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I'm in for a game. I bet Van Kaya would be in for that as well.

I would love to play this online, where do you play?

I play on the Xbox 360 Arcade. The game costs about 800 Xbox Points(10$). I haven't really looked into whether they offer it on other systems. If you've got an Xbox and want to play a few games I'm in. I prefer playing with people regularly, although playing randoms is fun.

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Why? It is statistically possible

Well, the game is played with dice so rolling 7s for every turn of the game is statistically possible. At the end of the online game they give you a breakdown of what numbers were rolled and compares it on a bar graph next to the average.

The main thing I dislike is how the map can be really disadvantageous (or advantageous), and sets the stage for a large portion of the game. I do like how different strategies can lead to success, though :)

I know what you mean. If the desert is in the center the game kind of sucks.  I guess it's like RL though; you have to make due with what your given. The Ying and the Yang and all that good !@#$.

Ideally I like to play with three players on the regular board or five players on the 5-6 player expansion.  The game gets pretty wild when you have lots of players to trade with.

I recently started playing the board game Settlers of Catan this summer while working in a mining exploration camp in the northern Yukon, Canada. There wasn't much to do some days so we had a lot of time to play and a lot of different people to play with. After a while the game gets EXTREMELY strategy based(there still is a small amount of luck involved) as you learn the tendencies of your opponents.

The game is basically centered around the control of resources and using them effectively. The game is originally German and is a German style board game (more strategy, less luck) but is recently gaining a lot of popularity in North America.

I wanted to make a post on this to get the game out into the Catan universe because I think that if you've got a "BM mind" you will definitely find value in this game!

If anyone already plays this game and thinks its worth talking about, feel free to elaborate on my post. I wouldn't mind getting a strategy forum going for Catan because most of you brilliant BM ers are amazing strategists.

P.S. They recently released a version of the game for Xbox 360 Arcade and it's totally worth buying.