Catan

The latest obsession – Settlers of Catan. What an awesome board game! We recently discovered a little shop just off Bo-Ai Rd. that hosts board game sessions and sells board games as well. You can go in for a tea/sandwich and play any of their games in the library or you can order specific games and buy them. So far after less than two years in Taiwan, we’ve accumulated quite the assortment of games: two Scrabble games (one original, one travel), Original Monopoly, Anti-Monopoly, Buzzword, two versions of Trivial Pursuit, Pictionary, and most recently the entire Catan Set. That is, original Catan, Seafarers Extension, Knights and Cities, and all extensions to create the 5-6 player versions of the game. Let me emphasize that we love strategy games and this one is no exception! Even though the game is only created for at least three players, we’ve managed to modify it to be a two player game as well with a few small changes.

Mike assures me that we aren’t like other couples and that we are in fact ‘different’ in that not everyone likes to play board games seven nights in a row or spend massive amounts of money on board games. But I refuse to believe that someone would not enjoy this game. Or at least, any intelligent person should like this game! The Catan marathons with friends have definitely given us more excuses to host game nights at our place and not spend as much money on going out all the time, so it’s actually been more than worth the cost. Every night spent playing Catan is a night spent saving for my future education. But that’s another update…

~ by globalciti on October 3, 2009.