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[mechers]

Winning some obscure German award may not sound impressive, but in the board game world the Spiel des Jahres is, in fact, a very, very big deal. Germans, it turns out, are absolutely nuts about board games.

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[homo_impetus]

I fucking love that game so hard. I am excited because soon thewisejustking will visit, and I am sure I will get a chance to play the game with him. And that dude is a master at the game.

At my little get together tonight, we didn't play Settlers though; we played Carcassane instead.

[photosynthetik]

settlers is awesome. i can't believe i don't own it yet.

[routemaps]

My friends that taught me this game call it The Game, as if there can be only one. I'm partial to the Cities and Knights expansion. If you like German games, Carcassonne has several cool variants some of which come packaged individually: Discovery, The Castle, and (the new one can't remember). I'll also throw "Stone Age" out there. And "War on Terror" if the group is a bit irreverent.

[taxishoes]

This was my favorite quote from that article:

"In fact, when Parker Brothers tried to introduce Risk there in 1982, the government threatened to ban it on the grounds that it might encourage imperialist and militaristic impulses in the nation's youth. (The German rules for Risk were hastily rewritten so players could "liberate" their opponents' territories, and censors let it slide.)"

[myjesusisbetter]

Settlers!! <3