After getting throttled for the first 3 months of the year, Neal is starting to show his Settlers skills and the numbers are starting to even out. Neal has won 4 of the last 8 games. Janessa still leads the pack and seemingly can flex her muscle at any moment. BJ is making his move to get closer to Ness, and aided by friendly trading practices between husband and wife, seems to be on the verge of making major strides forward. It should be noted that Neal has no friendly trading partners, and is therefore at a disadvantage in the game. But real Catan Skills don't need friendly trading.
On a final note, the law has finally been laid down for good. Ness is no longer a rookie, and can no longer be given rookie treatment with regards to the rule "a road/settlement/city laid is a road/settlement/city played." She's had her final mulligan, and will now be playing according to the rules set forth by the Catan Lords of the Burt/Barth/Hoagland clans.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Side Note!
Why do we have such a girl wallpaper for our Catan Blog? Catan is not girl and nice...it's rough and tumble, no holds bar, to the death grudge matches. We need something that represents us better than this girly stuff.
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
2011 Game 2: January 21
Ness Dominates Round Two
Burt Household, Kaysville, Utah
Is it really a surprise that Ness dominates again?? Beginners luck you say? I don't think so.
Ness positioned herself quite well on the 2 for 1 spots. Loading up on brick and wheat helped with the victories.
A low point of the night....the last game Ness wins by 5 points!! Well, low point for the other two contenders. Quite a high point for her.
Needless to say Ness is on a hot streak and hoping this post does not jinx her in anyway!
Burt Household, Kaysville, Utah
Is it really a surprise that Ness dominates again?? Beginners luck you say? I don't think so.
Ness positioned herself quite well on the 2 for 1 spots. Loading up on brick and wheat helped with the victories.
A low point of the night....the last game Ness wins by 5 points!! Well, low point for the other two contenders. Quite a high point for her.
Needless to say Ness is on a hot streak and hoping this post does not jinx her in anyway!
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
2011 Game 1: January 3
Ness Dominates Round One
Burt Household, Kaysville, Utah
In an early 2011 test of wits over the fertile fields that represent the proverbial battlegrounds of Catan, Janessa, comparatively new to the game of Catan, blew out Beeg and Neal, two of the "originals" in the ever growing Catan gameplay legacy. A spectator of the game made the following observation, "I pretty much knew it was over when Neal decided not to put his second settlement on the wheat, brick, wood location, which would have enabled him to make an early play for the 2 for 1 wheat. Had he done so, his 6, 5, 10 wheat combo would have bordered on unstoppable, and he could have easily moved to pick up the nearby 8 ore within the first several moves of the game."
As it was, however, Janessa's superb positioning paid off and, after fending off a mini run by Neal around the 5 or 6 point level, she went on to 10 pretty much uncontested. It should be noted that Beeg was visibly hampered by the abuse he and his basketball team took earlier that night, getting down by almost 40 points and ultimately losing by just 30 once the other team completely stopped playing defense. A teammate who missed several layups during the game noted the following, "We are bad at basketball." At any rate, the mental and physical abuse was too much was clearly too much to overcome, and the outcome indicated as much.
Game Notes:
Final Score: Janessa 10 w/ longest road, Neal 7, Beeg 4
Big play: Janessa's first city--the first of the game...prompting the question of how often the person who builds the first city wins the game. Preliminary estimate: 50%
Spectators: Nate Burt, Paisley
Overall Standings after 1 game:
Janessa: 1-0-0-0
Neal: 0-1-0-0
Beeg: 0-0-1-0
Boom: 0-0-0-0
Burt Household, Kaysville, Utah
In an early 2011 test of wits over the fertile fields that represent the proverbial battlegrounds of Catan, Janessa, comparatively new to the game of Catan, blew out Beeg and Neal, two of the "originals" in the ever growing Catan gameplay legacy. A spectator of the game made the following observation, "I pretty much knew it was over when Neal decided not to put his second settlement on the wheat, brick, wood location, which would have enabled him to make an early play for the 2 for 1 wheat. Had he done so, his 6, 5, 10 wheat combo would have bordered on unstoppable, and he could have easily moved to pick up the nearby 8 ore within the first several moves of the game."
As it was, however, Janessa's superb positioning paid off and, after fending off a mini run by Neal around the 5 or 6 point level, she went on to 10 pretty much uncontested. It should be noted that Beeg was visibly hampered by the abuse he and his basketball team took earlier that night, getting down by almost 40 points and ultimately losing by just 30 once the other team completely stopped playing defense. A teammate who missed several layups during the game noted the following, "We are bad at basketball." At any rate, the mental and physical abuse was too much was clearly too much to overcome, and the outcome indicated as much.
Game Notes:
Final Score: Janessa 10 w/ longest road, Neal 7, Beeg 4
Big play: Janessa's first city--the first of the game...prompting the question of how often the person who builds the first city wins the game. Preliminary estimate: 50%
Spectators: Nate Burt, Paisley
Overall Standings after 1 game:
Janessa: 1-0-0-0
Neal: 0-1-0-0
Beeg: 0-0-1-0
Boom: 0-0-0-0
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Catan 2011
Here we go!! The start of the Settlers of Catan 2011 tournament!
Rules? Help people....not sure how to do this?
Rules? Help people....not sure how to do this?
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