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Settlers of Catan Online Now Available

Posted by Zonk on from the did-you-know-you-can-make-a-road-out-of-some-wood-and-four-sheep? dept.

kazama writes "Settlers of Catan, the very popular board game by Klaus Teuber, is now available from the MSN Games zone for free offline play and $30 for online play. Screen shots look comparable to the version by Capcom in Japan but we shall see how good it is when you need the 3:1 port."

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  1. but...but... by antimatt · · Score: 4, Informative

    It has been for years: http://settlers.cs.northwestern.edu/

  2. Just a clarification by kazama · · Score: 4, Informative

    After downloading the online version of the game and playing with it a bit I just wanted to clear up my statement above. First, the free download is for a demo version of the game which will time out after 60 minutes of play. The full version of the game is $30USD which allows you to play offline anytime, save games in progress, and play against computer players (up to 4) and other people on the same machine.

    What looks to be sorely missing from this is the online component of the game promised in the original press release. Half of the reason I was excited about this was to challenge people online when my friends got tired of me pestering them to play. Hopefully that will follow soon.