I'd rather watch various scenarios than just one game mode over and over. So I'd say you just record the games you really liked or those that taught you a lesson (like this one), and then upload them in a way that it's not always the same thing.
the problem with building up, is that it gets your robbed more. People see you as the leader and target you, even when you fall out of thee lead they will still be remembering you as the leader. A lot of times its good to get knights before cities if you have good resource production to help protect that production. It's hard to pass up building a city when you have it in your hand though. As for the AI, they rob the highest point producing tile on the board that they are not located on, and they don't care about who is ahead when they decide who to rob.
Yep I have definitely noticed that about the AI when they roll a 7. I can almost never pass up a city for a development card. I will simply wait until a later turn when I can try to draw a Knight Card or just wait for a 7 to be rolled, because my city ideally would be built at the intersection of 3 resource hexes, so even if 1 is shut down I still have a chance to get 2 cards from 1 of my other 2 hexes on any given roll. I completely agree about getting targeted when jumping out to an early lead or any kind of lead.
Good game! Numbers diversity is very crucial for winning. Otherwise it becomes a "Feast or famine" scenario. You started with 6 numbers and ended with 8 (with all four numbers with highest probability), gray started with 4 and only managed to get another number (the 3), red had 5 numbers the whole game and got plowed, and blue started with 5 and ended with 6. Blue could have been the winner (or at least have a better chance) had she concentrated on expanding and getting better numbers, instead of getting many dev cards, various 3:1 ports and building on the 2. She could also sneak up on the stone port at some point. Sometimes I also focus so hard on resource & port combinations that I don't realize I end up with 3 or 4 numbers. Again, number diversity is key to winning games. Great video!
Yeah sometimes it is hard to have both resource diversity and number diversity. That's why I think your starting placements are so critical. Trying to have your cake and eat it too is difficult in Catan, but when we pull it off it is very satisfying!
What do you guys prefer to watch me play: Basic Catan? Cities & Knights? Seafarers? Cities & Knights with Seafarers? Let me know.
I'd rather watch various scenarios than just one game mode over and over. So I'd say you just record the games you really liked or those that taught you a lesson (like this one), and then upload them in a way that it's not always the same thing.
That sounds like a great idea. Hopefully more interesting games keep happening while I'm recording so I can bring them your way!
the problem with building up, is that it gets your robbed more. People see you as the leader and target you, even when you fall out of thee lead they will still be remembering you as the leader. A lot of times its good to get knights before cities if you have good resource production to help protect that production. It's hard to pass up building a city when you have it in your hand though. As for the AI, they rob the highest point producing tile on the board that they are not located on, and they don't care about who is ahead when they decide who to rob.
Yep I have definitely noticed that about the AI when they roll a 7. I can almost never pass up a city for a development card. I will simply wait until a later turn when I can try to draw a Knight Card or just wait for a 7 to be rolled, because my city ideally would be built at the intersection of 3 resource hexes, so even if 1 is shut down I still have a chance to get 2 cards from 1 of my other 2 hexes on any given roll. I completely agree about getting targeted when jumping out to an early lead or any kind of lead.
Good game!
Numbers diversity is very crucial for winning. Otherwise it becomes a "Feast or famine" scenario.
You started with 6 numbers and ended with 8 (with all four numbers with highest probability), gray started with 4 and only managed to get another number (the 3), red had 5 numbers the whole game and got plowed, and blue started with 5 and ended with 6.
Blue could have been the winner (or at least have a better chance) had she concentrated on expanding and getting better numbers, instead of getting many dev cards, various 3:1 ports and building on the 2. She could also sneak up on the stone port at some point.
Sometimes I also focus so hard on resource & port combinations that I don't realize I end up with 3 or 4 numbers.
Again, number diversity is key to winning games.
Great video!
Yeah sometimes it is hard to have both resource diversity and number diversity. That's why I think your starting placements are so critical. Trying to have your cake and eat it too is difficult in Catan, but when we pull it off it is very satisfying!