​@Cuong Do Great thought! I think that would've been a lot safer. Thanks for the comment!

Wow had no idea of that rule

@Cuong Do Red maybe could play another knight securing biggest army. Perhaps he had one he forgot to play.

I've no idea what's going on

hahaha literally the same dude xD

4.24 am here. never played this game before. what am i doing?

9:16am here. Sleep schedule destroyed.

Hahaha! Well I'm glad these videos are binge-worthy!

Hahaha! I felt bad for blue!

Politics.

The only man who couldn't speak saw the danger.

@@hjelsethak To be fair though, the win was pretty far-fetched in the opening 30 turns, a big part of the win was due to the other 3 making big mistakes that to a point, levelled the playing field for blue to then look 'correct' with his early prediction.. He is correct, but it was a lucky call by him in my opinion.

Kobe Johnson Yay! Glad you still watched it!

Bs

@@TheKopakah ????

Well said! Thanks for the analysis!

Thanks!

Thank you! I always appreciate your comments ❤️

Thank you thank you! I appreciate the nice comment!

Jacob González Cejudo Thank you! That’s why I make videos :)

Hello! Glad to see you here in the comments. I thought you played very well. Here's my response though. 1. I agree 1st position was in a strong spot, but I quickly fell behind in the beginning. I was not robbed a lot in the midgame, especially by you (orange) and red. This lead to me accelerating a lot and being able to eventually take largest army. If it was truly a recognized easy win for 1st position, then I think I would've and should've been robbed a lot more. 2. I used to always also play my roads immediately but now I don't. Somone rolling a 7, choosing to steal from me, AND stealing the brick when I'm at 5 cards (20%) is very conditional. Holding the road not only conceals my intentions but gives me information (where everyone is going) and options (Potential road building/YoP). I held the road not necessarily just to cut you off, but to evaluate the situation first. In high level play, it's rare to see someone commit a road towards a race. Most people hold and wait for the 6 card play (road settlement) and do it in a single turn. 3. I agree it was really sad to see the AI take over for you and make the wrong decisions. I wish that didn't happen. However, I'd like to point out that upgrading the 5/9/10 over the 8/3 had no effect on the game since you got the city immediately afterward. No 8 or 3's hit in the rotation where you were gone. In fact, you even got an extra card from upgrading 5/9/10 first because the 9 wheat hit. With that being said, losing out on the road and not being able to choose to play the knight was unfortunate. Good Game! See you at the next tournament!

@@DyLightedCatan Good points. And I can see why you felt like holding the road (the 20% chance thing partially convinced me). However, let me explain why I decided to build a road there. It was not completely a mistake from my POV, even if I had kept track of cards. When you had 5 cards, you were robbed once. And you lost the wheat. Then, no more resources for you until you robbed blue and got a brick. Then, when I rolled a 9, you got a wheat. Now, you have the perfect 6. But would I know this if I had kept perfect track of your cards? All I know from my side is that you were robbed once and you robbed once. When you were robbed, if they had taken anything other than a wheat, then you wouldn't have the perfect 6. More so, you robbed exactly a brick. Blue had 3 wood and 4 brick at that time. So, for you to have the perfect 6 at that point, the probability was (1/5)*(4/7), which is roughly 11% chance. Now, I have 8 cards in hand. Also, I am betting everything on the wheat port. Should I not build my road when there's just a 11% chance that you have the perfect 6? If it means that I just lose a road in the process, that's absolutely fine. I think it was the right choice by me. However, I agree that I hadn't paid complete attention to the cards you had, which is always a mistake. But, having played the game enough, I've developed an intuition for these kind of things. My thought process would have been as follows. "He got robbed and he robbed blue. Maybe he might have double roads but not the perfect 6. So, let me make sure he doesn't build double roads. And maybe building a road might scare him off to build roads elsewhere." All I'm trying to do is to defend my decision to build the road. Good game :)

I love this game, and how it's all about probabilities and words "maybe."

​@@jesscool1991 Really well-done explanation. I didn't think about you not being able to see what cards were stolen. It makes a lot more sense why you built the road. With that being said, you only have 5 cards! I held a road and I'm on high wheat too. It's very dangerous to commit a road in this situation. It's also not super likely to 7 out in your situation. You don't have to worry about getting robbed either since I'm in a much better spot than you are - shouldn't be getting targeted this early. I personally would hold the road especially if I know the other person next to me held their road too.

