Joe Golton

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I like a wide variety of games. My favorite is the card game of Bridge. In recent years I find myself far more often playing Settlers of Catan, and, lately, Ticket to Ride. I played a lot of Cosmic Encounter (EON Games version), Stratego, and Risk as a kid.

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20 Questions

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17	How do game designers come up with suggested (or minimum) age requirements for games?
13	How do you make Settlers of Catan work well for 2 players? (Problems and play-tested solution described, alternatives requested)
12	Which of the 5 resources in Settlers of Catan (base version) is most important? Why?
10	What is optimal end play in Settlers?
7	Why are beginning to intermediate bridge players told to delay learning how to bid certain types of unusual hands?

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+20	What are some good ways to transition to more complex strategic thinking games?
+10	What are good placement strategies for Stratego?
+10	What are the key strategy differences between Settlers of Catan and Seafarers?
-2	What game mechanic can be used for evenly selecting other players but not yourself?

18 Answers

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14	How do you make Settlers of Catan work well for 2 players? (Problems and play-tested solution described, alternatives requested)
10	What are some good ways to transition to more complex strategic thinking games?
10	Why are beginning to intermediate bridge players told to delay learning how to bid certain types of unusual hands?
5	What are good placement strategies for Stratego?
4	What is optimal end play in Settlers?

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25 settlers-of-catan × 13	10 beginner × 2
19 house-rules × 4	10 teaching
17 bridge × 7	10 complexity
14 bidding × 3	5 stratego × 2
10 strategy × 6	5 setup