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Taking on Celtics rookie Grant Williams at his favorite board game

If you’ve never heard of the board game Settlers of Catan, you aren’t alone.

Marcus Smart hadn’t. Neither had Kemba Walker. Nor Brad Stevens.

If you have heard of it, you’re in good company, too.

Williams ponders his next move.
Globe reporter Nicole Yang, a novice at Settlers of Catan, surveys the board.
Williams was willing to share strategy, but he also was a stickler for the rules.
Williams keeps his cards close to the vest.
Williams took both games from Globe reporter Nicole Yang in their first go-round — but there could be a rematch.