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@@nacho1595 It shows a lot of entitlement to want great content, for free, and sponsor free. U want everything while giving nothing. That's not how the world works
I love how the YTubers space has evolved and we're all so happy to see our favorite creators get sponsorships. But seriously, I'm happy! I hope it can help you make even more great content in the future!
Honestly never thought I’d be watching catan on UA-cam or be playing except with my family at the beach but now I’m hooked and I hop on colonist every couple nights. Absolutely fantastic content and you also just seem like a great guy. Keep it up
Wow! Such kind words. I’m glad I could be impacting your life like that and spread my love for the game. It’s truly amazing and there’s just so much to unpack. I was actually really surprised there wasn’t more on Catan Strategy when I first started my channel!
4:31 Personally I would rather have the 5 9 10 with wood and ore since it gets you good production of wood with a close 3:1 port along with a pairing for a longest road game if grey doesn't cut you off. I am influenced though since my 2 most recent games were longest road wins. 13:37 I would try to trade for either woods or wheat and try to get both the settlement on the wheat port and the city 19:30 I would wait longer on the monopoly until there were more wheats on the board or there were enough ores to have two cities/multiple dev cards, so I'd probably play the knight instead
If I was Hawkeye I would be tabletalking grey and green like crazy to trade me wood and brick for that wheat port. I know you got a bit lucky with the year of plenty but even knights would have helped you rob grey of precious woods to get that settlement. The other players should have prioritized feeding Hawkeye that port to stop that insanely monstrous setup you had, you absolutely blew everyone away.
I definitely agree. Hawkeye was a essential part in slowing me and down and balancing the game. Me getting the wheat port made the game a bit too unbalanced in my favor!
Hi DyLighted, First time commenter here (as in I never make video comments). My girlfriend and I recently got into Catan through a friend. Since then, we've been playing a few times a night on Colonist.io. Your videos are really insightful and informative! I play and write guides for another strategy game as a hobby that I'm also trying to eventually go full-time. Seeing you take this full-time is really motivational. I know first-hand how much work goes into planning, explaining, and executing such great content. Much respect to you and your hard work! Keep it up!
Thank you Calvin! I’m glad Catan could bring y’all together! I truly try my hardest and work myself until I collapse. What strategy game do you write guides for?
@@DyLightedCatan AH! Didnt see reply. I wrote a few in-depth guides for Teamfight Tactics. It's not exactly the same realm of strategy as Catan though haha. Good luck on your grind! I put in 250+ hours last month towards growing my channel, so I know how exhausting it can be. Just know we appreciate your content!
I rarely click the bell icon, but you sir have been added to my notifications. I have learned so much from watching your videos. I have made/ taught my family your tips and now I get to play challenging games at home.
Thanks for trying out this new quick style of putting a game together. I like it a lot. Please still upload longer ones in the future though. Those are also very nice. I especially enjoy when you include the game talk.
Got it! According to viewer data, a lot of my viewers don’t really watch the table talk games all the way through :/. Though I’ll keep this in mind and try to occasionally do some more full table talk games.
4:37. I'd go with Option 2. Here's the strengths I see in that setup. 1) Groundhog said that with so much ore and wheat on the board, there will be less fighting for longest road. Option 2 also gets you in on that longest road game with room for expansion along the right side of the board. You only need one more settlement over there to get your wood and bricks roughly equal. 2) This longest road potential doesn't come at the cost of city building potential; the 6-3-5 is relatively balanced ore-wheat for city building later on. 3) If we're expanding on the right hand side of the board, the brick port is within pretty easy reach, which means we only *have* to trade for 1-2 sheep before having a backdoor sheep source of our own. Option 1 does have some things going for it. Coordinated ore and sheep, plus plenty of wheat, implies that you could play OWS with those spots. But "plenty of wheat" may in this case be too much of it. 10 dots of wheat vs 4 of ore and sheep, on a board where everyone has wheat access, means that if Blue can beat you to the wheat port, you have a bunch of wheat production and nowhere to offload it. And then there's the 9 brick with zero access to wood. Despite the coordinated 5-ore and 5-sheep, the rest of the resources here aren't really in harmony, especially compared to Option 2.
