The epic board game Settlers of Catan has finally become so mainstream as to make an appearance on the prime-time TV show "The Big Bang Theory." I was first introduced to the game 10 years ago during my second year of undergrad and it has been a favourite ever since. It is a strategy game somewhat similar to Risk, without the element of war, bitterness and lost friendship that results when one player completely obliterates another player's armies in her quest for total world domination. Settlers is slightly more civilized, with natural resources being collected and traded for the roads, settlements and cities used to settle the Island of Catan. (It is more fun than it may sound in print, and once you have mastered the original Settlers the expansion packs - such as Cities and Knights - are great fun!) Considering that Settlers is a very nerdy game, with lots of readily available adolescent humour surrounding the natural resource cards "wood" and "sheep", I am actually surprised that it has taken so long for the game to have its own comedy sketch on such a very nerdy show.
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