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Aug 16	revised	What are common contracts in Catan? This is a more precise title --- of all the house rules out there, I care only about contracts.
Jul 13	comment	Public knowledge in Settlers of Catan? For online versions, there doesn't seem to be a limit to the number of resource cards given out, so although the information isn't given out, it isn't there to be given.
Jul 13	comment	Short-version of Settlers of Catan @Dave Though, you can overcome that if you have a good eye for the resource stack sizes, even if you haven't been paying attention to rolls. If the wheat pile is at about two-thirds its original size (19), there are about 6-7 wheat cards outstanding.
Jul 11	revised	Creative handicaps in Settlers of Catan? deleted 1 characters in body
Jul 11	comment	Short-version of Settlers of Catan Gotcha. To get an equivalent effect, die-rollers could simply declare certain 7's to be rerolls. For example, declaring 1+6 a reroll is equivalent to removing two cards.
Jul 11	comment	Short-version of Settlers of Catan Doesn't this give a huge advantage to player 4? In addition to getting to coordinate his city and settlement, he gets to place his city in the 4th-best spot (players 3-1 get theirs in the 6th-8th).
Jul 11	answered	Creative handicaps in Settlers of Catan?
Jul 5	comment	Short-version of Settlers of Catan Interesting. You mention that people could use the special building phase found in the 5-6 player expansion -- is that what you personally use?
Jun 30	comment	Short-version of Settlers of Catan @Lance I hope the answers here differ from the ones at 'how to reduce slow starts,' given that many game-shortening rule changes have nothing to do with slow openings, but we'll see.
Jun 30	revised	Short-version of Settlers of Catan deleted 190 characters in body
Jun 30	comment	Short-version of Settlers of Catan I don't care whether the rule changes are standard, just that you have some first-hand experience with those rule changes and can speak to their effects on play.
Jun 29	asked	Short-version of Settlers of Catan
Jun 27	comment	Recording Settlers of Catan games? If you really record the whole public game, it shouldn't be too hard to figure out who stole what from whom, which is the only truly hidden information about resource cards.
May 18	accepted	Can a 4-length road ever be Longest Road in Settlers of Catan?
May 17	comment	How has the composition of Catan's development card deck changed over time? @Apreche Interesting, I've heard them called "spiffies" with a "p," with the word applied to any game's special cards, like Monopoly's Chance and Community Chest cards.
May 17	accepted	How has the composition of Catan's development card deck changed over time?
May 17	asked	Can a 4-length road ever be Longest Road in Settlers of Catan?
May 13	asked	How has the composition of Catan's development card deck changed over time?
May 4	comment	Boardgaming Online Note that asobrain currently has a registration stop, so it's not a practical place to play right now.
Apr 21	comment	What's an effective Small World strategy for new players? @matthew I generally hate the kill-the-leader mechanic, but somehow keeping things completely open removes the its worst result: the endless, tiresome debate. With a spreadsheet, it is always obvious who is winning and by how much. There's just nothing to say. That said, maybe I take winning a bit too seriously. :)