Settlers-related stuff – same site also has Longest Road T-shirts.

A combination of two of my favourite things! Settlers and Lego.
See more Settlers creations at Settlers of Catan board game site.

We were wandering around and stumbled onto this giant Catan board. There were some other folks there as well and we all sat down to play this really unique board, complete with a “robber” duck…

Giant Catan!

There are more examples of hand-made Settlers boards at the Settlers of Catan board game site.

My  focus is on modern board games, putting into practice authentic games in educational settings to engage students with the curriculum. I have been critical in the growth of the designer games as educational resources and have written several documents aligning modern board games with both the AASL’s Standards for 21st-Century Learners and NY State Curriculum.

I follow thr debate about the educational value of computer games, but there is a lot that board games have to offer too.
See more on Settlers of Catan.

This is not an Android app that allows you to actually play the game like the iPhone Settlers of Catan app, but is it useful to board game players?

Share your love of Settlers of Catan through the medium of cake!

Mayday games do some really interesting aftermarket product development for Settlers (or Yucatan, as they call it, presumably to avoid copyright infringement). These extra wooden pieces look like they would add a new dimension to the game, as well as looking cute!

See more about Settlers customisation at the Settlers of Catan Board Game site.

Looks good! On Settlers of Catan board game site we have links to other resources for learning the Settlers games,

This is a general property in German-style board games, in that they tend to reduce the means of attack between players. Often games will have players seek to maximize some personal system over which the opponents have little control, but must compete for resources with them in order to obtain the tools they need to affect that system. Settlers of Catan is more competitive than many other games of the type, but serves as a good introduction to the idea.

I’d never thought of it like that, but it’s true. This site looks like it has a really interesting take on game design, worth looking at further. See Settlers of catan boardgame site for more analysis of the game.