Settlers of Catan North American Championship Qualifier

**Travis Reynolds** · 09-10-2008, 03:02 PM

CharCon, in combination with Mayfair Games and Lost Legion Games & Comics, are very proud to announce that we will be hosting a qualifier for the 2009 Settlers of Catan North American Championship! One skillful player will win the Settlers Tournament at CharCon and then go on to represent us at the National Tournament. The North American Championship will be held in Indianapolis at GenCon in August 2009.

The winner of the CharCon tournament will receive admission to Gencon, a hotel room for their stay and an invitation to play in this elite event.

Settlers of Catan is one of the most popular board games in the entire world, with the various Catan family of games having sold over 11 million copies since 1995. For many gamers Settlers represented an introduction to a new type of game that did not rely heavily on luck, but instead requires the players to plan strategically and negotiate with the other players.

In 2008 GenCon hosted the World Championships for Settlers of Catan. However, in 2009 there will not be any World's, so this will be the big tournament for the year. To get an idea on what last years Championship was like and what this years participants have to look forward to, read this.

This is your chance to prove you are the best Settlers of Catan player around. Not only that, but get a free trip to the world's best game show and take a shot at proving you are the best Settlers of Catan player in North America! Have you got what it takes?

Be sure to sign up for the Settlers of Catan tourney at CharCon.

Don't forget, pre-registration is still open and everyone who pre-registers receives a free game and five free tickets in the CharCon raffle! Click here to pre-register today!

**Corey Lake** · 09-10-2008, 03:57 PM

That's amazing news!!

**Charlie Davis** · 09-10-2008, 04:44 PM

Not amazing, just quality work from Travis R. Nice job.
I posted a slightly edited version on the BoardGameGeek Charcon Guild.
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/339726

**Travis Orders** · 09-10-2008, 05:45 PM

Very glad to hear we landed this. I am REALLY excited to see how it turns out!!!

**Nick Gillispie** · 09-10-2008, 10:18 PM

The next Riflemen Games Day at the SCPL I am going to have a Catan Day to teach people how to play and let them practice with the game for the Tourney.

If anyone else has copies please bring them.

It is scheduled for early October (6th)?

NICK

**donstermu** · 09-11-2008, 12:03 PM

i have copies. also, how can i help with this? do they send people to run the tournament? i offered to run a tourney, nothing official, just for fun. : ) hell, i'd love to enter to compete!

**Nick Gillispie** · 09-11-2008, 12:30 PM

sure bring your copies to the Games Day in October and we will teach the game and let people rpactive for the Tournament.

And even if you don't want to enter the tournament come to play the game it is a great game.

**Charlie Davis** · 09-11-2008, 03:08 PM

Originally Posted by donstermu

i have copies. also, how can i help with this? do they send people to run the tournament? i offered to run a tourney, nothing official, just for fun. : ) hell, i'd love to enter to compete!

Without going into the details, YES, we will need someone to physically be there to run the tournament. You are the first volunteer. We will probably need an assistant GM also. Mayfair is sending the materials, rules, etc. so it should be relatively easy. With the big prize on the line, I am interested to see what kind of participation we get from outside the region.