One New Thing: Settlers of Catan

I remember hearing about Settlers of Catan for the first time from the Kygers. Ever since then, I've wanted to try it. A friend and I kept planning to have a Settlers of Catan dinner party, but it never happened... I think we both had babies, and you know how they ruin plans. Then a few months ago, I ducked into a toy store with Elliot on a rainy day and saw the game sitting on a shelf. It was calling to me, so I went ahead and bought it. The time had come to give it a try! Unfortunately, nobody in my house seems to want to play this game with me. It's been sitting, unopened, on a closet shelf, lonely and unloved ever since I brought it home.

I don't know how it came up in the lab, but somehow we figured out that THREE of us had bought this game, and none of us really got to play! Megan and I had both had the game for a long time and never gotten to play even once! We decided enough was enough, and the time to play was finally here. So this Friday was Settlers of Catan day. We took over the break room with our board game, and enjoyed chocolate cake and lots of weird soda flavors. (I found Mellow Yellow, Tab, and Cherry Doctor Pepper at the deli next to work.) It was very decadent! Lots of people walked by and gave us envious looks. "Is it like Dungeons and Dragons?" one person asked, looking doubtful. "It looks really complicated," another said.

And the truth is, the game IS really complicated. Luckily, Brandi had played before and could tell us how it worked. I have to say that even though I lost, by a lot, the game was very fun. And now that I know how fun it is, I will try even harder to make somebody play it with me at home. The next game on my list: Bananagrams.

-Kristin