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posted by Fnord666 on Monday February 12 2018, @06:42AM   Printer-friendly
from the for-two-or-more-players dept.

Long time board game publisher Mayfair Games (English-language publisher for Settlers of Catan and many more) has shut down.

All of their games have been sold to Asmodee North America, who also own Fantasy Flight Games, Z-Man Games, Rebel, Edge Entertainment, and a host of other board game companies they've picked up over the years.

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[Ed Note - Asmodee NA also picked up Lookout Games at the same time. Lookout was the publisher of Agricola and Caverna.]

Related: Asmodee Acquires Lookout Games and Mayfair Games


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  • (Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Monday February 12 2018, @04:37PM

    by tangomargarine (667) on Monday February 12 2018, @04:37PM (#636729)

    I've not plated Catan, but a few friends who have describe it as a single-player game that several people play at once. The big advantage that board games have over computer games is the social[1] aspect. Even when you're playing a computer game in a multiplayer mode, your attention is mostly on the computer and not the other people and it's much harder to play with a glass of wine / beer and have small digressions when people talk to each other about non-game things. I got the impression that Catan didn't really capitalise on this and instead encouraged players to play in their own corner of the board and ignore each other.

    No. Catan is all about trading commodities with other players and jockeying to build in prime locations on the board. If you're looking for a "single-player multiplayer" game, try Agricola sometime. You each literally have your own board and are just seeing who can optimize their farm for the highest number of victory points. Most SPMP ones like that have a common market that affects the value of everybody's commodities, but not all.

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