On 28 June 2025 a 30th Anniversary Catan world event was held with players in many countries participating in a game of Catan Connect. These events were live streamed so they could be watched by all Catan fans. While I would have loved to be at one of the events sadly there were none in Australia or New Zealand.
Fortunately though my daughter who lives in London was able to go along and she can even be seen in the background when it cuts to the London presenter.
Even better than this at one stage before the game people were chatting about if they had played Catan or knew people who played for a long time and she mentioned she had started playing at a very early age and that her Dad had a large collection and ran a Catan website. Little did she know that the emcee would then use this live during the show.
Even more surprised was her Dad who had been sitting at home waving at his TV screen every time she could be seen in the background. Below is the clip referencing her.
UPDATE 4 July 2025: A really BIG thank you to Catan GmbH as I have just been advised that I was one of the 20 lucky people who won a free copy of Catan Connect simply for watching the livestream.