After weeks of organization and anticipation, two of the university's board game juggernauts met in Love Library on October 24, for a lunch hour throw-down. With scrupulous strategy, and a little luck, the University of Nebraska Press handily defeated their strong University Libraries opponents in a hard-fought game of Settlers of Catan.

Ultimately the game went the only way the UNP team could have predicted—with Terrance “the Bandit” Boldan, known for stealing games, doing what he does best and snatching victory from Richie “Cunningham” Graham and his fellow Libraries teammates at the last minute. This win represented the culmination of many Thursday lunch hours spent with fellow UNP staffers behind the board.

Going into the game, Graham and company held a strong aura of confidence. Even to the game’s final moments Graham could be quoted as saying, “Put the champagne on ice.” Graham and his team’s resoluteness would soon be silenced.

Settlers of Catan can be a ruthless game, and the UNP team proved it early. To start the game, Boldan cut Graham at the knees with a settlement placement that would attempt to cut off Graham’s plans for longest road. Library Representative Kane Click was also bested when UNP’s Weston Poor, after being denied a trade for wheat with Click, dropped the bandit in Click's lap and pilfered the wheat he needed.

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