Skaars \u2019n jaar nadat die Brackenfeller Jacques van Zyl die Duitse bordspel Catan begin speel het, is hy verlede jaar as Suid-Afrika se nasionale kampioen aangewys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
En in April vanjaar gaan hy die land by die Catan-w\u00eareldkampioenskap in Stuttgart, Duitsland, verteenwoordig.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Di\u00e9 ietwat uitdagende bordspel is \u2019n kombinasie van strategie, vaardigheid, baie uithouvermo\u00eb en \u2019n tikkie geluk \u2013 \u2019n bietjie soos Monopoly, maar tog uniek.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jacques het in 2023 versot geraak op die spel toe hy die re\u00ebls van die speletjie baasgeraak het by die plaaslike Comic-Con, wat jaarliks in die Moederstad plaasvind. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Daar het hy teen baie ander spelers te staan gekom en uiteindelik genoeg punte opgebou om met sy eie Catan-bordspel weg te stap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEk het my vriende dieselfde naweek aan die spel bekend gestel en later saam met Unplug Yourself begin werk om vir ander die spel te leer,\u201d vertel hy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unplug Yourself is \u2019n inisiatief wat ten doel het om die lekkerte van bordspeletjies as \u2019n stokperdjie in Suid-Afrikaners aan te wakker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hulle besoek uitstallings soos Comic Con Africa, en bied bekendstellings by plaaslike kleinhandelaars oor die land heen aan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 2024 het Jacques begin liga speel met sy eerste wedstryd wat by Durbanville Games plaasgevind het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Spelers van oor die land het by plaaslike speletjiewinkels deelgeneem en die 40 spelers met die hoogste punte op hul profiel is na die nasionale wedstryd genooi, wat by The Warren in Somerset-Wes plaasgevind het. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jacques verduidelik die spel as volg. \u201cDie Catan-bord verteenwoordig \u2019n eiland met verskillende grondstowwe, onder meer hout, baksteen, erts, graan en wol. Elke grondstof het \u2019n nommer tussen twee en 12. Elke speler kry die kans om twee dorpies en strate op die bord te plaas. Die dobbelsteen word gegooi en dan begin die pret.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die getal wat gegooi is bepaal watter hulpbron uitgedeel word. As jy \u2019n huis langs die grondstof het, kry jy \u2019n hulpbron, andersins moet jy wag tot die volgende speler weer gooi. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSpelers kan met mekaar onderhandel vir grondstowwe en as jy die regte hoeveelheid het, kan jy nog \u2019n straat bou en later nog \u2019n huis. Jy kan later jou huis uitbrei na \u2019n stad toe wat jou dan dubbel die hoeveelheid grondstowwe gee, asook \u2019n ekstra punt op die bord.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDie doelwit van die bordspel is om die eerste speler te wees wat by tien punte uitkom. Jy moet net nie te veel kaarte in jou hand h\u00ea nie, want as jy of \u2019n ander speler \u2019n sewe gooi, dan moet elke speler wat meer as sewe kaarte in sy hand het, die helfte van die kaarte weer vir die bank teruggee.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Vir Jacques l\u00ea die fassinasie in die spel in die risiko wat spelers moet neem om die bord oor te neem \u2013 iets wat ook fyn beplanning verg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDie rol van die dobbelsteen bring \u2019n element van geluk, maar met die regte strategie en ook die vermo\u00eb om buigsaam te wees in jou beplanning, kan dit tot oorwinning lei. Daar is baie ander weergawes van die bordspel wat ander elemente inbring, soos globale verhitting, ekonomiese elemente en selfs aanvallers wat die hele spel kan moeilik maak vir alle spelers. Dit maak dat jy moet vooruit dink en beplan, al weet jy nie wat gerol gaan word nie.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hy behoort tans aan die Western Cape Catan-klub wat verlede jaar deur \u2019n klein groepie spelers in die provinsie begin is om bymekaar te kom vir sosiale geleenthede.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWanneer ek nie saam met die Catan-klub aan kompetisies deelneem nie, speel ek saam met die Meeple People, \u2019n bordspeletjieklub wat elke week bymekaarkom. Ek gaan speel ook af en toe by ander winkels soos Fanaticus, The Warren en The Luckshack. Ek speel ook die bordspel aanlyn deur middel van Boardgame Arena en Colonist. Dan speel jy teen spelers van oor die w\u00eareld heen,\u201d s\u00ea Jacques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die w\u00eareldkampioenskap neem die formaat van drie rondes waar jy speel vir punte. N\u00e1 die drie wedstryde gaan die top-16 deur na die halfeindronde, waarvan die wenners by elke tafel deurdring na die finale tafel toe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cPryse op die spel is gewoonlik Catan-handelsware soos ekstra bordspeletjies of die nuwe, moderne stukkies wat jy kan gebruik. Die ontwerper van die spel, Klaus Teuber, het nie geglo aan kontant as \u2019n prys nie. En vir my is dit meer belowend om met ander bordspelspelers te kan netwerk. Jy stap met vriendskappe weg, wat op die ou einde so verrykend is. My plan met my terugkoms is om die Catan- teenwoordigheid nog groter in Suid Afrika te maak.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die spel wat deur baie spelers as \u201cverslawend\u201d beskou word, en \u2019n topverkoper onder bordspeletjies, is in 1995 deur Klays Teuber as The Settlers of Catan<\/em> in Duitsland geskep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sedertdien as daar al meer as 40 miljoen eenhede w\u00eareldwyd verkoop in amper 50 tale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ter voorbereiding vir die w\u00eareldkampioenskap het Jacques sedert Desember begin kyk na video\u2019s van vorige w\u00eareldkampioenskappe om te kyk hoe mense oor die w\u00eareld heen speel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cDie spel behels plasings en tafelgesprekke wat baie belangrik is in die groter kompetisies, omdat spelers hier oor belangrike aspekte van die spel debatteer. Dit verg ook baie uithouvermo\u00eb omdat een spel langer as drie ure kan duur. Ek speel elke naweek saam met ander ligaspelers op die moeiliker borde om gewoond te raak aan die taai kompetisie wat op my wag.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hoewel die senuwees soms \u2019n bietjie knaag, sien hy met groot opgewondenheid daarna uit om die Suid-Afrikaanse vlag met trots te dra. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In 2022 het \u2019n Suid-Afrikaanse speler deurgedring na die top-16, maar by di\u00e9 tafel uitgeval. Jacques mik om daarop te verbeter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOns almal droom van daai wen om met die titel weg te stap, maar die toernooi is nie net \u2019n geleentheid om te wen nie, maar ook om waardevolle ervarings te geniet en nuwe vriendskappe te bou. 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