Catan Strategy Guide : 16 Steps (with Pictures) - Instructables
This strategy focuses on sprawling across the board, building a long road and settlements along it. Players who like this strategy look for lots of wood and ...
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This strategy guide does NOT tell you how to play the game. The rules are described very clearly in the game itself and are freely available <anchor>online</anchor>. This guide is to help those who know how to play already but want to be more competitive, whether in person, online, or even against those pesky 'bots. It's broken into parts: initial setup of settlements and roads, probabilities, development cards, the robber, five strategies to try ( Commander, Developer, Producer, Explorer, and Queen of Sheep), the mid and late game, troubleshooting, and a few final words. It's vastly longer than I initially intended and contains a high level of nerdy overanalysis. Feedback welcome.