PLAY CATAN

Organised play is a huge part of the board game scene, and who better to ask about it than one of the great gateway games? We sat with Stephanie Newman, the Development and Organised Play manager for CATAN Studio, the English-language publisher of the CATAN games

Charlie Pettit

“My dad is in his seventies. He played the base game with me, and he just loved it. He immediately started buying every single flavour of CATAN that you can find – he now owns every single one.” Stephanie says, when we’re talking about the appeal of CATAN and playing together. “He has a guy that rents a room from him, and he, my dad and my nephew and his girlfriend, all come to my dad’s and play CATAN with him once a week. I love that Organised Play.” Admittedly, Stephanie’s Dad can’t play in the tournaments run by CATAN, but that doesn’t stop him wanting to. While he’s managed to build his own community of players to pit himself against, Organised Play and the tournaments run are a way…

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