The Packers of Catan

[denverYooper]

Bakh again getting them into constructive ways to spend their free time (he started the Pitch Perfect craze)

http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-packers-of-catan-green-bays-board-game-obsession-1421346102

“Be cool like Justin Perillo, play Catan!”

[pbmax]

We need a picture of that Perillo sign on this board ASAP.

[channtheman]

One of the best board games I've played. Fun article.

[mraynrand]

I would buy a Packers expansion of Catan.

[Packman_26]

Fantastic game that I've probably played far too much. That's a fun article.

[George Cumby]

Fun read. Gonna buy a copy of the game soon, now.

[HarveyWallbangers]

Great game

[wootah]

Funny article. Catan has a very big luck factor (rolling of the dice), but it's an easy starter. There are far better games out there IMO.

[denverYooper]

Funny article. Catan has a very big luck factor (rolling of the dice), but it's an easy starter. There are far better games out there IMO.

Yeah, the article got me thinking about when I could start playing it with my kids... my daughter's 5. She might be a tad young yet but I bet she'll be able to start playing in a year or two.

[mraynrand]

Yeah, the article got me thinking about when I could start playing it with my kids... my daughter's 5. She might be a tad young yet but I bet she'll be able to start playing in a year or two.

5's young, but not too young. Started playing 'Axis and Allies' with the kids at that age. Sometimes the board got tossed when people started losing. I usually apologized later.

[3irty1]

Since moving to Iowa my wife and I have also turned to board/card games and Catan was our gateway drug. Great game with simple rules and complex strategy but still popular enough to be available at Target.

Some of my favorites I've found:

• Munchkin, satirical fantasy card game
• Dominion, strategic deck building game
• Agricola, strategy farm building game
• Bang, mafia type western themed game
• Smash up, great card game with simple rules that are easy to teach and varied strategies
• Sentinels of the Multiverse, incredibly well designed cooperative card game where players play as super heros. Cooperative games are underrated because a new player can ask questions and table talk without spoiling the strategy. This game was launched on kickstarter.

[Cheesehead Craig]

My son got introduced to the game by some friends just a few months ago. Soon he'll be old enough to join in on the gaming nights with my friends.

[Guiness]

Since moving to Iowa my wife and I have also turned to board/card games and Catan was our gateway drug. Great game with simple rules and complex strategy but still popular enough to be available at Target.

Some of my favorites I've found:

• Munchkin, satirical fantasy card game
• Dominion, strategic deck building game
• Agricola, strategy farm building game
• Bang, mafia type western themed game
• Smash up, great card game with simple rules that are easy to teach and varied strategies
• Sentinels of the Multiverse, incredibly well designed cooperative card game where players play as super heros. Cooperative games are underrated because a new player can ask questions and table talk without spoiling the strategy. This game was launched on kickstarter.

I'm a pretty avid board/card gamer myself, and have played most on that list.

Munchkin is almost a bad word around this house - it can just be such an annoying game. Goofyness is the main theme, and it can just get tiresome, especially when teenage boys are involved. I will play it...but in small doses. The Muchkin board game is worse, + it's generally quite long, 2 hours or more.

Dominion is amazing, a favorite. Several expansions that all fit in nicely, and there are so many strategy routes.

Bang, another favorite, probably the most requested, and the first game the kids pull out to show a friend who hasn't played. And shooting dad always seems to be fun.

I LOVE Agricola, but the rules and scoring are quite complex and the game long. For the most part, the kids don't like it and don't have the patience.

Our current favorite is 7 Wonders, a card game in which you try to build the best city state, could be loosely based on the Civilization video game

We also play
Zooleretto, 'draft' animals and create your own zoo.
Puerto Rico, very unique mechanic in which you pick your job each round
Carcassonne, tile laying game, build cities, road and fields

[MadtownPacker]

That isn't going to help that whole perception FAs have about Green Bay.

[red]

ok, someone has to do this