If you've got the resources to settle down with your loved one, this Catan wedding cake is a great way to celebrate your Victory Point.

As the island slowly shrunk around the terrified settlers, nothing but the encroaching tide would heed their cries for help. It was folly, they shrieked, to think we could live on a giant pizza.

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Quietly launched this last spring, Catan: Junior is a simplified, pirate-themed version of the classic argument simulator.

Set for ages six and up, it's the perfect gateway drug into tabletop gaming. Amazon also has it on sale. Just saying.

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LEGO builder Ryan H. has stockpiled enough brick to construct an entire Settlers of Catan game-board, complete with thief, town, and road pieces. Just watch out for deranged players that try to reconstruct the map when you're not looking.

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