I got my all time favorite board game for Christmas. It is called the Settlers of Catan and I would play from morning until night if I could find someone to play with me. I was introduced to it a couple of years ago by some friends and I was hooked from the very first game I played.

In the game, the goal is to get points by buying towns and cities. You use commodities to build different things and you can get ahead by trading commodities with other players. I am not sure whether I believe that one commodity is better than another, but I know that wood and brick are important commodities at the beginning of the game.

I would consider myself a pretty goo strategist when it comes to this game, but it is also very dependent on luck. You can have the greatest strategy in the world and if your numbers are not rolled, you are out of luck.