Settlers of America

Wired.com has an article up reviewing Settlers of America, the latest of the Settlers series of games. It intrigues me: static resource tiles (the number tiles are still there for some randomness), game play goes between traditional Settlers development and a train game with resources moving across the board. No more civilizations getting build around, too!

A Pic from the Wired.com article *drool*

The history major in me is screaming the same things the article promotes: "Awesome teaching tool!" The part of me that loves train games but can't convince others to play is looking at the $55.00 price tag and convincing the wargaming side "It's only another unit of gnomes." And the tired father of two is thinking this is a great fill in game when I do get the gang back together and the regular session runs short or lackluster.

The full review:

http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2011/01/learn-u-s-history-or-just-have-fun-settlers-of-america/