<p><strong>No, Othell cannot move PlayerA's road segments.</strong></p>

<p><em>Even though PlayerA lost their longest-road</em>, they cannot move these road segments - because, as Othell's card says, "The road you remove must only be connected on 1 of its 2 ends to your own pieces. Ignore opponents' pieces when checking connections."</p>

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2018-12-26T22:42:19.613Z
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bryanjclark
<p>Correct. When ignoring opponents' pieces, that road piece is
connected on both of its sides to its owner's other pieces.</p>

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imfrumlakewood
<p>PlayerA has the longest road, via a long road-chain, like this:</p>

<p><code>A - - - - - A</code></p>

<p>PlayerB interrupts that road-chain with a settlement, like so:</p>

<p><code>A - - B - - - A</code></p>

<p>PlayerA has now lost Longest Road, because they no longer have an “unbroken road of at least 5 segments”.</p>

<p>Now the question we have is: <strong>can PlayerA use Othell Yarwick to move the segments of this now-broken road?</strong></p>

<p>The text of Othell’s card is:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>“Remove 1 of your roads from the board and rebuild it for free at a
  different legal location. The road you remove must only be connected
  on 1 of its 2 ends to your own pieces. Ignore opponents’ pieces when
  checking connections.”</p>
</blockquote>

<p>...so that means that PlayerA can’t use Othell, right? </p>

<p>(I think I’ve just answered my own question by typing this up, but I wanted to post this question in case others also had it!)</p>

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Toon Krijthe
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Game of Thrones Catan: Can Othell move a road segment from an “interrupted” road chain?
bryanjclark
# Game of Thrones Catan: Can Othell move a road segment from an “interrupted” road chain?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-12-26)

PlayerA has the longest road, via a long road-chain, like this:

`A - - - - - A`

PlayerB interrupts that road-chain with a settlement, like so:

`A - - B - - - A`

PlayerA has now lost Longest Road, because they no longer have an “unbroken road of at least 5 segments”.

Now the question we have is: **can PlayerA use Othell Yarwick to move the segments of this now-broken road?**

The text of Othell’s card is:

> “Remove 1 of your roads from the board and rebuild it for free at a
> different legal location. The road you remove must only be connected
> on 1 of its 2 ends to your own pieces. Ignore opponents’ pieces when
> checking connections.”

...so that means that PlayerA can’t use Othell, right?

(I think I’ve just answered my own question by typing this up, but I wanted to post this question in case others also had it!)

**Tags:** catan

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: You can answer your own question and accept it.  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_0 on 2018-12-26. Score: 2

**No, Othell cannot move PlayerA's road segments.**

*Even though PlayerA lost their longest-road*, they cannot move these road segments - because, as Othell's card says, "The road you remove must only be connected on 1 of its 2 ends to your own pieces. Ignore opponents' pieces when checking connections."


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### Answer by username_2 on 2018-12-26. Score: 1

Correct. When ignoring opponents' pieces, that road piece is
connected on both of its sides to its owner's other pieces.


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