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Catan: Boys vs. Girls

For Christmas, I gave my husband the game, Settlers of Catan.  We had talked about getting it for a long time.  It was on sale at Target just before Christmas and so I was glad to be able to get it for him. We sat down to play it with our girls yesterday and had a great time!  But, I noticed a few things about our game. When my younger daughter wanted a particular resource card, I said "okay."  My husband looked at me with incredulity and said, "You're not supposed to do that!"  I watched us reaction.  A minute later, she added another section of road and took a card from my husband that gave him some points towards winning.  Both my daughters and I responded by going "Ahhh..  Oh, we're so sorry.  It'll be okay."   That's girls.  I sat there for a minute and realized what had happened.  Then, I made an announcement to the group.  I said, "This is what happens when girls play this game!  If it had been a group ...