> Settlers of Catan is still a fine game, but can be tedious when you have to wait for other players to take long turns<p>One house rule we use that <i>dramatically</i> speeds up the game is open-hand resources. No more asking "Does anybody have...?" incessantly. Just look around and get ready for your trade. The bulk of game time is actually just trading.<p>We also remove the bandit and rolling an 7 is an automatic free resource for the roller and a re-roll. This helps unblock a lot of players in the beginning who are just sitting around waiting forever for a brick or similar.<p>With these changes games are easily 2x or 3x faster.
Hello, I'm Demi from <a href="https://colonist.io" rel="nofollow">https://colonist.io</a> team.<p>I love this.
It feels like what Bananagram did to scrabble.<p>Scrabble -> Waiting turns<p>Bananagram -> Everyone plays at the same time<p>The difference in fun is 10x.<p>We will use your app to see how it plays out. We might just end up implementing it :)
I once did something in a similar vein, but with much less sophistication. We had 8 players and 2 copies of Catan. The games were played simultaneously and the rule was that the first player to win a game was the overall winner. Everyone was very motivated to play frantically!
Was kind of hoping this was browser based version of the game. I have no friends to play with ha<p>I searched apparently ‘Space Alert’ is the most popular real time board game? Can anyone vouch or recommend one that is known for being real time?
This is cool. I am going to try it with my kids next time we play.<p>It also reminds me of a free to play online settlers of catan game from 15-20 years ago. There was no time limit on turns, so people could just grief the game by going AFK.
Dev Cards
Roll
Robber / Pirate (if applies)
Dev Cards 2
Trading
Building / Buying
Dev Cards 3<p>In Conflict alway let the priority player go first. ON 7 move the priority indicator and new priority player moves robber / priate.
I enjoyed the FAQ on resolving conflicts - basically don't be a dick, resolve the few conflicts that may arise by friendly consensus (or at worst flip a coin)
if you're into catan,these videos from a diamond player are a must-watch<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@Jooglish-zd3jh" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/@Jooglish-zd3jh</a>