The Man Who Created Settlers of Catan

Move over Monopoly, there's a newer board game in town. "Settlers of Catan," a game night classic modeled after the Vikings' journey to Iceland, has sold over 24 million copies since its release in 1994. Creator Klaus Teuber lives in Germany, where running the Catan empire has become a family affair and a global operation.

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[cabe_bedlam]

"A peaceful game with a lot of interaction" Clearly forgetting what happens when you roll a 7....

[RyanWu_]

Ha! Peaceful game... Every time my family plays, at least one person ends up crying, two are screaming at each other, one is constantly looking for the rulebook, and someone is just about ready to burn the house down. Game nights at my house are interesting.

[heinzschweins]

When the game won "Spiel des Jahres"(game of the year)- award here in Germany, we bought it and me and the crew played it till we dropped. One day in 1998 we had a serious discussion about the rules that it nearly resorted in violence. I turned on my computer and started this new wicked thing called internet I was paying a lot of money for. I opened the homepage of the company and wrote an email and asked how to solve the problem. The next day i got an answer....by Klaus Teuber himself! Even today I'm still blown away. The guy was like a god for us :)

[colinbazzano]

I can’t believe they went out, met the man who made the game, heard them say the name of the game, recorded audio over the video, and got the pronunciation wrong still.

[KJ-suph]

Rest in peace, Klaus. Your great game has shaped my childhood. Thank you.

[thecreator]

i like how in the first 15 seconds they just gave away this dudes address

[ericavila-]

The man who designed the board game Settlers of Catan, unfortunately passed away at 70 on April Fools day, I didn't realize this until now, Rest in peace Klaus Teuber (June 25, 1952 - April 1, 2023), you'll be missed and your fans will always love your board game! 🕊 ❤️

[funny-video-YouTube-channel]

His pro tip: *never build the longest road in the beginning.*

[revolverbh]

Was introduced this game by a friend who has a rare form of blood cancer. We had lots of fun playing this game when I visited him, we laughed, had bitter rivalry and the great part of it was that we had some time away the cancer.
We played couple of times during his times of recovery and relapse. Later on, I got the expansion and wanted to play with him. He got really sick and tired so we did not managed to try it out together. A few months later, he left for a better place. Thanks to this game, I built some wonderful memories with him at times. Precious time and laughter together.
I missed him and just wanted to share his story.

[addtankionline]

When he pronounced catan "Cah-tahn" I was like YEESS I KNEW IT

[jigneshdarji]

Thanks for helping me lose the 4 friends I made over 20 years! Who needs friends when you have the longest road, largest army, and 2 victory points?

[bongboyz]

"Will you trade for rock? :)"
"I DON'T WANT FUCKING ROCK. WE ALL HAVE ROCK!!!"

Yea, peaceful game.

[tiemen]

What's fun about the game is that even when it is not your own turn, you're still active. You still get income from other rolls, and you are always able to trade, or dissuade trades that benefit both of your opponents through table-talk.

[mjribes]

"Never build the longest road at the beginning"

So that's what I've been doing wrong

[Svenskadoktorn]

"In a way, everybody wins." *me and my friends robbing each other for twenty rounds straight*

[kawikakilawana]

3:10 "Peaceful Game." Sir, this game has started more fights in my friend group than anything else lol. The competition is REAL.

[rcdcrichard]

Their family name should be pronounced 'toy-berr', not 'tu-ber'

[rajasbraindead]

It definitely doesn't bring families together, I yelled at my sister one time because she moved the robber to by spot

[wolverinefangowings]

RIP. Thank you for inspiring so many cherised memories (and fights) with my siblings and cousins.

[jbpfan]

You don't understand how bad I've been fucking up by building the longest road at the start. This family gave me some solid advice at the end of the video