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	Settlers of Catan, Strategic considerations - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		There are no gospel truths in Settlers of Catan strategy, as the game is designed to test the limits of a player's decision-making adaptability.
		However, a good player generally has a good memory, an understanding of basic probability, a cool head, and good rapport with the other players.
		Common considerations include wanting a nice combination starting resources, seeing nice expansion spots within striking distance, or long-term planning to take the Largest Army or Longest Road.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Settlers_of_Catan,_Strategic_considerations (1278 words)

	Early Settlers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Settlers are people who have travelled of their own choice, from the land of their birth to live in "new" lands or colonies.
		The term settler is not usually used in relation to the later histories of well-established and/or independent, postcolonial countries with continuing immigration, like the present-day United States, Canada or Australia, where terms like immigrants are preferred.
		Settlers of Catan is a multiplayer board game invented by Klaus Teuber, first published in Germany by Franckh-Kosmos Verlags-GmbH & Co. (Kosmos) under the name ''Die Siedler von Catan''.
	www.wwwtln.com /finance/66/early-settlers.html (1605 words)

	Catan HQ: May 2005
		A Settlers of Catan tournament is due to be held as part of the 9th Mind Sport Olympiad (MSO), which takes place from August 19 to 29, 2005, in Manchester, England.
		In addition, Catan is due to be released for the Nokia N-Gage in August 2005.
		The Settlers of Catan is, first and foremost, a board game designed to be played with family and friends, or for the more dedicated amongst us, in clubs and tournaments.
	catanhq.blogspot.com /2005_05_01_catanhq_archive.html (3926 words)

	Titles beginning Sa: 1001 Nights of Gaming (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Strategically, players should find and pay careful attention to the various bottlenecks distributed around the board -- the route through the park is only the most obvious one -- as they become valuable escape routes which cannot be easily cut off.
		Strategically, it is vital that each player have a special trading port at the start of the game as unlike every other game of this series, a trading port is absolutely vital.
		Strategically there appear to be at least a couple strategies, one to try to expand as far and fast as possible, the other not to do so, but to gain points by playing cards for others and also retain control of the neutrals and use them to bollix the plans of opponents.
	spotlightongames.com /list/nights/sa.html (11257 words)

	The Tao of Gaming (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		I could probably redefine "strategic" on a case-by-case basic in a way such that no game would ever be considered strategic.
		Chess is strategic for most players, but if the game is solved, the answer may become "No." 1.e4 wins, 1.d4 losses.
		Clearly in PR you have less strategic influence because there are random elements and more players (which decreases any individual player's control).
	gaming.powerblogs.com /posts/chain_1107916388.shtml (2314 words)

	Settlers of Catan, The - Cities and Knights
		Catan also goes much more competitive, as a result of the many new progress cards that allow for frequent cutthroat type actions.
		There are many who praise the Cities&Knights for being a much deeper and more strategic version of Catan, but actually, I find that with the host of new cards, there's actually a fair bit more luck than in the original.
		The regular Settler's of Catan is cool to play if you just want to kick back and have fun.
	www.germangames.com /game.asp?gameID=127 (846 words)

	Catan HQ: Strategic Considerations from Wikipedia
		The news and information headquarters for The Settlers of Catan.
		If you have any news, opinions, articles or questions for Catan HQ, please email catanhq@gmail.com.
		On the Great Crossing maps in particular, the rules governing trade routes enable a player to make a huge, multi-point play to end the game very abruptly.
	catanhq.blogspot.com /2005/05/strategic-considerations-from.html (1105 words)

	Titles beginning N-O: 1001 Nights of Gaming
		One is that even though this is a trading game, individual turns usually take longer than in, say, Settlers of Catan and less of it is spent interacting with others.
		This small package game is no longer as simple as Bohnanza or Settlers of Catan and so is too much for a general audience, but its varied goals and vicissitudes should offer a feeling of fun that appeals to just about all players of more complicated games.
		A further consideration is that no change is giving for purchases, altering acquisition strategy in a challenging way.
	spotlightongames.com /list/nights/n-o.html (6258 words)

	Settlers of Catan - Settlers of Catan Strategy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Stay tuned to Settlers-of-Catan.com for more Settlers of Catan strategy tips.
		Settlers-of-Catan.com is not endorsed or affiliated with Catan GmbH, but I like them a lot.
		"Settlers of Catan is the perfect mix of strategy, player interaction and luck.
	www.settlers-of-catan.com /settlers-of-catan-strategy.html (790 words)

