#Catan

Spent an evening with friends on a Catan marathon, convinced I pulled off the perfect win using sheep over bricks. Settled up, beers in hand, and one of my mates leans back and goes, 'You... still owed a road expansion card you forgot to pay?' Cut to: whiteboard redo of every turn since round one. Turns out I missed a corner in the rulebook about how those road costs stack if you trade resources sideways.

Now I’m lying awake at 1am, thinking about whether I can time travel back to 2012 and slap myself for forgetting that I learned to play with an older edition. Probably not. But I can make damn sure my next games are playtested with more adult supervision.