Re: Settlers of Catan

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> > > Has anyone ever heard or played the board game The Settlers of Catan? 
> > > It was voted the number one German board game in the mid ninties.  It
> > > reminds me alot of playing a Warcraft board game.  If any one has
> > > heard of it or has the game let me know where it can be bought
> > > at.........
> > 
> > Hello Richard,
> > Normally this game is available in the better boardgamestores, not in
> > a usual toystore.
> > As far as I know it's distributed in here in Belgium and in Holland by
> > 999-games.  It might be possible that you can ordered it by e-mail
> > there.
> > It's not clear in your request if you ever played Catan.  But let me
> > tell you that it's one of the best boardgames ever.
> > Catan is made in modules, so watch out when you buy it, you always
> > need the basic box for the expantions.
> > There are two kinds of Catan games.  First of all there is the
> > boardgame.  This is made for 3-4 players.  There are about 5 or 6
> > expantions available for it.  Espacialy the historical set of Troye is
> > very good.  Also the set zeevaarders (sorry I don't know how it is
> > mentionned in English) is great.  This set gives the possibility to
> > play with two basic sets plus the expantion.  On avarage the time of a
> > game takes about two houres.
> > The other version of Catan is a Card game.  There are also 5
> > expantionset available for it.  Personnaly I like more the cardgame.
> > I hope my answer will be a help to find the game.
> > Kind Regards,
> > Steven
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> Steven,
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> I thank you for you input about the game 'Settlers of Catan' but I
> have yet to find the game in any store around my area.  I know I could
> always order it off the internet but I try to refrain from doing so as
> much as possible.  As for if i've ever played the game, I have...and I
> also agree the it is probably one of the best board games i have ever
> played,  all I have played though is the basic set but I have seen one
> of the expansions where you could also sail ships....it looked pretty
> fun but I did not get the oppertunity to play.  The group I always
> played, we all called it "crack" because of how addicting it was. :) 
> It looks like my best bet will be just ordering it off the internet.
> 
> Regards, 
> Richard

Richard,

The expantion with the ships is called "Zeevaarders" in dutch.  There
are about 15 scenarios in this box.  And as I already wrote in my
previos message, you add 2 basic boxes to it.  The goal is than 18
points.  The material is 8 cities, 5 villages, 15 streets and 15
ships.

When you want more info about the different expantionsets, don't
hesitate to ask.

I also heared that there is a PC game on the market, unfortunatily I
did not see it yet.

Regards,
Steven