Thursday, November 13, 2008

Numbers

Numbers are simple.

Numbers are predictable - roll 2 dice a hundred times - a thousand times - and they fall in a statistically predictable pattern.

Today, while Isabelle had to go to work I played Settlers of Catan - now, I've played this before...once....such a long, long time ago that I couldn't even remember the rules properly...

Still - it's a fun game - it really is. Good enough that if we manage to arrange a Christmas Meal this year I'll pick it up and the expansion.

A game of diplomacy and cunning. Well, mostly.

Only catch is I might have to relax a little...too much obsessing over probability really doesn't make for a fun game. A winning game...

..but not a fun one.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Talking of Christmas meals you need to choose your menu selection for the clubs.

I've PM'd you the choices.

Have Fun....and don't forget to bring me back a Moose ;)

Anonymous said...

.. I hear you won and lost a game

Anonymous said...

I won the first one, wrote a post...and stopped worrying about the exact odds of the different positions.

Anonymous said...

Just a word of warning on installing the expansion....

1) it's not just an expansion that is installed. The WHOLE game is on that 1 DVD and it installs it completly. does not matter if you have the latest uptodate and patched version on your pc.

2) it requires 12GB of free space on your drive...

3) after installing it, there are 2 patches to download and install (a 650mb patch takes 2-3 hours and another 50mb patch).

if your harddrive is fragmented then beware - it takes a long time to go through portals etc.

Once your in, enjoy the new contents :D

Anonymous said...

Drew got the last expansion in Peterborough - paying an extra £5 over the rrp of £20.

Shame he cannot use any of the new stuff yet!!!!

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