on two sites. It is limited to the basic game and only 4 players are allowed.

http://host2.jsettlers.org/index.html
This is where you can play the basic game and the variants.

http://contractbud.com/article.php?article=catanvariants&source=jsettlers
This is where the rules and variants are explained.

http://www.myleague.com/soc/
This is where you sign up to play for ranking.

Check it out.

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Settler of the Stone Age

2006-08-23T20:52:42Z

I played this game the other day, and really liked it. It had features such as developing skills (like hunting and tool-making) to increase your abilities and finding hidden bonuses on the map. I can't wait to play it again.

Has anyone here played it?

-Jim

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Settlers game at Burning Man

2006-08-20T19:22:53Z

I'd like to get together with some Catanians for a game in Black Rock City. I'll bring Starfarers and my six person expansion editions of die Siedler, die Seefahrer, and Stadte und Ritter (yes, the German editions of all three).

I'm camping in the Conexus Village (2:00 and Brave), and there's a large chill dome where we could play. Alternatively, if anyone's bringing up a large RV, that would be even more ideal.

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Settlers game in Oakland 3/26/06

2006-04-10T19:56:55Z

For those who may have missed it, I posted a game event. We'll be playing this Sunday 3/26. Here's the link to the event:

http://sanfrancisco.tribe.net/event/Settlers-of-Catan-social/oakland-ca-94606/ab144552-63a2-4895-8191-ea36aa080d1f

Date & Time: Sunday, March 26, 2006 more on this date
1:00 PM
Location: Oakland location -- will email details
Oakland, CA 94606
What I hope to be the first of many SF Bay Settlers Events. No experience necessary.

Bring a snack or beverage if you desire.

We'll be meeting up in an Oakland location, close to BART, with easy parking. RSVP to get the location details...

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New here

2006-03-03T03:51:28Z

I've been in this tribe just a few minutes and San Francisco just a few months. Two cities, six moves, and three years ago, I lived in a house with four other Settlers freaks, and we played endlessly. The sets all belonged to someone else, and I've gotten very little play in lately. I'd love to connect with other SF-area people and get some games going.

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Whats the biggest game you've played?

2006-03-02T02:50:27Z

I've been thinking... I have twelve people who I play SOC with, and I wanted to try and buy enough expansions to play a 10-12 player game. Has anyone else tryed this yet?

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Starfarers, anyone?

2006-03-02T02:33:02Z

I've been mulling over trying the Starfarers of Catan. I actually bought this game as a gift for a friend, but we never got around to playing it.

As far as I know, only the German version, "Die Sternenfahrer von Catan," is available. Here's a link to it:
http://www.mayfairgames.com/mfg-cat/msp/0581-00.htm

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Online?

2005-07-06T06:46:01Z

Anybody play online? To me it's definitely not as social, but sometimes I like the slot-machine, speedy feel.

Flash version (very graphical, no bots though):
http://solito.free.fr/catane/index.php?noflash=0

Java version (not as graphical, simple bots):
http://catan.asobrain.com/play/applet.jsp

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Anyone in Jersey near NYC ?

2005-05-16T04:13:13Z

Anyone in Jersey near NYC want to play ?

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Any players in or near Sunnyvale?

2005-01-25T00:25:27Z

Basic, basic expanded, seafarers, seafarers expanded, cities+knights, German or English edition... you name it, I used to play it. Not looking for something too regular, just a fun evening every now and then, and maybe meeting some new friends this way. Cheers, Matthias.

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Poverty Variation

2004-12-20T20:10:25Z

A variant rule: whenever a non-7 roll yields you no resources, you get a poverty token. On your turn, you can trade in poverty tokens for a resource card of your choice. Number of tokens required for a resource equals your current VPs.
- I hear this speeds up the initial game, and gives stragglers a chance to catch up with winners; less relevant in endgame, since by then most players have spread out enough to be getting a resource on most numbers, and the cost goes up.
There are, of course, sub-variations... whether you can hoard up a pile of tokens, or have to spend them whenever you have enough for a purchase; whether you can trade them; etc.
If you try it, post the results!
(Alas, not available in online play.)

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roadless victory

2004-12-20T20:07:46Z

I saw this done by a bot on the nwu site - winning without building a single road! two cities, largest army... and
* Gort has a Capitol (+1VP), a Library (+1VP), a
University (+1VP) and a Temple (+1VP)

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What do you do about the "whiners"?

2004-12-20T20:04:55Z

Just wondering what other groups do about the people who complain all the time about getting the robber, not trading etc.

Our group came up with the "waaambalance" card. The first person to make a complaint gets the card and keeps it until another person starts with the whining. This seems to be working pretty well.

I am pretty sure that the person who came up with this idea was thinking of me.......

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House Rules

2004-12-20T20:02:56Z

Hi all,

I currently play in a weekly Settlers game that includes seafarers and the cities and knights expansion in the one game. We've got a whole bunch (no kidding check out the bottom of http://higgins.csse.monash.edu.au/~powell/wed/attend.cgi to see what I mean.

What sort of house rules do you guys play with?

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online settlers

2004-08-03T08:09:46Z

in case you didn't know...
settlers.cs.northwestern.edu/index.html
see you there!

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play tonight?

2004-02-16T00:11:28Z

We're looking for 1 or 2 people who want to play tonight, 2/15, in the lower haight. Call Rich's cell if interested (415) 407-5550.

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travel edition

2004-01-05T21:49:29Z

FYI - the Travel edition, while cheaper and generally well-produced, is *not* identical in play to the standard version, in that the Desert is always in the center of the island.
In other words, the board variations possible with Travel are a subset of the board variations in Standard; they're all boards that *could* occur in Standard, but there's never, say, a desert in the outer ring that causes a 9-6-5 vertex to result.

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Catan in SG

2003-12-27T16:33:11Z

Hiyas folks! Catan is a GREAT game ... but unfortunately I've yet to meet that many players here in my seafarers islandhome of Singapore.

Would sure love to be able ohook up some games... virtual or otherwise.

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Die Siedler von Catan

2003-11-26T06:31:50Z

I happen to prefer the original Kosmos imports of the game over the English versions. The hexes and cards are much more brilliantly colored and easy to spot. The pieces are all wooden. The cards and instructions are in Deutsch, of course, but if you buy them through Mayfair Games (http://www.mayfairgames.com), they include English translations.

Anyone else into the import versions?

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Settlers Civilisations?

2003-11-08T18:29:52Z

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.

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pull up a chair!

2003-10-31T02:51:19Z

I invited a number of people from the java settlers ladder: http://www.myleague.com/soc/

Hopefully they'll join and increase the chatting.

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seafarer gold fever

2003-10-29T22:12:26Z

So, has anyone else noticed the single-mindedness of people when playing seafarers to beeline it to the gold plot?

My brother was in a game where he let the other two players race to the gold, and he hung back and squandered what was left and ignored, and he won.

Then again, three player games tend to allow a little more room for expansion than 4 player games. 4 player games get crowded FAST, especially when people keep using up hexes by building settlments 3 vertices appart as opposed to only 2 vertices apart!

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Welcome!

2003-10-14T07:50:53Z

Welcome to the Catananites!

I hope this group will grow fairly rapidly. Please feel free to discuss strategies, set up challenges via WanCatan, Netset, the Java settlers site, or any other online Settlers clients. Hopefully, if this group grows large enough, we'll have enough people in a region to actually set up live games.

Please encourage any Catan settlers that you know to join. There is strength in numbers!

Moiraine

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