Board games are back, thanks to lessons designers learned from computer games

Re:Board games are back, thanks to lessons designers learned... by b0rsuk on Thursday November 30, 2017 @11:13PM (#15821838)

Settlers of Catan is practically M.U.L.E. refined. You start by buying land, then the land bears resources. When you sell to other players, you can ask any price you want. You build up by laying down roads, towns and cities, tech up with random development cards. The most common dice result - 7 - is the Thief, which lets the current player rob any other for half of their resources rounded down.

If you liked M.U.L.E., you will love Settlers of Catan.

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Re:Board games are back, thanks to lessons designers learned... by entropy_ on Friday December 01, 2017 @04:12AM (#15822805)

Just a small correction. The Robber(or Thief) in Catan doesn't allow you to steal half another player's resources, you just steal one card. However, if any player has 8 or more resource cards in their hands when '7' is rolled, they need to discard half rounded down.

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Re:Board games are back, thanks to lessons designers learned... by nicky0 on Friday December 01, 2017 @04:10AM (#15822802)

Just as a point of accuracy, the Robber only lets you steal one card.

But anyone with 8 or more cards has to discard half rounded down.

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