A few years ago, it looked like a movie based on the board game Settlers on Catan was on the cards. It's the sort of thing you hear about and think "Huh... that'll never go anywhere". Well it has gone somewhere -- it appears Sony is in the process of "fast-tracking" production of the flick.
If you haven't found enough ways to make your friends hate you through hours of failed negotiations, here's another way to ruin friendships: Settlers of Catan is getting a VR spin off.
It's not an official product, but to all that is unholy I hope it becomes one soon.
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If you're talking classic board games, and not tosh like Monopoly or Clue, then Settlers of Catan has to be near the top of the list. It's still brilliant today, and the app is even one of the best digital recreations of a board game around.
Most people have played Catan at one point or another, so you'll be familiar with how good it is. Now, are you sitting? Good. Because Settlers of Catan is getting a space version.
Most of us have played a game or 20 of Settlers of Catan. Despite its constant popularity (enough for someone to buy the rights for the movie), the original came out over two decades ago. If you've ever wondered how the board game came to be, this short, yet fascinating look at creator Klaus Teuber should prove enlightening.
Movies of video games. Yes, we know about those. Movies about board games though? I'm sure this particular feat has been achieved before, but the only thing that comes to mind that's remotely related are the D&D films, and that's technically a pen-and-paper RPG. Settlers of Catan on the other hand... where does one even begin?
“Part of our brand,” explains the sonorous French voice on the phone, “is coming from the fact we do very few things. Porsche is the most successful car company in the world from the business standpoint, but they do very few models... we take the same approach in the board game business.”
Canadian filmmaker Jay Cheel once worked for video game developer Silicon Knights, but in his 10-minute documentary The Politics of Competitive Board Gaming Amongst Friends, he focuses instead on tabletop gaming, casting his camera on his own friends while they play The Settlers of Catan. It's a beautiful, funny, and poignant look at how competition and friendship intersect when gaming dominance is on the line.
It's Christmas. You're friends and family are together for that special time of the year to give, receive and eat. Once all the presents have been passed around and the food consumed, someone recommends you pull out Monopoly or Scrabble to pass the time. You sigh, knowing there's a whole other world of board and card games your relatives are oblivious to. Wouldn't it be great if there was a way to gently introduce them to this fabulous alternate universe?
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Last month we took a close look at a new version of classic board game Settlers of Catan, one being readied for Microsoft's giant touch-screen computer. Since then, a new build of the game has been released.
For as long as we've known the pair, video games have been video games, and board games have been board games. But as time and technology march on, could two become, as the Spice Girls say, one?
We've seen recently what it looks like playing board games on a futuristic table. Today, though, we're going to look at a board game being played on a futuristic wall.
The iPhone version of famously fun table top game Catan has been submitted to Apple for approval, the developers tell us.
Settlers of Catan, the award-winning resource-allocation and strategy board game, will have a version on the iPhone and iPod Touch "this summer," developed in conjunction with Catan's creator, according to the game's official website.
At one point, I didn't think there was a board game in existence that could match the supremacy of Settlers of Catan. That Klaus Teuber sure knows what he's doing.
Maybe after being subjected again and again to the monotony of Sorry! and Monopoly something primal and creative must have imploded in his brain. Compelled by what was left (which must have been heaps), he crafted the Catan.
Thank you Klaus. Will have your babies, if we ever meet.
Recently however, my love of Catan has been superseded by a new game - Arkham Horror.