	Eagle Games Forums: Oil resource shortage.
		This is the type of thing that makes the game fun to play though and these kind of strategic considerations increase the enjoyment for me. I was in no way completely out of the game though, I just felt like I was fighting with one arm tied behind my back (which was cool).
		I'm sorry, but if you play Settlers of Catan regularily and you never win, its not because the game is luck based it's because you aren't a very good player (in fact if it was heavily luck based then everyone would win the same frequency if you played often enough).
		Settlers (like many of our games) has luck in it, but success is driven by good decisions.
	eaglegames.zeroforum.com /zerothread?cmd=print&id=2729 (7742 words)

	Managing the Game Experience
		Settlers of Catan, for example, is a race to achieve 10 victory points—this type of competition is quite indirect.
		Practical considerations also come into play such as the age range, appropriateness of the theme, and the actual play time.
		The importance of these considerations cannot be understated—the best-chosen game can yield an unpleasant experience by a poor explanation of the rules, or a sloppy first run-through.
	www.thegamesjournal.com /articles/ManagingTheExperience.shtml (2398 words)

	Trials, Triumphs and Trivialities Article
		For example Stephen Yong is planning to create a Medieval warfare version of Space Federation and I have every confidence that it'll fit into a strategic game niche which we're not currently covering — and that it will provide genuine enjoyment to some people who are not currently involved with Stephen's turn-based space game.
		At one time The Settlers of Catan was intended as part of a three-part game, with the first game being about exploration, Catan being about settlement, and the third game being about warfare; each game would actually provide the background for the next.
		For example in The Settlers of Catan I think it's fairly obvious that the core gameplay has to do with hexes which produce resources, collection of those resources via settlements built around the hex, and use of those resources to build various objects.
	www.skotos.net /articles/TTnT_127.shtml (2738 words)

	Boards
		There is usually a noticeable difference between the value of areas along the edge of the board versus those closer to the center or areas that are adjacent to some form of terrain or barrier.
		Unfortunately it is this same advantage that, at times, is the most problematic for these types of games as the variable set up can tip the balance in favor of a particular player in turn order or dramatically alter the value of a specific location on the board.
		For example, once the tiles and die roll indicators have been positioned for Settlers of Catan, the map becomes fixed; a six remains a six and an eight remains an eight throughout the game.
	www.thegamesjournal.com /articles/Boards.shtml (5072 words)

	Yehuda: 07/01/2005 - 07/31/2005
		After dinner, I started out with a game of Dvonn with one of the teenage guests, while we waited for the rest of the players to coalesce (they were walking the dog).
		Adi had played Settlers with me last time she came over and was looking forward to play again.
		We also played Settlers (first time for him, second for her), which they also played two-player twice while I was out, and a game of Traumfabrik.
	jergames.blogspot.com /2005_07_01_jergames_archive.html (6068 words)

	CATAN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Search the CATAN Family Message Boards at Ancestry.com (if available).
		Search the CATAN Family Resource Center at RootsWeb.com (if available).
		Find graves of people named CATAN at Find-a-Grave.com (or add one that you know).
	www.worldhistory.com /surname/US/C/CATAN.htm (91 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Strategic level, 2-4 player game of the rise of the Turkish empire, 1453-1571, thruout the eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea areas.
		Richly produced, Axis & Allies-style, strategic level game of the American Civil War played with 384 plastic minis and a large scale, color map of the US + western territories.
		Strategic area-move game of empire building & conflict, with economics, during the Roman era.
	www.finegames.com /text/multiply.txt (15178 words)

	Die Siedler von Catan: Seefahrer expansion Review
		It's the juggernaut that is Die Siedler von Catan (published in the United States as The Settlers of Catan by Mayfair Games).
		Sadly, Kosmos knows they have a hit on their hands and isn't embarrassed to milk it for all its worth.
		This results in some very unusual terrain with unique strategic considerations every time.
	www.gamereport.com /tgr16/siedlerseefahrer.html (1085 words)

	Bohnanza
		I'm not sure you have a lot of control, but it's fun for families and there are a few (rather obvious) strategic considerations.
		Note: it's easy to miss a key rule that play passes to the left but your hand is passed to the right.
		Just like Settlers of Catan, people have been trying to come up with two-player variants for Bohnanza.
	www.theswitchingyard.com /bohnanza.html (1616 words)

	trading card game
		This is done by researching card effects and putting them together in such a way that they complement each other.
		The act of playing against other decks is the tactical aspect of a CCG, as opposed to the strategic aspect of deck construction.
		Decks are built from a pool of hundreds of different cards so the combinations and overall strategies are almost endless.
	www.fact-library.com /trading_card_game.html (662 words)

