The Garden of the Blind

This evening, I had my first taste of the Cities and Knights (Städte & Ritter) expansion to Settlers of Catan ( Die Siedler von Catan). It was great. I didn’t win, although I would have won with a point to spare if the player just before me hadn’t ended the game. What I did do was everything that this new game allows. I built knights. I improved my cities. I had the game’s only metropolis. I had cards coming out of my ears (resources, commodities, and discovery cards), and I generally had a good run of things. In fact, my biggest problem was that my turns seemed to take far too long to everyone else. You try to manage a turn with six kinds of resources and half a dozen special cards to work through.

I highly recommend the game, with or without the expansion pack. I’m also excited because we’re getting it (in German) from the Freaks for our wedding. Thanks Andy!