i love(d) to play "siedler von catan". only we taught it to a friend yesterday who plays professionally and who had a - in my opinion - rather egoshooter-like attitude towards playing. i freaked out, insulted everybody and almost cried.
i'm sorry 'bout that but i still insist.
after all the game is called "SETTLERS of catan" not "warlords of catan", isn't it? so i imagine Catan to be like the Shire and all the players are supposed to be Hobbits, that care for each other and have fun. Sure after an hour and a half one of them will win, but they don't destroy each other! the other players just happen not to win, you see

anyways, tomorrow i'll go buy me a deck of patience-cards to play against myself like my grandmother does when no-one else is available to play canasta with her (a game i also love, in which you are also not supposed to destroy each other).
just in case i'm really the only one who likes Hobbit-Catan.

ps: those who know me will sure be able to tell where my place at the table is. there's this tiny little hint in the picture. can you find it?