Let's Play CATAN

**Let's Play CATAN** is a video in the Board Game Club series.

"*If one of you was to roll a fucking six, I'd give out my bricks for free.* "
―Adam
## Notable moments

* The first rule of Board Game Club is "never build your house out of straw, or out of sticks, when you could build it out of sheep".
* Who will *have vaulting ambitions* and who will *settle for less*?
* This one may turn out to be divisive - there are people that really really love Catan and there are people that can't stand it. A quick review of the YouTube comments show both sides fully represented.
* Turns out Adam's the only one at the table who has actually played this one before. Huh. Well it's so new - only approaching 30 years.
* Sullivan is a stupid little baby.
* We're all feeling like we're open for fair and equal trades, and Laurie wants *all* the stuff.
* Negotiation with Laurie Blake - give me your things. It works because he's threatening.
* Adam's oldest, he goes first. Laurie's old and still goes last. Adam: "all of the back pain and none of the benefits".
* We're starting a little giddy - WHEAT! SHEEP AND WHEAT!
* Sullivan's starting very badly.
* Singalonga NRB: 'Do I want to trade?' Tunes from Oliver. 'A human man' 'Clay, clay, clay clay'
* Adam may have confused a Blair and a mouse.
* First go round and Laurie's already looking a bit peeved.
* Adam and Blair with the big sibling energy as always.
* Adam: "Thank you boyfriend!" "Where did you get wood from, my darling? Put it right back".
* Laurie can't complete a trade even when it's offered.
* Singing a song about counting sheep is going to lead you to gentle napping.
* 20 minutes in, we finally get a trade.
* Sullivan should practice his evil monologues.
* Blair's not negotiating from a position of strength. And she rolls like shit - she may be a curseling.
* When negotiating, it's probably important to specify what you're offering and what you're after - otherwise you may end up swapping a sheep for a sheep - and then back again.
* Sullivan and farm animals - now a sheep has fallen in love with him. What is going on here?
* Blair is not enjoying the people building around her. She's had a terrible time - we all remember the road incident.
* Laurie: "No. Fucking no."
* Everyone's got a book of grudges. Laurie's is huge. He's very cross about a lot of things. Adam's name isn't in the book for today. Yet.
* Sullivan's book of grudges is tiny but full of names.
* Laurie and Sullivan are fighting over a sheep. Slights are being exchanged.
* Blair is helping everyone else with resources. It's fine. It's all fine. It sounds fine.
* Our economy is now based on sheep. Sheep-man? Shepherd. Idiots. Babies.
* The sheep are making more sheep, it's a real problem.
* No-one wants to settle on this island because everyone already here is a fucker.
* Stanley Two-brick is actually quite funny, even though nobody but Teri laughed. Either time Sullivan said it.
* Teri spot! Tiny Teri spot! Hi Teri!
* Laurie: "We've used the entire game's worth of 5s".
* Sullivan's getting no sympathy at this point, he appears to be running away with the game.
* Laurie playing the Monopoly card is so cold - it had to be on Blair, as well!
* We've reached the point you get to in every Catan game, when people will no longer trade with the prospective winner.
* Laurie looks genuinely pained and utterly over this game.
* Adam and Sullivans' impressions of Teri are never not funny.
* Adam: "I've decided to not add to my section in Laurie's big book of grudges, because it turns out... this game's going to fuck him over more than I can".
* Laurie: "I'm losing my fucking mind over here!" He genuinely looks like he's having some kind of episode at this point. The dice 'bounced hard' all the way over the table.
* Let's all pick on Sullivan. And bully him to giving Laurie his wood. Laurie gives away all his cards anyway.
* And Sullivan wins. He had a great time. We all had a great time, right?
* Laurie has a thousand yard stare. I think we all sympathise with his board-tipping at the end.
* Disappointingly, at no point did anyone snigger at any phrase involving 'having wood', 'getting wood' or similar.

## Talking Heads

Talking heads are available in this episode. Timestamps were put together by Peter on the Patreon Discord.

* 0:05:30 - Baby Sullivan
* 0:11:52 - Adam confuses a Blair with a mouse
* 0:16:10 - Blair regrets her road building
* 0:16:33 - Laurie is planning to bribe Poseidon with wheat
* 0:21:00 - Who will Blair trade with?
* 0:22:50 - Sullivan sings "Lovely Sheep"
* 0:29:49 - Adam and Sullivan and the wistful sheep
* 0:32:42 - Laurie may not be enjoying himself
* 0:38:37 - The dice are not kind to Blair
* 0:42:55 - Adam has too many very horny sheep
* 0:44:49 - Laurie is possibly not enjoying himself
* 0:47:38 - The dice are very kind to Sullivan
* 1:02:03 - Blair is planning to negotiate
* 1:07:09 - Adam doesn't need to screw Laurie over
* 1:14:14 - Laurie really isn't enjoying himself
* 1:15:56 - Adam may be conceding
* 1:22:53 - Laurie being loud

## Trivia

* Game introduction and rules are presented by Adam.
* This is the first formally sponsored video - we've had 'game provided by manufacturer' episodes before, but nothing so officially sponsored.
* An extended version of this episode is available on the No Rolls Barred Patreon.