@@DyLightedCatan I completely agree. I should have taken the brick from the bank and then waited. There still is the chance of you blocking me with a double road. However, that is not likely. Thank you for appreciating the explanation. I like to analyse everything to the deepest level, haha.

This actually isn't right. Blue didn't block red because red had 2 unplayed development cards and would be even more incentivized at that point to play a knight and steal brick from him (which he did anyway, after all)

I’m so glad I could make it exciting! There’s obviously increased stakes in tournament play!

DylLighted - Catan Hey would you be interested in making a video called teaching a noob how to play Catan 😂 I’m legit interested after watching your video

You’ve inspired me. I’ll make a coaching video in a bit.

Andrew Province I’m actually learning poker now. Still a fish though. I started about a month ago.

@@DyLightedCatan Yo man, I got a really soft club if you wanna test it out. Definitely start at the microstakes, no shame in that - plus that's where the worst players are! Idk if this type of advertising is allowed though so ban me at your will - but just visit heroes.poker and check it out man. Full disclosure, this is an affiliate-based platform so there is benefit in me getting people signed up ok? You seem like a guy who would appreciate full-transparency so just thought I'd be upfront. =)

Good question! Probably not for a while. I mostly focus on the base game.

@@DyLightedCatan ofc u r afraid of the depth of "städte und zwitter" wont let u win so easily

Thank you William!

Hahaha you gave me the idea! Thanks!

I’m honored :)

Great question. 1. Practice! This is probably the best way to get better. 2. Use logic to figure out people’s cards instead of brute force memorizing. You’ll see me do this in a few videos. Good luck! :)

You could write them down-use a shorthand, like one letter for each card: B W H S O and then cross them out as people play and discard

I used to try and do that, but it takes too long and you can’t apply it in live tournaments. I think just naturally being able to track is more important.

can only play one dev card a turn and he already played a knight

It’s a website called “Colonist.io” and that’s where the tournament is being held. Check it out!

@@DyLightedCatan is this website for free?

Yes!

I didn't as that is very costly and to get my last brick I would have to reveal my intentions of getting on the wheat port ad everyone wouldn't trade me because of that.

Hello! Really glad to see you making progress! I don't have that good memory either, but playing more games makes it a lot easier to remember things as your pattern recognition skills increase.

Ahhh I haven't posted it actually! I thought it wasn't an interesting game so I decided not to post it. However, I did win the finals. I may post it in the future!

@@DyLightedCatan congrats my dood, I love the content you have here. I'm a casual player and i bought the game for my cousin and his kids this past weekend. lol after two days they were excited to buy expansions, but you've shown me the game is deep, deeper than it looks and plays. I went back to see my cousins today and played a Ore Wheat combo for the first time, they thought i was crazy, i thought i was too, but man, they got wrecked. it was nerve racking not being able to build roads and settlements for a while. I told them to hold off the expansions. I'm looking forward to watching more of your videos. loved the podcast you did. and i will definitely leave more comments. though im not as advance, but we'll learn together. Thanks for the content, I know its a lot of work. keep it up!!

@@sthao7167 Thanks for all the kind words! I look forward to seeing you there!

It’s a year of plenty. Take any 2 cards you want.

DylLighted - Catan you could’ve just bought a city on the last turn right? Would’ve been a for sure win

@@owen2807No. You can only play development card per turn. I played the knight the last turn.

I think he didn't want it as other cards (like the +2 roads or the Monopol) would be much better in the early game and the vp is like a "dead" card till the end of game. But I'm not sure about that and I'm neither a professional player nor have played the game often. (I'm no native speaker so I'm sorry if my english isn't the best)

Viel Glück You are completely correct. In the early game vp cards are usually the worst card you can get because it’s useless until you get to 9 vp. A knight or a different ability card is much better because you can use it to start your momentum for the rest of the game.

Joaquim Reeves Yep! You’re right.

I see, thanks guys!

Thanks! I'm glad I could impress you!

I did not, however, I won the finals. I just didn't think it was an interesting game.

@Dunn123 Does that mean you think I should've posted the finals? I'm considering it, but it's super late now.

@@DyLightedCatan I'd still be interested. New to the channel, and have literally never played Catan, but I find it interesting to watch. Kinda want to try playing it now too.

For completeness and fun, heck yeah!

@@michaelclarkj Hahaha alright I'll put it on the list of things to edit.

