Comments on: The Packers of Catan https://www.isegoria.net/2015/01/the-packers-of-catan/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Wed, 29 Apr 2026 19:03:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: 27 https://www.isegoria.net/2015/01/the-packers-of-catan/comment-page-1/#comment-2081223 27 Sat, 17 Jan 2015 20:02:55 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=37227#comment-2081223 “Everyone is super competitive, so when you first start playing they don’t tell you all the rules. So you start your moves and they say ‘well, actually you can’t do that’ and it sort of screws you in the game,” Gerhart said. “They get very salty.”

Bastards! I know this method tho, and it actually works much better than a lengthy pre-game explanation of the rules, which often must be accompanied by the why and wheretofors of strategy. Simpler to abruptly throw the potential swimmer right into the water.

]]> By: Steve Johnson https://www.isegoria.net/2015/01/the-packers-of-catan/comment-page-1/#comment-2081132 Steve Johnson Sat, 17 Jan 2015 18:51:35 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=37227#comment-2081132 So that’s his mother, right?

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