The Settlers of Catan

05-05-2014, 07:29 PM


I’ve always known there was a board game called “Settlers of Catan”  but never really knew what it was about. Recently OSC got this board game and it has been very popular. I’ve seen large hoards of kids crowded around tables watching and playing the game. This week I got the opportunity to play because I was swapping out with a child who wanted to do something else, so I dove in half way through the game. Tyler (my opponent) gave me a crash course in the rules.  He told me that Settlers of Catan is a multiplayer board game, where players assume the roles of settlers, each attempting to build and develop holdings while trading and acquiring resources. Then Players are rewarded with points as their settlements grow.  The first to reach a set number of points is the winner.
Players build settlements, cities, and roads to connect them as they settle the island. The game board representing the island is composed of hexagonal tiles of different land types (resources) which are laid out randomly at the beginning of each game. Players build by spending resources (brick, lumber, wool, grain, and ore), represented by resource cards. Each land type, with the exception of the unproductive desert, produces a specific resource. This game is all about strategy because players have to plan out where is the best place to build settlements and roads to maximize their probability to get their desired resources on any given roll. While at the same time try to handicap or restrict your opponent from getting their resources by moving the robber token onto an opponent's resources hexagon. They can then take away any and all chance for them to get that resource on a roll. Over all I found this game to be very fun and a great activity for strengthening the minds of everyone who plays. There are also other expansion pack that let you play other versions of the game.

Thanks,
Katharyn
WRCC
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