Settling The Madness

In the 1980s, a German dental technician by the name of Klaus Teuber took on the hobby of designing board games in his basement, and what began as career escapism ballooned into a cash cow after Teuber released his monopoly-style, viking-inspired island melee, “Die Siedler von Catan.”  Since its inception in 1995, Settlers of Catan…

2024 NCAA Tournament Preview: The Method to the Madness

British playwright William Archer penned that drama is “anticipation mingled with uncertainty.” The 2024 NCAA tournament promises plenty of dramatic alchemy. We stand on its precipice, drunk with anticipation for rising contenders, wilting pretenders and balling Cinderellas. Mingled with this anticipation is the uncertainty of it all: the randomness of shotmaking, the chaos of competition,…