Game Design & The Settlers of Catan

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I've been thinking a lot about game design lately, in preparation for the design of a new web game called Galactic Emperor: Merchant Kings and also in preparation for a series of articles about strategic game design that I plan to write beginning in January.

Lately, I've been doing my thinking by reviewing strategy games for RPGnet. Here's my most recent two which came out today:

Review of The Settlers of Catan

Review of The Settlers of Catan 5-6 Player Expansion