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17 Sep, 5 tweets, 1 min read
Does anyone know any good hacks for Settlers of Catan?

I want to play a game with my friends where the knight and thief from that game explore dungeons and fight monsters to claim treasure.
Okay lol, I'm getting alot of suggestions to play a game called DD? We're not really interested in indie stuff.
Everyone knows Catan really well so we just want to play this dungeon exploration concept in Catan.
IT IS ACTUALLY PRETTY GATEKEEPY OF EVERYONE TO TELL ME THAT IT IS TOO HARD TO USE SETTLERS OF CATAN TO PLAY THIS DUNGEON EXPLORATION GAME!!!

I don't care if there is literally a free version of the rules for DD! STOP TELLING ME ABOUT IT!
THIS IS WHY NO ONE WANTS TO PLAY YOUR STUPID GAME– BECAUSE *YOU* KEEP SUGGESTING IT TO PEOPLE WHEN YOU THINK THEY MIGHT ENJOY IT.
we made our own hack...

I honestly don't think dungeon exploration and fighting monsters is a concept that makes sense for games :(

there was just no way to make it work with Settlers of Catan

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