Dungeons & Dragons (or your RPG of choice)

[Pirate Bill]

Originally Posted by flippyshark

Here are a couple of games that are not strictly RPGs, but they are very cool and cooperative.

Thanks flippyshark. I'll check those games out too.

We also got Pandemic for Christmas last year. Another co-op game. It's pretty fun too.

Originally Posted by flippyshark

One thing I have always disliked about D&D is the ongoing nature of it. I like closure, and I've never been able to commit to showing up somewhere on any regular basis to participate in an endless campaign.

That was one of my concerns as well and one of the things that I like about the RPGA Living Forgotten Realms campaign. They have pre-built adventures, so the DM doesn't have to come up with their own. And each adventure can be played in about 4 hours and is like a TV episode: self-contained with closure, but can have consequences that affect the whole world/campaign. You can come in late or miss a few adventures and still enjoy it.

[Moonliner]

Has anyone ever played ""The Settlers of Catan"?

Wired did a writeup on it titled: "Monopoly Killer: Perfect German Board Game Redefines Genre"

It sounds fairly interesting.

[SzczerbiakManiac]

Originally Posted by Moonliner

Has anyone ever played ""The Settlers of Catan"?

Yes. Good strategy game with enough randomness to make it fun. It typically takes one to two hours to finish a game with two or three people. It can handle up to six, but I hope you are playing while sitting on comfy chairs!