In the original version of the popular board game Settlers of Catan, players start on an undeveloped island and are encouraged to "fulfill your manifest destiny." To win you have to collect resources ...

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Board games are great fun for families as well as excellent Christmas presents for friends. So here is the first of our beginner guides to board gaming for families. Although I know there are many of ...

Introduction: The birth of a new gaming era -- Tomb raiders and the lost games of the ancients: what board games reveal about our ancestors -- Chess: the "mad queen's game": how the chessboard came to ...

A new version of the popular board game Catan aims to make players wrestle with a 21st-century problem: How do you develop and expand without... How do you build without over polluting? That's the ...

A new version of the popular board game Catan, which hits shelves this summer, introduces energy production and pollution into the gameplay. (Catan GmbH) In the original version of the popular board ...