'Settlers of Catan' Board Game Inspires Hexagonal-Shaped Foods
From left: Pizza of Catan; Cupcakes of Catan; Gingerbread of Catan.
Settlers of Catan is a German board game where players must establish colonies on the island of Catan using natural resources such as ore, brick, and wheat. On a scale of one to Dungeons & Dragons, it's not totally nerdy, but pretty nerdy, and can take several hours. "Yeah, I usually just play other board games that don't take as long," said Adam Kuban when asked if he's gotten into Catan.
After playing most of a recent Saturday, I can understand why people would feel possessed to make foods inspired by the hexagonal-shaped board and hexagonal-shaped land-resource cards. The site BoardGameGeek introduces us to Pizza of Catan, Gingerbread of Catan, and Cupcakes of Catan. [via Offworld]
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7 Comments:
I love playing Settlers! I've never attempted making any food in its honor, probably for lack of table space. We play with up to 5 people with an expansion pack.
LiveToEat at 4:13PM on 01/26/09
Oh, I totally play Settlers. Ha! Maybe I'll make some cupcakes of Catan.
KBestOliver at 5:32PM on 01/26/09
I'm not much for Catan myself, but the husband loves it -- I'm giving serious thought to surprising him with the gingerbread of Catan now... Cool info, Erin, thank you!
bansidhe at 6:14PM on 01/26/09
i played Settlers for the first time a few weeks ago, and loved it! i'll need to bring some Catan shaped treats to our next gaming party. . . .
redhead at 6:14PM on 01/26/09
My friends and I are big Settlers players!
We are trying to get one of the friends who quilts to make a Settlers Quilt, and/or a fabric board we can play with.
The food is a good idea!!!
sadiepix at 7:03PM on 01/26/09
This is SUCH a fun game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ambitous at 2:41PM on 01/28/09
I learned to play the game as "Seidler" from friends who learned it in Germany. I remember buying them at GenCon and hearing people complain the games were not in English. I'm definitely sending this link to my friends - munchies for the next round of play!
morgancain at 11:48AM on 02/02/09