> If you choose the start location poorly you automatically lose. Yes, if you play badly initially it effects your entire game and you'll probably lose but I'm

> If you choose the start location poorly you automatically lose. Yes, if you play badly initially it effects your entire game and you'll probably lose but I'm going to go out on a limb here and suggest that is true for a lot of games. Catan is an excellent game; it's nicely balanced between luck, persuasion when it comes to trading, territorial maneuvering, resource acquisition, and so on …