This is Alpha, the first-born, when he was 2YO.
This is Beta, the second-born, when he was about 2YO.
This is Gamma, the third-born, when he was about 18MO.
How to Shorten a Game of Settlers of Catan
Dec
1
2015
Settlers of Catan is a fun game. It can get involved though, which is another way of saying lengthy. And when you’re playing with a 6-year-old, it can be too long.
So, between me and Gamma, we came up with a few ways to make the game go faster. If you’re not familiar with SoC, then this won’t mean anything to you.
House Rules for Settlers of Catan
- At the beginning, draw cards for each of your initial settlements, not just the last one. So you start with 6 cards.
- The minimum distance to build is 1 road segment, not 2. So you can build close together.
- You can build a city by itself – it does not need to replace a settlement.
- Rolling a 7 has no effect until the first city has been built. Just pretend it didn’t happen and re-roll.
It does reduce some of the strategy involved, but there had to be some tradeoff.
Now their settlement extended from Mesha as you go toward Sephar, the hill country of the east.
Genesis 10:30
This little article thingy was written by Some Guy sometime around 6:26 am and has been carefully placed in the Fun category.
December 1st, 2015 at 8:48 am
Conversely, I played with Gideon and Beta on Saturday, and they wanted to play to 13.