Settlers

So, thanks to Chris, I am now addicted to Settlers of Catan. Admittedly, it's one of the most popular boardgames around, and it's won heaps of accolades, but still...addicted. And just in case the social interaction involved in playing on an actual board gets in the way, there's been plenty of projects to create artificial intelligence programs to play against humans (such as JSettlers).

It gets even better, there's now a $700 3D, hand-carved 10th Anniversary version. So cool! (here)