I do love "Settlers." As long as we're talking Eurogames - I am totally charmed by
Agricola. (Stress the second syllable - aGRICola - to avoid it sounding like a new soft drink.) Here, you get to be a peasant farmer - build fences, raise cows and sheep, have a family, etc. The sheep and cows are little wooden cubes. It makes me giggle every time I see it.