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(view spoiler)[So you know Settlers of Catan isn't a 2 player game right? Now, I have to ask. Who else knew that Barry and Suzanne were holed up in the Lake house and was playing the game with them? (hide spoiler)]
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(view spoiler)[Ah, good question. I was wondering when/if anyone would ask about that although the answer may not be very interesting.
So, I do know Settlers is not a two-player game. I taught at the high school level for a decade and for a time there was a cadre of students (and some faculty) who were devoted board game enthusiasts. They were big into modding existing games, and I found it fascinating how clever they were at adjusting the rules/parameters to suit themselves. Settlers was a particular obsession - I played with them once or twice after school and got thoroughly crushed - and they had developed a variety of modified rules for the game that allowed it to be played by two (don't ask me what they were, that's way above my pay grade).
When I came to writing that scene, I had as my background inspiration the idea of these adaptive, resilient kids who, if they weren't satisfied with the rules, simply adjusted them as they saw fit...literal out-of-the-box thinking. It felt like something she would do; an example of how her mind worked. So I wrote it in, but never explained it because unlike you, Gibson didn't know the game so didn't know to ask the question.
Good catch, Chris. Thanks! (hide spoiler)]
So, I do know Settlers is not a two-player game. I taught at the high school level for a decade and for a time there was a cadre of students (and some faculty) who were devoted board game enthusiasts. They were big into modding existing games, and I found it fascinating how clever they were at adjusting the rules/parameters to suit themselves. Settlers was a particular obsession - I played with them once or twice after school and got thoroughly crushed - and they had developed a variety of modified rules for the game that allowed it to be played by two (don't ask me what they were, that's way above my pay grade).
When I came to writing that scene, I had as my background inspiration the idea of these adaptive, resilient kids who, if they weren't satisfied with the rules, simply adjusted them as they saw fit...literal out-of-the-box thinking. It felt like something she would do; an example of how her mind worked. So I wrote it in, but never explained it because unlike you, Gibson didn't know the game so didn't know to ask the question.
Good catch, Chris. Thanks! (hide spoiler)]
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