Settlement Placement Strategy | Settlers of Catan

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Placing settlements in Catan is a very important decision and can determine your success. Today we explore placing settlements but use a strategy I call "When in Doubt, Place it Out". This Catan placement strategy goes over how to predict an opponent's settlement placement and how to utilize that knowledge to your advantage.
This winning settlement placement strategy teaches 2 important lessons about Catan. I hope you learned something!
1) "When in Doubt, Place it Out"
2) Identify settlement placement table talk. Use it at your own will.
Oops! I ended making a mistake in this video. Blue (4th position) has the option to take the 8brick/4/3 and the 6/5/12 and use the free road to cut off to the 9 ore. I didn't see this until I made this video. Luckily, blue didn't see this option and my placements ended up working out.
I decided to not make a probing question video.
The software I'm using is Tabletop simulator.
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@Rustie_za 3 жыл бұрын

As great as this explanation is, one just dont have the time to analyse it in such detail at game time.

@DyLightedCatan 3 жыл бұрын

With practice, this process becomes a lot lot faster. Y

@alexamauta1 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome video - you have upped your game. Detail in this is fantastic.

@DyLightedCatan 5 жыл бұрын

Alex Bustamante thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed!

@caesarlandoco7526 4 жыл бұрын

Commenting here and the other video. My fav video was "when in doubt, place it out." Before, I would place on solely my wishes, and would get blindsided by what others picked. Being able to think through what others wanted ahead of time allowed my 2nd placement to always be stronger, which has drastically increased my gameplay.

@DyLightedCatan 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I saw your comment on the other video. I'm glad I could advance your thinking!

@jf4195 2 жыл бұрын

Wow! I love how quick you must do this in real time as the game is going. I want to get better and these videos are so helpful. For future videos, I’d like to know how long you’ve been playing and how did you get so good. I’m sure through experience. But it’s be nice. Anyways, thanks again!

@TheShamansQuestion 4 жыл бұрын

I'm so neurotic I was doing this for a long time as a beginner and intermediate player, but in my head, without the tactical nous, such that it would take ages before I played, annoy my friends and family, and fail to remember or have it clearly set out in my head and so be self-defeating in the process. I'd try to invent all the strategic and tactical knowledge in my head in a single game lmao I wish my earlier self had seen this vid. I can therefore recommend this vid and playing it out in hard copy form. Draw it out or use your own cities if you have to (and they'd be confused enough to conceal exactly what you're doing). You'd probably look less like an idiot in the long run

@DyLightedCatan 4 жыл бұрын

Hahaha once before I used my opponents' settlements and placed it for them, then took it back lol. Now I realize how stupid that looks lol.

@TheShamansQuestion 4 жыл бұрын

@@DyLightedCatan hahahaha but did you win?

@Markism07 4 жыл бұрын

Great call

@canozanyilmaz5083 4 жыл бұрын

10:05... I salute you sir. Not many people thinks of likes and comments as correct as you are.

@DyLightedCatan 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I try not to beg for likes, but rather earn them and use it for feedback. I appreciate it!

@rakoonial1334 5 жыл бұрын

good stuff!

@DyLightedCatan 5 жыл бұрын

Rakoonial V Haha! Thank you man.

@Doctoresq 4 жыл бұрын

Hey, love the video and content - learning heaps about catan from you! Just a heads up, I think some viewers might be turned away by the r slur earlier in the vid, even if you're quoting someone else. Maybe next time you can censor it to show viewers you're not so cool with it? Anyway keep the content coming, love it!

@DyLightedCatan 4 жыл бұрын

Yea! Good point. I realized later that I should've changed the word entirely. Thanks for bringing it up and showing concern.

@l.a.171 5 жыл бұрын

I think thats your best viedeo so far, I have to say. 👍 Start at the game is really important as it influences the whole rest of the game so I think people should be mus h more informed about it. 🤔 But never ever grey takes the sheep spot 9/10/3. I can't Imagine that this is the right decision if it takes the 10 wood for the 1st seatlement (which I'd personally do) because orange has the 5s to win the game and upgrade very fast. 🤔 But nice to see your thouguts 👌

@DyLightedCatan 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I worked really hard on this one! I don't think there is a 9/10/3 spot. Is that a mistake?

@l.a.171 5 жыл бұрын

@@DyLightedCatan oh sry I meant the 9/10/11 😅

@eb3632 3 жыл бұрын

I instinctively always took strong wheat as first position on the assumption i would get locked out of wheat if i dont. The only time i dont do this is if i can see strong wheat on a port that is unlikely to be taken. I also like to lock players out of wheat as 4th and 5th position if the players before me got too greedy snagging brick and ore. Even if i dont need the extra wheat i just take it to lock them out.

@DyLightedCatan 3 жыл бұрын

Great thoughts! You're method guarantees you wheat and is a lot safer for sure!

@GoPokerPro 3 жыл бұрын

Sry liked already before the video, but i liked it so i guess its ok :D

@collinm.9386 3 жыл бұрын

I understand why you avoided the 5/8/10 because you would not get wheat, but in your scenario, orange winds up with both. If you are playing competent opponents, wouldn't blocking player two be a priority?

