[deweller]

Here's a quote from Klaus Teuber, the designer of Catan, that speaks to his philosophy of luck in games:

"When I play a game, I play intuitively. I don't like games where you have to think too much, where luck plays no part and the better player always wins. Chance makes things more exciting. If I know exactly what is going to happen tomorrow, things get boring. It's the same in a game. I prefer it that way."