[Brian,
Wednesday May 20, 2009 at 7:23pm]
Wired, always on the cutting end of trends...
... discovers Settlers of Catan. Interesting article, mainly for unit numbers and a few anecdotes and the fact that I can apply to be a professor of boardgames at Curtin University of Technology in Perth. (To be fair, its taken me two months to notice this article).
Among the facts given:
- Rio Grande games sold over half a million units last year (of all titles), and claims growth of 30-35%.
- Settlers has sold 15 million copies so far.
- Settlers sold 600k copies in the US last year, up from 450k.
I dispute, however, the statement that the Settlers of Catan novel is "a must have for [siedlers] legion of fans."
[H/T] Newmark's Door