Monday, April 10, 2006

I'm just bitching because nobody invited me to GoF

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> HOW DO YOU PLAY SETTLERS OF CATAN?

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> LOOK UP SETTLERS OF CATAN

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> GO BOARDGAMEGEEK

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> LOOK UP SETTLERS OF CATAN

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> SEARCH SETTLERS OF CATAN

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> ENTER SETTLER OF CATAN INTO SEARCH BAR

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> CLICK SEARCH

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> ENTER SETTLERS OF CATAN INTO SEARCH BAR

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Settlers Of Catan, The - Travel Edition (2002) [Shop]
Settlers of Catan - Event Cards is an alternate name of Ereignisse auf Catan [Shop]
Settlers of Catan - Historical Scenarios is an alternate name of Siedler von Catan, Die - Historische Szenarien [Shop]
Settlers of Catan - Historical Scenarios II is an alternate name of Siedler von Catan, Die - Historische Szenarien II [Shop]
Settlers of Catan 10th Anniversary 3-D Special Edition Chest Set (2005) [Shop]
Settlers of Catan : Rockman Edition (2005) or Settlers of Catan: Megaman Edition [Shop]
Settlers of Catan Card Game Expansions, The (2002) [Shop]
Settlers of Catan Card Game, The (1996) [Shop]
Settlers of Catan, The (1995) [Shop]
Settlers of Catan, The - 5-6 Player Expansion (1999) [Shop]
Settlers of Catan, The - Cities and Knights is an alternate name of Cities and Knights of Catan, The [Shop]
Settlers of Catan, The - Seafarers is an alternate name of Seafarers of Catan, The [Shop]

> CLICK SETTLERS OF CATAN

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> CLICK SETTLERS OF CATAN, THE (1995)

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> FIND RULES

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> CLICK RULES

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> CLICK RULES IN THE FORUMS

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Soldier card
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settlers of catan pen and paper edition
What happens if there aren't enough resources?
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The Mayfair Contradiction
Trade-exchange-trade back. Is it legal?
Comments wanted from players on builds every turn xpack

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Settlers.pdf 1 page simple play overview
Die Siedler Von Catan.pdf Traducción al ESPAÑOL de las reglas del juego, por Rodolfo Palafox
catan mobile.pdf Board mobile based on a photo of the forum (fixed trading rates)
catan movil.pdf Tablero portátil basado en una foto del foro. (Arreglado costes)
SoC_turn_aid_Avery_5164_or_5264_v1.0.doc Player Turn synopsis. Avery label to stick onto back of Building Cost Card.
SoC_Turn_aid_XLS_v1.0.xls Player Turn synopsis. Cut and glue onto back of Building Cost Card.
Settlers of Catan Card Deck T#0 Settlers of Catan Card Deck Tuckboxes with artwork
Settlers of Catan Hex Boxes.pdf Settlers of Catan Boxes for Hex Pieces with artwork
Wizard of Catan.pdf "Wizard of Catan" scenario -- requires some components from Das Buch
Dices2Cards.pdf Cards to replace dice in Catan. Plus a dice box, if shuffling is desired.

> CLICK SETTLERS.PDF

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4 comments:

Unknown said...

What's the big deal about the GoF anyway? You'd think that of all people in the world, board gamers would be the least likely to start up cliques, but noooooo, here comes the GoF.

Someone said something wise a long time ago in reference to high school, and it went like this:

Why would you want to go to a party where you can't bring your friends?

Yehuda Berlinger said...

It just sounds like a nice con. And so many people talk about it, and no one gets invited.

It really doesn't matter to me, since I wouldn't be able to go without round trip airfare to the states, anyway.

But it gives me something to complain about.

Yehuda

Unknown said...

You should complain about the BGG outages. It's the "in thing" to do at the moment.

I'd take a weekend at the cabin (with my friends and the bottom 5 games in my collection) over the GoF (with the "in crowd" and unreleased games) any time of the year.

Your post was hilarious. Keep it up!

manowarplayer said...

Lol!

This has been my experience at BGG for the past few weeks it seems.

Well done.

Wait a minute... I didn't get an invite either!