TEUBER: (Through interpreter) And I had a lot of frustration. ![]() Teuber was a dental technician, bored out of his mind by his job when he began creating games in his basement in the 1980s. He's 68 now, and he's just released his autobiography "My Way To Catan" to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the game. SCHMITZ: Teuber spoke with me over an old computer, and his voice sounded distant, so we asked one of our colleagues to read for him. KLAUS TEUBER: (Through interpreter) When I opened the box of the game, I liked the scent of the game. He still remembers receiving the game for Christmas. And he passed the time playing a board game called "Romans Vs. The country was picking up the pieces after World War II. SCHMITZ: "Settlers Of Catan" designer Klaus Teuber grew up in 1950s Germany. It is just a remarkable achievement in game design. And even when it's other players' turns, you're not sitting around waiting. SCHMITZ: Erik Arneson is author of "How To Host A Game Night." In his two decades writing about board games, he's never seen anything like "Catan," a modular game where the board is different each time you play it and where the object is not obliterating your opponents but trading with them.ĪRNESON: Every player is involved throughout the whole game. It's one of the bestselling board games of all time.ĮRIK ARNESON: "Catan" was revolutionary, and its impact continues today. In its 25th year, "Catan" has sold more than 32 million units. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is a fan, as is LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman, who plays the game in job interviews as a way to size up an applicant. UNIDENTIFIED CHILD: Why in the world would I need brick? Players compete for resources on an island and trade with each other in order to build settlements, cities and roads. SCHMITZ: It's a game of trade and development. UNIDENTIFIED CHILD: Two bricks for anything. And my family has dusted off Monopoly, Scrabble, but we usually settle on "Settlers Of Catan." More brick.įamily game night - we've done this a lot this year, thanks to the pandemic. And as NPR's Rob Schmitz reports, many people are turning to a classic one from Germany. Springer, Cham, 2020.In the pandemic, board games are back. "Playing Catan with Cross-Dimensional Neural Network." International Conference on Neural Information Processing. ![]() "Reinforcement learning of strategies for Settlers of Catan." Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Games: Artificial Intelligence, Design and Education. "Deep Reinforcement Learning in Strategic Board Game Environments." European Conference on Multi-Agent Systems.
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