<p>According to the <a href="https://www.catan.com/faq/basegame" rel="nofollow noreferrer">FAQ</a>, player1 keeps the card until another player builds a <em>longer</em> road:</p>
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<p>Longest Road - What happens if a player builds a continuous road that has the same length as the road belonging to the owner of the Longest Road card?</p>
<p>The card stays with its current owner.</p>
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<p>Also note that the card text explicitly states that player2 needs to build a longer road, not a road of the same length as player1's:</p>
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<p>Another player who builds a longer road takes this card.</p>
</blockquote>

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2024-05-06T00:10:53.230Z
Yes, also recall that player2 might be able to shorten player1's road, if they can manage to build a (legal) settlement in the middle of it
nuggethead
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2024-05-06T16:05:45.193Z
Indeed.  It is theoretically possible that... say... player 1 has a length 10 road, player 2 has a length 7 road and player 3 has a length 6 road... and player 2 places a knight or builds a settlement in the middle of player 1's roads, thereby cutting it into two length 5 roads.  In such a situation the longest road card *would* have passed to the new road leader player 2, but if instead player 3 also had 7 roads at the time there is not an individual road leader and so it returns to the box until such a time as there is a single player with the most roads (at least 5).
JMoravitz
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2024-05-03T18:35:59.107Z
2024-05-03T18:35:59.107Z
Raj
<p>If player1 holds longest road card (for example 7 pieces), if player2 reaches 7 pieces, both now having 7p long road, does player1 keep the longest road card until player2 reaches 8p road or does the card go to bank because of a tie?</p>

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# Catan longest road

(Asked by: username_0 on 2024-05-03)

If player1 holds longest road card (for example 7 pieces), if player2 reaches 7 pieces, both now having 7p long road, does player1 keep the longest road card until player2 reaches 8p road or does the card go to bank because of a tie?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2024-05-03. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

According to the [FAQ](https://www.catan.com/faq/basegame), player1 keeps the card until another player builds a *longer* road:

> Longest Road - What happens if a player builds a continuous road that has the same length as the road belonging to the owner of the Longest Road card?
>
> The card stays with its current owner.

Also note that the card text explicitly states that player2 needs to build a longer road, not a road of the same length as player1's:

> Another player who builds a longer road takes this card.

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: Yes, also recall that player2 might be able to shorten player1's road, if they can manage to build a (legal) settlement in the middle of it  
> **username_3**: Indeed.  It is theoretically possible that... say... player 1 has a length 10 road, player 2 has a length 7 road and player 3 has a length 6 road... and player 2 places a knight or builds a settlement in the middle of player 1's roads, thereby cutting it into two length 5 roads.  In such a situation the longest road card *would* have passed to the new road leader player 2, but if instead player 3 also had 7 roads at the time there is not an individual road leader and so it returns to the box until such a time as there is a single player with the most roads (at least 5).  

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