Day #2 - Settlers of Catan!

Class #2 - Settlers of Catan

Games Played: Settlers of Catan

So, It's our second day of class in Games and Community, and we're celebrating by having ourselves an exciting 3 hours of playing Settlers! Woot!

I have a bit of a history with settlers, spending most of my time in Youth group (ages 15 to 18), and a lot of my freshman and sophomore years at Calvin (19 to 20), I had eventually learned to get very annoyed with the game. From getting locked on the board, losing half my cards to the robber when i needed them most, or a surprising come from behind win from another player just as I was about to take the game, I was pretty sure that I never wanted to play Settlers of Catan ever again.

Well flashing forward 3 years,and here I was about to once again Embark on an exciting adventure in Catan, and I can say, I enjoyed my return trip. My group played 2 games, 1 regular (as a "quick" refresher round) and one with teams. The teams round was a lot of fun, since It had a couple of custom rules we added in to change it up. Such as rolling a 7 = one free resource for all, and you could only trade blindly with your partner.

So despite all the potential for unpleasantness, I actually had a ton of fun (and won both games too boot). Hopefully next class can be just as enjoyable!

~Brandon