TOKYO -- Board games are perfect for spending time with family and friends during the New Year's holidays. Catan, born in 1995 in Germany and widely considered a modern board game masterpiece, has sold 35 million sets worldwide, including in Japan, and is said to trail only Monopoly in sales.
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Settling on an uninhabited island called Catan, players expand their camps with resources obtained by rolling the dice. (Photo by Kosaku Mimura)
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