Settlers of Catan provides for a highly interactive board game experience, since one of its primary mechanisms is trading between players. It has probably done more to draw attention to German board games than any other since its introduction in 1995. The Settlers of Catan is THE modern classic board game.
For now, I think I should avoid games that (1) only have individual player boards since that often suggests limited player interactions like in Quacks and Wingspan, and (2) look for games with a modular board, route/network building, and maybe even tile placement mechanics.īased on previous recommendations, I am thinking about Carcassonne and also trying out Forbidden Island with her to see if co-ops could be our thing, but if you can think of any good two player games similar to Catan, let me know! They just didn't have that same type of fun she liked in Catan.
I have a feeling that Anna would like it especially when played with more than two players.Īgain, this doesn't mean Anna thought any of these games were bad.It'd be great if she likes Viticulture because it's one of my favorite games.Elements of player action include choosing the wake-up time, blocking your opponent's workers from taking certain action spaces, and visitor cards that could affect the other players).I'm going to try to get it out this week.I'm pretty sure she'll like Wingspan even more after giving it a second play because she was starting to understand what it means to build an engine (Anna won by the way haha).įuture Test #3 - Viticulture (another step up in player interaction) She also mentioned that she liked Wingspan more than Quacks because it seemed like a deeper game with more dimensions. Anna got her first game of Wingspan in tonight, and I could immediately tell how she felt about the game afterwards-good, but still doesn't scratch that itch from the kind of enjoyment she got from Catan.Test #2 - Wingspan (has limited player interaction) If we were to play again and took around 45 min, maybe she might enjoy it as much as she enjoys Welcome To? Maybe, maybe not, but definitely not as fun as Catan was to her. On a side note, we took a long time to finish the game because we had to stretch it out into three different sessions throughout the day.She didn't find it as enjoyable that all she had to do was to focus on her own board/pot and that there's basically zero need to be aware of what the other person is doing. I tried this out thinking maybe some games could be potentially too good that she wouldn't mind not having any player interaction at all-I was wrong.Test #1 - Quacks of Quedlinburg (basically zero interaction) Just One, Skull, Catan), where there's the exchanging/trading/taking away of cards, decision-making that affects other players, observing how different people make choices, etc.Īnd since Catan, Anna has been introduced to two more games that helped me grasp to what degree she wants her games to have player interaction: But in general, she is way more interested in games with interaction in various forms (e.g. Now, just so that you don't misunderstand, Anna clarified that she still likes games like Welcome To because it's a great game for a relaxing downtime-after all, who would be constantly in the mood for a brain-melting, cut-throaty, or whatever type of game? (I'm probably asking the wrong crowd here). And I learned that Anna heavily favors games with player interactions. Then Thanksgiving came around and she had her first experience of Catan (mine as well)-and she loved it! Since then, I've been asking her a lot of questions (probably too many or too often) to find out more about her preferences. Before Thanksgiving, her experience with games included Love Letter, Azul, Santorini, Skull, Just One, Welcome To, and a few other games. Anna got introduced to modern board games through me this year.
BOARD GAMES LIKE CATAN UPDATE
Here's a bit of an update on that.įirst, let me give you a bit of background and some clarifications. Yesterday, I made a post asking for recommendations on games I could play with my wife.
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