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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Holy Bovine" data-source="post: 1681324" data-attributes="member: 203">Once you have started to build a map in Carcassone it quickly becomes all about the tiles.  I found the tiles to be beautifully done and monsterous cities build up out of a few people vieing for control of it.  It is an easy game to learn but can be difficult to master.  There is a great deal of competition in it but no 'combat' per say.  That being said I have seen games of Carcassone get more competitive than any game of Axis & Allies.Settlers of Catan is overshadowed, IMO, by Starfarers of Catan.  I liked Settlers of Catan but found I enjoyed Starfarers much, much more.  It involves exploring the galaxy at large and placing colonies on far flung planets while making contact with alien races and battleing pirates.  You still don't get to fight each other but it feels like you do as pirates (drawn from an event deck) are played by your opponents (cards will say stuff like - 2nd person on your right plays the pirates).  Settlers is good but is beaten by Starfarers.  If you want more interaction and 'combat' between players Starfarers does come closest to this.  Regretfully the cost of the game is quite high - about $60 US with one expasion bringing in 5& 6 players pieces (and more planets and alien races) for about $30 US.</blockquote>