@0xluizs 3 жыл бұрын

i understood everything, but idk if I can do it fast like you

@ernestlyernest 2 жыл бұрын

Question: At 7:17: According to rule 18, you should choose the rare resource right? So if that's the case, wouldn't the rare resource be the 8 brick?

@davidlantz3302 4 жыл бұрын

I'd have liked if you didn't just repeat the no wheat equals defeat mantra and actually walked is through whether that would be true here. There are winnable games without starting wheat. Was this one of them? Also, that position have you your best start, but did it give another player an even better one? It looks like you start at a disadvantage. Would another starting spot have balanced it out better?

@juanroaguilo 4 жыл бұрын

thx boss

@DyLightedCatan 4 жыл бұрын

No problem!

@dantheman5745 5 жыл бұрын

Nice! I'm just not sure the game allows you that much time to map out everybody's moves. And even if the game did, I haven't encountered any other players with that amount of patience. After about 20 seconds message start popping up asking what your problem is. (when we play the tabletop game board version with friends, we always allow LOADS of time for everybody's 1st two settlements)

@DyLightedCatan 5 жыл бұрын

Good Observation! I don’t play much on the actual elo ladder anymore. I arrange custom games with competitive players. In custom games you have infinite time. Also, this took me about 6 minutes to figure out.

@ORGILMAAAAA 4 жыл бұрын

With games, you'll see faster and react faster - that's point of practice

@rbbecker73 3 жыл бұрын

If someone complains that I'm taking too long in an online game, I just respond "I'm thinking" and keep going. Placement's the most important decision of the game, so any reasonable player should be ok with that. And as the last comment pointed out, you'll get faster at this with practice.

@kevinhardy8997 Жыл бұрын

Note that this video is 10 minutes long, and everyone at the table would be yelling at you to hurry up.

@benjaminjohnson8377 5 жыл бұрын

Another fantastic video! How did the game play out?

@DyLightedCatan 5 жыл бұрын

Benjamin Johnson I left the results in the description!

@benjaminjohnson8377 5 жыл бұрын

DylLighted - Catan Thanks. Also, I love the clip of music you have at the end of your videos, it just seems perfect every time 😊

@DyLightedCatan 5 жыл бұрын

@@benjaminjohnson8377 Thank you! It's one of my favorite songs!

@benjaminjohnson8377 5 жыл бұрын

I hadn’t heard the song before your videos, but have listened to it several times since. I think the section you use is on point!

@jq9232 3 жыл бұрын

How come you wouldnt place your second settlement on 10/11/3? (If you go 9/5/10) You get a free road to start and can go to the 9/10/2 and cut off the 9/4/11 person

@iwersonsch5131 4 жыл бұрын

When you're looking for the Wood port, why would you ever prefer the 8/4/3 over the 3/4/9?

@filipzgela6087 4 жыл бұрын

because the 8 is more likely to roll than 9

@iwersonsch5131 4 жыл бұрын

@@filipzgela6087 When you go to actually place on the Wood port, you pay 5 points of Wood for building on only the 3 Wool if you start on the 8/4/3, furthermore you lose the 8/4/desert, and you leave your opponents more room on the board

@spkrause 4 жыл бұрын

Why isn't the 10-3-11 a viable 4th placement option? It give you better sheep, you can cut off white to the 9 10 2 spot and potentially build on the northwest coast.

@ingosolomon336 Жыл бұрын

cause those are terrible numbers

@guyward5835 4 жыл бұрын

After having played this match, would there have been some merit to placing on the desert/road? It looked like you were blocking yourself on an easier settlement option around the 12 sheep. It would have costed 1 less road, or the road that you used for current placement could have allowed connection of your areas.

@doboy 4 жыл бұрын

but you lose out on the starting sheep that you need for your 2nd settlement without trading

@DyLightedCatan 4 жыл бұрын

@@doboy Yep! Well said.

@kevinhardy8997 Жыл бұрын

I have strong wood too.

@TheShamansQuestion 4 жыл бұрын

Do you have the probing questions video still?

@DyLightedCatan 4 жыл бұрын

Sorry, I decided to not do it. I just feel as if it's too... snakey? I hate the content that goes into it.

@JohanKarpantschof 5 жыл бұрын

How do you put "placeholder" settlements on the board?

@DyLightedCatan 5 жыл бұрын

Johan Karpantschof I’m using a software called tabletop simulator which allows me to do that.

@JohanKarpantschof 5 жыл бұрын

@@DyLightedCatan Thank you very much! Appreciate the videos.

@Tobbzn 4 жыл бұрын

When neurotic, use a mnemonic!

@DyLightedCatan 4 жыл бұрын

Well said! I like this one!

@dianasmendra 3 жыл бұрын

Dude, seriously? You just said the R word in this video. Wtf is wrong with you. It’s not okay to say that word.

@DyLightedCatan 3 жыл бұрын

Saying the r word in this video is one of my regrets and I wish I could take it back. Unfortunately, I didn’t realize how insensitive it was at the time. I hope you forgive me. Personally, I don’t say this in my vocabulary but I was simply trying to summarize what someone else said to me. No matter what the context was, I should have not said it.