Thank you!

Not on this site, but you can always set up a phone call or use a voice calling app like discord.

Wow thanks for the reply! Loving your channel:) been playing catan for awhile but I keep finding myself learning new tips from you! Can’t wait to finally test some of my skills on others then just friends and family haha! Keep up the great work man!

yea official ruleset states that you can keep your VPs hidden and only have to reveal them when your total points from all sources tally up to a win (10 points in classic Catan), and when you reveal them you can reveal them all at once.

Nhan Nguyen Huu damn, don’t know who was feeding me the wrong rules. Thanks a lot Nhan :)

@@AyEsGee no worries glad I could help :)

Really strong point! The cards were shuffled because of the 7. However, orange should've been aware I held my road and predicted that I had intentions to get on the spot. Then he could probe at what people have to see how close I am to the settlement. Regardless, good point!

Orange here. I commented earlier about my thoughts at this spot. And yes, I was aware that you held your road, but as I said, I did not know that you had the perfect 6 cards required.

good video btw, i liked the table-talk strategies

what's the question? it's the development card that lets you pick two resources, like you said. a standard catan development card.

It's the "Year of Plenty" card: catan.fandom.com/wiki/Development_card

No. You can only play 1 dev card per turn. I already played a knight that turn.

I'll post it soon! A lot of thing I need to edit.

Join the colonist.io discord. They host monthly tournaments.

He already played a knight and you can't play more than one development card in one turn

@@mikew1176 Yep! That's right!

DylLighted - Catan Didn’t know that, thanks.

Travis Westcott Just an accidental disconnect. He comes back!

this was explained in the response to another comment but he already played a knight at the beginning of that turn and you can only play 1 dev card per turn

Ayyyy! They are a favorite! Glad it was recognized!

You don’t. When I roll the 7, you get to move the robber. Sometimes you can play a knight before you roll, then roll a 7 to move the robber again.

@@DyLightedCatan gotcha! Thanks for responding! Love your content

Great analysis! I totally agree with you that the 6-5-12 is a lot better than the 6-5-11. I wish I mentioned that on the video.

You can only play 1 dev card per turn. I played a knight.

John Smith I agree! The heavy amount of 7’s dictated a large part of the game.

Yeap. The outcome could be different if Red had gotten one more knight card, or Yellow had not disconnected for a moment.

I wasn’t able to play it as your only allowed to play development card per turn. I had to take largest army.

@@DyLightedCatan True probably were playing knights on every turn up until the end.

I haven’t put it out yet sadly :(

DylLighted - Catan well I’ll be looking forward to it! While I have you, just wanted to say, your Chanel really blew up my passion for catan. I binged most of your vids in the last few months and I have become unbeatable amongst my friends utilizing all strategies and play styles that you’ve introduced me to. So thanks for the lessons!

I guess that's a good thing? Thanks!

Hahaha it's from a board game called Settlers of Catan. I'm glad you still watched it though!

It’s too expensive to do that move, but I think I could’ve gotten a better trade from orange.

It's 25$ on Amazon but with that said, I don't know your budget. I hope you can eventually get it!

Before I bought the game i custom made it by hand. it isnt to hard, its a bit of work but of course its better with the game itself :3

Not OP, but I used to play Settlers in a competitive setting. Table talk, even aggressive table talk, for the first half of the game is very normal. Everyone points out all the different ways everyone else is going to win. Some people try to make friends, point out enemies, or just downplay their own position. It's expected. The last fourth of a game is usually played in complete silence. Trading all but stops. Everyone is aware that you are either positioned to win or positioned to Kingmake. Most players at high level won't Kingmake on purpose. The mood goes from joking and joyous to somber very quickly. When I was at the North American Finals the trophies given out were wolves in sheep's clothing -- very fitting for how Settlers is played.

From my experience, the more casual the game is, the less table talk is tolerated. In a casual game with your family all this point making might be annoying, but in a full competitive environment good players actually listen to these points because others might be on to something they didn't notice or think of. Still, I think you can cross a line and annoy the others even in this kind of game. But as a rule of thumb, people who get too annoyed by table talk are the ones who just want to enjoy the game in peace, not trying too hard to win. From my experience, knowing how far you can go with table talking according to the environment is a skill on it's own.

hehe that seems like the most fun yet most complicated game ever

Seems like a cool game! I still love Catan. I don't think I'll ever get bored of it.