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With calculated trades of wood for brick and sheep for wheat, Catan players love building cities and bullying friends. The game’s designer, who died this month, created a monster.
I failed at every attempt to combat my phone addiction. This new approach worked.
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I spent 1/4 of every day on my phone. I decided to do something extreme to stop.bobmadbob/Getty Images
One dreary January evening, after one of those long work days where I thought, “I’m tired, I’ll just lay in bed for a few minutes and check Instagram,” I fell into a black hole.
I blinked, and suddenly I’d been in bed for an hour and my eyeballs were seared from all the blue light and my back hurt from curling up in a little pill bug ball and I’d forgotten to eat dinner and all I’d gained was the dubious certainty that Courtney from high school was definitely going through a breakup.
what do you play at home? >> settlers of catan. that's the game of choice. >> people like the idea you could be going out doing anything, going to all kinds of parties and you're at home playing a nerdy board game. >> it's much more relaxing than the alternatives. >> i can't let you go without asking you about the playoff beard. what has it been having that thing on your face? >> it's been all right, i guess. i got too lazy towards the end of the season to shave it. i guess it's turned into what it is now and i don't think my parents like it very much, but they'll put up with it. >> how quickly are you going to get rid of it after the playoffs are over? are you waiting to peel it off your face? >> i know it's not the greatest look. but i guess it will come off. hopefully in february. >> andrew, i'm not sure i remember what you look like without that beard. that is it for us this week.