Qualifiers from Galway and California

Jacques Kieft from Galway, Ireland, and Patrick Chan from Palo Alto, California, U.S.A., have qualified for the 2006 Catan World Championships.

Jacques triumphed at the second Irish qualifying tournament to claim his position in the World Champs, and will be looking to repeat his success from 2002, when he went on to become the world champion.

Patrick picked up the first American position at the World Champs by winning the Origins tournament held last weekend in Columbus, Ohio.

John & Adam Wilson: The Scottish Qualifiers

John Wilson and Adam Wilson have topped the leaderboard at the Scottish tournament at DiceCon in Glasgow, held on July 26, and have snared the two Scottish seats at the 2005 Catan World Championships.

Further World Champs qualifiers should also be announced soon after a big weekend of feed-in tournaments for the 2005 Catan World Championships.

Strategy from Wikipedia

A new strategy article has been posted to the Strategy section. Sourced from Wikipedia, this article examines some of the core strategies for The Settlers of Catan.