<p><strong>Yes, so long as it's not adjacent to another settlement.</strong> </p>

<p>A valid location for a settlement is any spot that touches one of your roads, and is not adjacent to any other settlement.  I'll also note that it's legal for <em>someone else</em> to put a settlement in the middle of your road, so long as they also have a road that touches that intersection - this will cut your 4-segment road into two 2-segment roads, which can be a useful strategy for killing someone's longest road.</p>

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2020-04-16T12:46:34.870Z
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Nuclear Hoagie
<p>Yes. From <a href="https://www.catan.com/files/downloads/catan_5th_ed_rules_eng_150303.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">the rules</a>:</p>

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  <p>Each of your settlements must connect to <strong>at least</strong> 1 of your own roads.</p>
</blockquote>

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2020-04-16T12:46:57.140Z
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L. Scott Johnson
<p>Yes you can build a settlement if:</p>

<ul>
<li>You have a settlement left in stock</li>
<li>You have the resources to build the settlement</li>
<li>There is no adjacent settlement or city</li>
<li>There is one of your roads or ships leading to the spot you want to build the settlement</li>
</ul>

<p>So yes you can build one along the road. </p>

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2020-04-16T12:46:30.363Z
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Toon Krijthe
<p>Let's say I have 4 connected roads with no settlements or cities in between.  Can I later go back and place a settlement in there?</p>

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2020-04-16T13:54:35.597Z
Just be careful, because your opponent's could also come along with their own road pointing to the middle and build their own settlement there!
GendoIkari
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2020-04-18T09:53:05.587Z
It says somewhere in the rules that if an opponent builds a house in the middle of your road it will break your longest road into two roads - which implies that people can build houses there.
Jerry Jeremiah
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Catan settlements on roads
Joe beck
# Catan settlements on roads

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-04-16)

Let's say I have 4 connected roads with no settlements or cities in between. Can I later go back and place a settlement in there?

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Just be careful, because your opponent's could also come along with their own road pointing to the middle and build their own settlement there!  
> **username_2**: It says somewhere in the rules that if an opponent builds a house in the middle of your road it will break your longest road into two roads - which implies that people can build houses there.  

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## 3 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2020-04-16. Score: 5

**Yes, so long as it's not adjacent to another settlement.**

A valid location for a settlement is any spot that touches one of your roads, and is not adjacent to any other settlement. I'll also note that it's legal for *someone else* to put a settlement in the middle of your road, so long as they also have a road that touches that intersection - this will cut your 4-segment road into two 2-segment roads, which can be a useful strategy for killing someone's longest road.


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### Answer by username_4 on 2020-04-16. Score: 2

Yes. From [the rules](https://www.catan.com/files/downloads/catan_5th_ed_rules_eng_150303.pdf):

> Each of your settlements must connect to **at least** 1 of your own roads.


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### Answer by username_5 on 2020-04-16. Score: 1

Yes you can build a settlement if:

* You have a settlement left in stock
* You have the resources to build the settlement
* There is no adjacent settlement or city
* There is one of your roads or ships leading to the spot you want to build the settlement

So yes you can build one along the road.


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