This video got recommended to me, I have no idea what’s going on but I’m here for it

@Schloopity

25 күн бұрын

Welcome to the world of Catan! I hope you enjoyed the video haha 😆

The first game, you could've monoed Wheat the whole time instead of waiting for ore - you had the wheat port and it would have stopped him pulling knights.

@Schloopity

25 күн бұрын

That's a very good point! I got a bit too locked in on the ore and should have considered my other options when the game was that close. Thanks for the comment!

Really tough choices, but I don't think you can give that window up. You either make it too hard for them to catch you or buy yourself some turns to get points while they scramble. You definitely needed that time, the game stalled from there and it's tough losing with an unplayed mono in your hand. At that point in the game you were looking at significantly lower odds for pulling a knight, and I think that tracking needed to factor into the odds of either of you catching up. I'm also not sure leaving your 6 wheat blocked with the wheat port, in addition to resource income you let the opponent have, makes up for your 4 roll even if you didn't get completely screwed by the dice (which you absolutely did). Really stellar game nonetheless, I don't think this was necessarily obvious.

@Schloopity

25 күн бұрын

Thanks for the analysis! Knowing when to stop the dev race is really hard and rarely clear haha. I got locked in on saving the Mono for the Ore, which probably would have won us the game, but it does feel bad to end with it still in my hand. I probably should have just used it earlier when the game was that close.

The 4 hurt and not sure if it would have made a difference as there’s too much to calculate but maybe taking army when you have two knights in hand is better then now being behind and them being up 3-2

@Schloopity

25 күн бұрын

It's definitely something to consider. I'm not sure I would have been able to keep Army the whole time, but it might have been worth the shot. Thanks for the comment!

I mentioned Catan at work today and now I'm randomly getting recommended Catan videos? They're always listening 🫨

@Schloopity

25 күн бұрын

Hahaha, the same thing happens to me! Hope you enjoyed the games 😁

tough dice luck in game 1

@Schloopity

27 күн бұрын

Yeah... Was pretty painful haha Thanks for watching!

Definitely could have won the first game. Road builder +settlement for 14 and had you stopped chasing after knights that weren't going to help, could have city for 15.

@Northwoods309

27 күн бұрын

He had no more settles at that point. Needed to city