Board Game Olympics: Round 5

I’m a board game lover but I tend to stick to wordplay and trivia games so I’d only played Settlers once but I had enjoyed it. Playing again was a perfect way to spend a gloomy afternoon in the North End. Our hosts were super nice and very accommodating.
I can understand why Settlers is so popular, it can get pretty addicting once you fully understand the game.

This past year a good friend of mine introduced me to this game … No wait let me clarify, she created a Catan-​aholic. Naturally when I found out that round five was Catan I nearly fell off my sofa with excitement .
Our rainy afternoon was spent at Quantam Frontiers «gaming attic». It was a great location for two Catan boards, clean, bright, and not too overwhelming on the comic book talk.
We divided into two groups with a mix of newbies and folks who have played a few times, that way each game was fair. We made lots of jokes about trading wood for my hundreds of mangy sheep. Our group only played one game however it was a close game. All of the newbies in our group caught on pretty quick. I ended up wining but only one point to Jill M. and Kirk F.
All in all it was a great way to spend rainy afternoon, with great company, mangy sheep, Oh! how could I forget the overheard conversations about cheese cloths !

I’ve been a major fan of Settlers of Catan ever since my sister bought me the game this past Christmas. I’ve slowly been turning all my friends into players, and was so psyched to get to play with a bunch of my favorite Unilocalers this weekend!
The Quantam Frontiers attic was a great spot to hang out on a dreary Sunday afternoon, and the tables for playing are much more spacious than what I have at home!
Even though I knew I couldn’t win about halfway through the game, I still had a blast making jokes about needing wood and trading away mangy sheep. It was a super fun afternoon, and I’m so glad I now have an even bigger network of peeps to call up for a game every now and then!

We built this city! We built this city on rock and wheat!
I’m a weekly boardgame player, and Settlers of Catan is in heavy rotation at my house, so I was very excited to find out it was Round 5’s game of choice. It’s a game that seems complicated because it has so many pieces, but is really not too hard to grasp. You’re peasants settling into the new world by trading (or hoarding!) resources with your neighbourly settlers in order to build better and more cities in order to dominate!
Quantum Frontier has a great board games attic (Kirk F., let’s make it a thing!) upstairs with long tables great for gaming, either with boards or cards. While we had to break up into smaller groups in the two smaller rooms due to double-​booking, it was still a comfy spot for whittling away a drizzly Sunday afternoon.
While it wasn’t much of a shock that Rob won the first round with a clean sweep, the second match for our group was anybody’s game and a tight race to the finish. I’m still kicking myself for choosing the more complicated winning strategy that didn’t pan out, but I’ll know better for next time.

I am now a Settlers of Catan convert. So much fun! Quantum Frontier has some great space upstairs for board game play. We had enough people to split up into 2 games, so we separated into small private game rooms.
We had a good mix of pros and newbies at our table. I must admit, I started off feeling a little overwhelmed as a first time player. Luckily, Jill and Danielle did a great job of guiding us newbies through our first game. We had a lot of laughs while strategizing, building, and trading. The plethora of mangy sheep kept us entertained.
Danielle was the winner of our game, so she was lucky enough to walk away with $ 20 to spend at Quantum Frontier!
I may have lost, but this event was just the ticket for wiling away a dreary, soggy Sunday afternoon. Thanks to Ben and all the Unilocalers who came out! I must play this game again sometime… soon.

Settlers of Catan.
If you’ve heard about it, you’ve probably heard people raving about it. I’d tried it once and enjoyed it. This was definitely «love at second sight.» No, really, I’ve already ordered it online and hope to have it within the week. That’s how much fun it is.
Of course, it’s not the game that won me over; it was the company!
We had enough people for two games at Quantum Frontier’s «board games attic» (I’m sure they have a different name for it but I like the sound of that). I was lucky enough to play with some other newbies so the game wasn’t as completely cutthroat as I’m sure it could be if the game were loaded with pros.
I’m glad the weather cooperated for this adventure; it wasn’t nice out (overcast, cold, some drizzle) but it wasn’t awful so you didn’t mind spending a couple of hours indoors fighting for resources with good company.
Looking forward to the next round!