I also indicated how many times you can expect a particular number to show up if you roll the dice 36 times. The probability of rolling each number is shown in the table below. So more settlements should increase your chances to be the first to reach 10 victory point! And the corollary to that is: the more you receive cards, the faster you can spend the needed resources cards to win. The more cities and settlements a player have on the island, the more likely she is to receive cards each time the dice are rolled. This number indicate what are the resources tiles that produce.įor each settlement that a player have around the producing tiles, he will receive 1 resource card of the type indicated by the tile, if it’s a city, he will receive 2 such resource cards. Those are used for resources production.Įach player starts its turn by rolling a pair of normal 6-faces dice, the sum of which will give a result between 2 and 12. ![]() Here is an example of the different places where you can put a settlement, with respectively 3, 2, 1 and zero resources tiles associated with it:Īt the beginning of the game, after constructing the island from the hexagonal tiles, each resource tile is given a token with a number between 2 and 12. Also the Robber can disable any resources paying tile while he is there. This means that all settlement will be associated to between zero and three producing resource tiles, depending on its position on the board (One of the tiles is a desert tile that does not produce anything (shown in yellow). And resource payout is based on the cities and settlement you build.īy the rules, each settlement and city are built on corners of the hexagonal tiles making the island. In Catan, everything is bought using resources. ![]() Why the cheapest way is not also the fastest way to winīesides the cost of the things you choose to buy and the probability of drawing cards, other elements in Catan affect the speed at which a victory can be attained… There is not much point of going the cheapest route if it is not also the fastest, isn’t it? Note: As before, there is also a complete list of victory, with associated costs and speed, which makes it easier in details than this high-level graph. So you’ll have to read on to see how we end up with it! This graph is a bit different than the graphs of the two last posts. In the end, we will end up with a graphic like this one, comparing the different victory combinations in term of how fast can we achieve them. This involve simulating simplified games and understanding how settlements and cities influence resource income during the game. Today, I intend to add a final layer to this analysis by examining how we can use the minimum cost, and expected cost information in choosing a strategy to win, as fast as we can. In the previous post, we examined all the possible victories in Catan, and how to evaluate their costs. It is not absolutely necessary to read the first two parts to understand the current article, but I think everything will make more sense if you read them first!
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