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Reid Hoffman: Catan is a top simulator for the entrepreneurship mindset
“Catan truly is one of the best ways to get you into the problem-solving mindset that entrepreneurship requires.”
Ben Teuber: One hour of Catan reveals character better than conversation
“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…”
Ben Teuber: Catan rejects expansions featuring soldiers, tanks, and nuclear weapons
“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.”
Guido Teuber: Game IP expansions must add unique gameplay, not just reskins
“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”
Ben Teuber: Catan has reached 45 million copies sold
“And, you know, now we're with like forty-five million copies.”
Guido Teuber: Counterfeits Reached 20% to 25% of Catan Copies Around 2017
“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…”
Guido Teuber: US Catan players are more aggressive than German players
“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…”