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Settlers of Catan is a really fun game (BGA version)
This is my first Peertube upload. I intend to see of cross-posting on Youtube and this instance works for me or not. I have a youtube channel where most of the uploads go, you can see the links below.
All that to say, this is me playing a full game of Catan on BGA.com. I'm no corprate shill but to me it's been worth the 3 euros a month to be able to play board games whenever.
Settlers of Catan is a classic example of a hobby board game that successfully penetrated into the mainstream. The goal of the game is to get to 10 points, which can be achieved in several ways. Ultimately, points are gained by acquiring resources through settlement and spending those resources on more settlement.
This game straddles what in board gaming scenes at the time called the American-European divide. American games tended to involve chance, dice rolls, and conflict between players. European games often focused on building, cooperation, and rarely involved chance. In modern (2025) board game comparisons American games were like Risk or Twilight Struggle, European games were things like Troyes or Glass Road.
Catan blends elements of chance in that the distribution of resources is effectively random (though players have some ability to hedge against chance), with common elements in european style games of the time such as acquiring and spending resources, staggered/incremental player turn order, and limited interplayer conflict.
I didn't do too well this game. But I'm not a particularly good catan player.
Don't have the links built out for this site yet :C
Subscribe to my YT Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8FwL4n0sFXGNRy5Mfdjsxw?sub_confirmation=1
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If you’re curious about how I made this video, or what I’m running on. I am only using FOSS software ( Except for the games themselves) for recording.
Check it all out:
Fedora Linux: https://fedoraproject.org/
OBS studio: https://obsproject.com/
Shotcut: https://www.shotcut.org/
Blender: https://www.blender.org/
I also owe a lot to the people who give out free stock photos and other assets at pixabay.com
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By This is my first Peertube upload. I intend to see of cross-posting on Youtube and this instance works for me or not. I have a youtube channel where most of the uploads go, you can see the links below.
All that to say, this is me playing a full game of Catan on BGA.com. I'm no corprate shill but to me it's been worth the 3 euros a month to be able to play board games whenever.
Settlers of Catan is a classic example of a hobby board game that successfully penetrated into the mainstream. The goal of the game is to get to 10 points, which can be achieved in several ways. Ultimately, points are gained by acquiring resources through settlement and spending those resources on more settlement.
This game straddles what in board gaming scenes at the time called the American-European divide. American games tended to involve chance, dice rolls, and conflict between players. European games often focused on building, cooperation, and rarely involved chance. In modern (2025) board game comparisons American games were like Risk or Twilight Struggle, European games were things like Troyes or Glass Road.
Catan blends elements of chance in that the distribution of resources is effectively random (though players have some ability to hedge against chance), with common elements in european style games of the time such as acquiring and spending resources, staggered/incremental player turn order, and limited interplayer conflict.
I didn't do too well this game. But I'm not a particularly good catan player.
Don't have the links built out for this site yet :C
Subscribe to my YT Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8FwL4n0sFXGNRy5Mfdjsxw?sub_confirmation=1
Or check me out on bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/turblescelbor.bsky.social
If you’re curious about how I made this video, or what I’m running on. I am only using FOSS software ( Except for the games themselves) for recording.
Check it all out:
Fedora Linux: https://fedoraproject.org/
OBS studio: https://obsproject.com/
Shotcut: https://www.shotcut.org/
Blender: https://www.blender.org/
I also owe a lot to the people who give out free stock photos and other assets at pixabay.com