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Was browsing through the ICv2 site and noticed a post that Settlers made the msn list of 10 great family games. This is nice to see that the mainstream is slowly starting to realize that the new 'Euro' style of games are not just for geeks, that these games have every bit of value and playability (More so IMHO)of Monopoly. The list is filled with the tired old 'Classics' such as Trivial Pursuit, Life, Clue and of course Monopoly but it is a start! All we need is hope and change! I hope one day to be able to walk into Wal-Mart and see Settlers, Carcassonne, Power Grid and Ticket to Ride right next to monopoly. Now that is Hope and Change that actually means something to me!By the way, Settlers is number 9 on the listClueApples to ApplesRummikubTrivial PursuitLifeCraniumBoggleScrabbleSettlers of CatanMonopoly. Designed in Germany in 1995 and now a full series of expanded games, Settlers of Catan is a bit like Risk but with less risk.What?!?!

A bit like Risk?!?! I don't think I have ever heard someone talk about SOC and Risk in the same sentence.

Oh well, they still have to be clueless somewhere.I believe I can 1-up that. Someone who used to work at GameSpot (the online site about video games, not to be confused with GameStop with sells video games) wrote an article about Catan (The official, licensed Settlers Of Catan game for Xbox 360 via Xbox Live Arcade) when it became available. This was addressed to a bunch of vid gamers who probably don't board game beyond the usual drivel of the other games in that top 10 list. Until then, Catan truly was the first Eurogame on a mainstreat console system. He mentioned ' Catan is just Monopoly with a different board', which, in a broad generalization, is true (different board but much better if I were to add).

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Someone later retorted ' An Xbox is just an Atari with a different controller'. I hope one day to be able to walk into Wal-Mart and see Settlers, Carcassonne, Power Grid and Ticket to Ride right next to monopoly. Now that is Hope and Change that actually means something to me!Catan is now available at your local Toys R Us. Well, it is at mine, right next to Blokus. Here is a thread to discuss this:Barnes & Noble also carries a selection of eurogames such as Settlers Of Catan, Carcassonne: A New World, Ingenius, and Age Of Empires III.Difficult to see that day. Those games are probbably still just too expensive for the masses. They simply do not feel that paying a premium ($30 to $70 vs $10 to $30) is worth it, or just dont' really care much for eurogames.

People like to understand new things, so to describe something new as similar to something they're already aware of makes it easier for them to digest. Unfortunately, this doesn't always work: how many bands do you find are pigeonholed into the wrong musical category by a reviewer in an attempt to make them more accessible?What mainstream boardgame is a bit like SOC? I can understand people saying it is similar to Monopoly because there is an element of risk management and resource management in both. Other than that, they diverge rapidly into two distinct games, and to be honest the similarities I mention are somewhat tenuous.

But for the average person, the non-gamer, any similarity will make the game fell more accessible to them. As I stated earlier, many people like to know that something is similar to something else that they already know about to help them pass judgement. For someone writing an article this is also an easy way to draw people in to their review because people will feel they have a connection with the subject matter. Therefore, they may incorrectly describe one game as being similar to another when those of us who have a larger experience know that this isn't entirely true. However, in this case, I can see that there are similarities between SoC and Monopoly although they are slight.So, if someone already reasonably uninterested in boardgames reads an article that says 'SoC is totally different' they may very well stop reading. If they read something that says 'SoC is similar to Monopoly but way better' they may carry on reading.I had a situation last year on holiday where I introduced Carcassonne to a group of friends. Those who enjoyed Monopoly were eager to learn and play.

Those who don't enjoy Monopoly went off to do something else. I suspect that those who enjoy Monopoly do so becuase they are gamers (they just don't know it yet), and those who don't aren't. This is obviously an oversimplificatiom and there are many who are as you suggest - turned off boardgames by the boring mass-market games. But that's the same as people who don't like foreign films becuas ethey saw one once and it had subtitles, or they don't like Rock music becuase they heard an Iron Maiden song.Still, this boils down to the old question about how best to introduce people to new games. The mass media will always use media icons in their articles, which will always be a bone of contention to specialists within the relevant field. See the article elsewhere abut a Radio show in the UK that had a boardgame special about 3 months back - SoC compared to Chess and Scrabble.Anyway, a lot of this is rambling, and I do understand your post and believe that your view is as valid as mine, as people are people and tend to defy pigeonholing.

Just as my personal testimony, I have never been a fan of boardgames until a few years ago. Even as a child, I mostly played Chess, followed by Checkers and traditional card games. I had next to zero interest in most mass-market games, although that was mainly because of the themes, not mechanics. In fact, I have never played 'Monopoly' (and I don't intend to play any time soon). The point is, if someone introduced me to modern games saying they were anything like 'Monopoly', I would probably have been turned off. Fortunately, I discovered them on my own, looking for traditional games on the Web.