Catan

“You can't imagine how many expansion suggestions we have received. Why don't we introduce soldiers and nuclear weapons and yeah, that's soldiers and tanks. And I was like, no, that's not the philosophy of Catan.”

“It's always important to offer something, not just a reskin of something with a particular topic, but then to add something that's really unique”

“And, you know, now we're with like forty-five million copies.”

“Catan truly is one of the best ways to get you into the problem-solving mindset that entrepreneurship requires.”

“I think playing one hour a game, especially something as Catan, where you have the social skills also makes you get to know that person much more than endless hours of just conversing, because you can, you know, represent anyone. But playing actually brings ou…”

“And it turned out that piracy was the culprit, and there were massive it was a wave of piracy originating mostly from China, and then just coming container loads, and then at some point, every fourth or fifth game was actually a pirated copy from China, and so…”

“And I have to say, for me, bringing Catan over to the United States in 97, it was quite a different cultural experience, the way people play Catan in, in Germany versus the United States. And I think it's People take the kid gloves off here in the United State…”

“We have now 40, 44 languages.”

“You know, the game was released in 95. So it was handcrafted by our dad and he hand painted it.”

“We've been making a world record with most people playing Catan in the same time, the same game. So we have had a thousand people on long benches, and there's one dice roll, and everybody Plays the same turn.”