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If you like Catan, try these games:

http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/35677/le-havre <= economic engine building game set in a costal french port

http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/43111/chaos-in-the-old-wo... <= Point scoring game where doing a faction specific objective gets yours further ahead. Very balanced, but via active player action (like refusing to trade with a guy at 8-9 points in Catan)

http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/68448/7-wonders <= civ building game with small military elements

http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/34635/stone-age <= stone age building/civ game

Yspahan http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/22345/yspahan <= point scoring game about running shops in an "idealized" arabian bazar.