Settlers of Catan.. If you haven't tried it, try it.

Game by Klaus Teuber
Published by I Have no idea
Price: around $25.
Number of players: 2-4 (Best with four, expansions make it up to 6).
Time: 45  - 60 minutes.

Settlers of Catan (hereafter "Catan") is a classic Euro game. I believe it comes from Germany, but to be honest, I did not delve into the back history of the game. In Catan, one takes control of a people settling an island, and attempts to become the best, as measured by victory points. Inside the box:

Wow, that's a lot of pieces! The player pieces are all wooden, which is really nice. There are roads, towns and cities in there, of four different colors. The game "board" is made up of tiles (pictured above) in the rough shape of a circle. Each tile has a different resource it produces (trees produce wood, pastures produce sheep, etc..). The resources produced are represented by some pretty cards, as shown below:

And a picture of the tiles with the cards. Nice artwork here:

Player pieces (in bag, because I'm lazy).

Each player gets one of these, which shows how much everything costs.

On your turn, you roll the dice. Each tile has a number assigned to it at the beginning of the game, and whatever number you roll causes those tiles to produce for whoever has a town or city touching them. You may then spend whatever you want to buy whatever you want. You may also trade with other players. You can stockpile all your resources, but be warned: If someone, including you, rolls a '7', then they get to move the "thief". The thief causes the tile he's on to not produce anything. Also, the player moving the thief gets to steal from someone who touches that tile. Oh, and everyone has to discard half their cards if the have more than 7. That. Sucks.

Aside from buying roads and upgrading towns and such, you can also buy "Development Cards". These either let you perform special actions, or give you straight victory points.

It's a great little game, fun for the whole family, and no violence (if you're into that sort of thing). You can get it from Board Game Geek or from Amazon.

FUN: 4. Solid game, good mechanics, fun for most people.

THEME: 1. I don't really see any theme here.

QUALITY: 4. Wooden pieces, good cardstock, thick cardboard. Good quality.

ART: 4. It's a pretty good-looking game.

INTERACTIVITY: 4. You will trade, you will block other players so that you can
                                    monopolize a resource.

COMPLEXITY: 3. Not too complex, but good depth.

LUCK: 3. Good balance here.