The goal was to catch the other players before they caught you.zombie84 said:
Yeah, it's weird that as a mouse your goal in the game is to actually get caught (and in real life, presumably die).
I've been putting off buying Settlers of Catan, mostly because its a 3+ player game and the Mrs and I usually play by ourselves. Now that we have friends who live in town, we'll be expanding our horizons.
I'm glad I put it off so I can get this:
http://mayfairgames.com/news.php?id=175