Gears Maps and Catan

Two big things happening in my gaming life today: 4 new Gears of War maps and Settlers of Catan hit Live today.

Gears has been getting pretty stale lately. I haven't been playing it online but once a week, tops. These new maps will breath some life back into a game. Or more like resuscitate. That patch cause some major pulmonary damage.

Catan, on the other hand, is single handedly the best table top game I've ever played. Thought it does only beat Magic: The Gathering out by a thin thread-like hair. Where Magic is like Pokemon, Catan is like Othello. The rules don't change. There's nothing more to buy. And the gameplay changes depending on who your playing against.

So good-bye $20. At 800pts a peice, these downloads are going to quickly deplete a 1600pt Live card.