From the late 1990s a growing group of gaming enthusiasts would diligently travel to Europe each year to see and bring back the new games that were launched at the big annual German games fair. That game caught people’s imaginations and started an interest in what has become known in the industry as “Euro” board games. ![]() With the advent of video games in the 1980s with their faster action and visual engagement the old board games moved to the back of the closet and everyone thought that was the end of it, a nostalgic form of entertainment to trot out on holidays and reminisce over, like 1950s sitcoms.īut in 1995 a German board game called Die Siedler de Catan ( Settlers of Catan in English) made it over to this side of the Atlantic. ![]() Everyone grew up playing Monopoly and Clue-fun enough when you’re a kid-but the cycle of, wait-for-your-turn, roll the dice and take the obvious move, becomes a bit dull as you get older.
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