tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287859335174901821.post1868725852546150718..comments2024-03-18T19:38:53.390-04:00Comments on Parallel Context: A Mashup Made in Geek HeavenRedbeardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05306063084983025771noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287859335174901821.post-8776538353879886222017-09-04T10:30:50.742-04:002017-09-04T10:30:50.742-04:00I've not seen the German version of Settlers, ...I've not seen the German version of Settlers, but I have seen the German version of Tigris and Euphrates. I seriously thought about getting it, but something held me back. I later found out that it is a hard core Euro, which means a math exercise (barely) covered in a theme-- so I'm glad I didn't. I expected something closer to Avalon Hill's old Advanced Civilization rather than what T&E really was.<br /><br />As for 1997, yikes! You're 10 years younger than me; this makes me feel so old....Redbeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05306063084983025771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287859335174901821.post-47254705753753084132017-09-04T00:59:28.609-04:002017-09-04T00:59:28.609-04:00I graduated from high school in 1997 and first met...I graduated from high school in 1997 and first met Catan a few years later when one of my friends, who had gone to Germany for his LDS mission, brought it home with him. So I played Catan first with the cards in German -- not that that really matters, for the base game. My husband, who also went to Germany, has the Catan two-player card game in German, and I always lose at that partly because, not being able to read the cards, I have trouble remembering what they do...Kamaliahttp://kamaliaetalia.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com