	Game Notes Issue #13
		Settler: Allows players to choose one plantation from a number of face-up tiles (the number is always one more than the number of players).
		Strategic options range from maximizing income (to purchase buildings) to maximizing production (to ship for victory points).
		The initial impression – if you see pictures of the components, or even read a review – is that Settlers of Catan has a wannabe clone.
	www.bouldergames.com /gamenotes/gamenotes_13.asp (9981 words)

	Funagain Games: Bohnanza
		In our house this game is second only to Settlers of Catan.
		The one thing that makes this a strategic game is the fact that you CAN'T rearrange the cards in your hand.
		There's my dad who refused to play Settlers of Catan because it seemed too complex (and I hadn't even talked about the robber yet!) and there's my nephew who's a hard-core D&D buff.
	funagain.com /control/product/~product_id=008127/~reviewsShowAll=true (5895 words)

	Game Reviews, Game Articles, Game Previews - The GameWire from Gamefest.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Mike Petty: Favorite games have changed over the years, but the constant factor is they must have excitement to catch on.
		Strategic brain burners just don't get much attention.
		We've never discussed limiting the attendance other than for considerations of the space we rent.
	gamefest.com /news/feature_detail/2419_0_3_0_C (6837 words)

	Shannon Appelcline's Thinking Virtually
		The Elements of Good Design - Expanding upon the design concepts of the first season, rounding out all the most important considerations in designing a game.
		Strategic Introductions: Web Games (1/31/03) - Comparing web games to their tabletop brethren.
		Strategic Coda: The RPG Connection (5/23/03) - How strategy design can help RPGs.
	www.skotos.net /articles/Thinking.shtml (2014 words)

	[No title]
		Strategic level game of the War in the East during WW2 using area movement.
		K.Anderson'02 66576 DUTCH REVOLT 1566-1609 Fo Y 0.4 New $10.00 Strategic level, area move game of the revolt of the Dutch against their inclusion in the Hapsburg Empire in the mid-1500s.
		Simpler, strategic, area move, solitaire game of East front, 41-45 at army level.
	www.finegames.com /text/cleareoy.txt (16387 words)

	Game Notes Issue #16
		I think the system is awesome due to its flexibility and the option the player has to “play it safe” and be certain of having weaker options or to accept a little luck and go for greater advantage.
		Much like Settlers, resource production is common to all players but there’s no luck involved, barring the random draw of resource tiles at the start of the game and during an “explore” action, which allows players to increase their production capability provided they can the place randomly-drawn tiles on appropriate land types.
		For those who don't know, The Settlers of Zarahemla is a Settlers variant that is based on The Book of Mormon, specifically published to sell to the Mormon community.
	www.bouldergames.com /gamenotes/gamenotes_16.asp (15399 words)

	Double Exposure: DREAMATION 2005 Master Schedule
		Character creation rules and information about the Heroes of Ribhus campaign can be found at: http://www.ribhus.com.
		Play an immigrant on the newly populated island of Catan.
		From the designer who brought us Settlers of Catan.
	www.dexposure.com /d2005sched.html (15230 words)

	Musings, Ramblings, and Things Left Unsaid (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		BvG's strength is in how richly detailed the strategic situation is. You can see who's commanding who, where they are on the map for a given campaign, and who's taking casualties.
		The political angle of the game is more abstract, represented by playing map cards (which determine, say, which side Kentucky comes in on) and, to a lesser extent, by the play of "Enigma" cards, which focus moslty on non-military events.
		If comics are Taken Seriously, we are going to have to watch discussion of comics stop hinging on their humor or aesthetic qualities and begin seeing them as pregnant with meaning, artifacts of their times, separated from their original creator and given over to the tender mercies of comparative literature professors.
	tajmahalfred.blogspot.com /2004_06_01_tajmahalfred_archive.html (13588 words)

	Fantasy Flight Games Message Board (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		It would require influence poor players to concentrate on critical agendas and would increase their gain of a cheat on cow-trades considerably Smacking the leader would be even more fun.
		A frame to hold the hexes together (like the one in Seafarers of Catan or Knight and Cities of Catan).
		Personally, I'd be willing to sacrifice complexity, strategic options, politicking, and even some "fun" in order to accomplish these goals.
	www.fantasyflightgames.com /discus/messages/6/3581.html?1092966606 (11772 words)

	RPGnet: The Inside Scoop on Gaming (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		#69: Strategic Coda: The RPG Connection by Shannon Appelcline, 23may03
		#68: Strategic Insights: Card Games by Shannon Appelcline, 09may03
		#62: Anatomy of a Game: The Settlers of Catan by Shannon Appelcline, 21feb03
	www.rpg.net /news+reviews/columns/virtually19nov01.html (1842 words)

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