A reporter from the Wall Street Journal read a blog I wrote last month on how Settlers of Catan is the new golf and she wrote a story on it:
An Old-School Board Game Goes Viral Among Silicon Valley’s Techie Crowd
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB126092289275692825.html
and here is a great video that the Wall Street Journal put together:
http://s.wsj.net/media/swf/microPlayer.swf
I went back and found your blog post from last month http://blog.summation.net/2009/11/in-silicon-valley-settlers-is-the-new-golf.html
Very nice article! (both yours and the WSJ one)
And, sure, Settlers is a fine game, but it doesn’t seem so cutting edge for Silicon Valley, does it? It’s so late 1990s. You’d think they’d play a more recent eurogame, or at least something more like Power Grid.
It’s the social aspect of Catan that makes it the great game it is, and thus more appealing to the crowd. BTW, great blog and great article!
So true about Settlers. A bit of advice when you want to grow out of Settlers: Don’t start adopting a bunch of Settler sequels next. Move on to the following games: Puerto Rico, Agricola, and Dominion.
Check these all on boardgamegeek.com