"Settlers is the new Monopoly" watch

Internal Monlogue has been following the "Settlers of Catan is the new Monopoly" idea for a few years now. Here's another recent blog post on mental_floss touting that idea:

The boardgaming world was, however, been pretty stolid for the bulk of the 20th century, with very little innovation from within; the mainstream board gaming companies’ idea of creativity is coming up with themed versions of existing stalwart games. But in 1995, the game Wired magazine dubbed the “Monopoly killer” (although Monopoly isn’t dead … yet) entered the market, and after a long, slow incubation period, is moving into the mainstream and threatening the established order of board games.