Mer and I cheated the work week yesterday (Tuesday) by heading down to New Baltimore to Ken and Janet’s house. They had invited us down for a light supper and to introduce us the the tile-based game Settlers of Catan. I had seen Settlers played before at school, but I had never played it myself. The game is based on gathering resources (like wood and stone) and using those resources to build roads and towns and cities. There is some luck involved (resources come up based party on dice rolls), but there is a ton of strategy involved. I loved it. Mer seemed confused at first, but she may have been putting us on, because she did pretty well. Ken won (as he almost always seems to on our game nights), and I came in second, but it was a pretty close game all evening.