The issue with a city on 6113 is that it doesn’t expand your opportunity to close out the game. You don’t want more sheep in the current position, as with development cards you typically want a ratio of half as much sheep as ore/wheat, with the exception if you are utilizing a port. Overproduction is a thing, in some cases you 7 out more, or have more cards stolen from a monopoly. It’s all about how you use the resource. Another thing to consider: second city is great if you don’t produce ore. But because we get 3 on an 8, we need to protect ourselves with knights when we are blocked, forcing direct competition with orange. Had we bought the second city, we would not have been able to transition the robber away. Last thing: the development card supply is limited, whereas building a city is always possible regardless of other players actions. You can’t get locked out of building a city, but the dev deck and inability to build a settlement can and does happen often. I wouldn’t consider myself vastly better, but I appreciate your compliment! I just wanted to provide further insight.

@@shadesonbroadway very reasoned, and well thought out response. Thank you for taking the time.

I’ll have to look into this more. I don’t think colonist allows me to enlarge the chat on their side, so I could possibly use a simple zoom effect? I’d have to compromise a bit on the rest of the UI to do this though. Thank you for the feedback ❤