Today, the game continues to be heralded for its simple elegance, and for ushering us into the age of the Eurogame. So here's to Catan's huge contributions to a board game economy that's still ...

I write about the world of biology. Catan, arguably the most popular board game of the past couple decades, emphasized the deeply political nature of our quest for resources, power and development.

While Catan has its flaws and might seem rudimentary today, it's heavily expandable, replayable, accessible, and affords plenty of playstyles. It manages to deftly negate a lot of would-be issues ...

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