Okay! First one was a little off, let's see if we can think this second one (13:42) through better. Blue is two wood and one brick away from taking the wheat port. Given how much brick you have, gray is probably holding a lot of wood right now. At minimum 1, possibly 2. Feeding blue the settlement seems possible next turn, especially with everyone being able to see how many cards you have or seeing you get a bunch of cities/devcards. If you buy a settlement, you have awkward leftovers. 1 brick, 3 sheep, 1 wheat, 6 ore. Still way over robber levels, but without much you can build directly. But you can convert this into two devcards if you're willing to 4:1. What are we drawing for? Road building gives us the "cut off Gray" plan. VPs and Knights are win condition, Monopolies are good, YoP is good... OK, so devcards are actually useful here. Building a city here means... compared to the port settlement, you get more sheep and more brick. Do you need either right now? I think it's fine to wait a turn. If you don't buy both devcards right away, you'll still be sitting on 40% of a city if you 4:1'd the ore, and 60% of a city if you didn't. And the remainder should be easy to get; you have a 7/8 chance of producing a double wheat or double ore before next turn. So yeah. Buy the devcard first, in case it changes things (Road Building etc). Then YoP for wood, build wheatport, and... actually I don't think you buy the second devcard. You tempt fate a *little* with being at 8 cards but you can discard the brick (less important now) and three ore in the 1/2 of games where it happens, instead of guaranteeing a loss of 3 ore by trading it now. As mentioned before, you have a 3/4 chance of producing double wheat before your next turn, and only a 1/3 chance of producing ore.
Wow! Well said! These are honestly my favorite comments to read. When I can actually see my viewers engaging with my work and critically thinking! You have a pretty good point on 4:1 ore is really painful, but since I was just trying to buy development card to defend myself I think it's a bit more acceptable here.
I like it when you show the end of game stats. In this case the dice stats show how 4, 5, and 6 absolutely dominated 8, 9, and 10, which led to a big resource differential between you and gray vs. blue and green. I think you were well positioned, but had the dice been more balanced things would have been interesting.
I'm just here to comment for the UA-cam algorithm because I love your videos man - you do a great job explaining and it's really helped me practice :) Keep it up bro!!
@@DyLightedCatan Hey please make more videos soon. Its been 2 weeks since this comment! I just love your videos a lot and its been a long time since you uploaded.
Using the year of plenty for wood to get the wheat port at 13:36 was definitely the right move, as it's a really strong port for a high wheat board and you wouldn't want to lose the race to Hawkeye. However, I was personally rooting for Hawkeye in this game, so I was hoping you'd let him get the port haha.
Three years later and I found this video. It's great to see how far things have come. Even with the basic graphics I am learning a lot. The wheat port would be my move too.
Very in depth, I've never seen a Catan analysis before, but it was very thorough and enjoyable! I would appreciate this video even if I had no idea what the game was; your diction is just so succinct yet comprehensive.
4:35 (First pick) I would pick the ore-wood setup over the OWS setup because of the port options. The 3:1 port in the bottom right is very useful in any circumstance, and the ore port in the south will be great if we can get a settlement on the 8-ore spot in the north.
This one is certainly tough. I think if you can for sure get the wheat port on the OWS setup, it’s better. The OWS setup goes from Hero to Zero without the wheatport.
@@DyLightedCatan how did you end up pursuing this as a job? Did you ever go to college or did you start this in high school. I heard in a different video that you are paying rent so I assume you’ve moved out. In a similar situation myself (not with youtube though).
4:34 IDK 13:38 I would year of plenty for 2 wood, road settlement to the wheat port, 4:1 ore for wheat and buy 2 dev cards. 19:32 I would play the knight onto the 8 ore and buy another dev card with wheat trades. yooooo apparently I'm 66% a Catan pro just by watching these vids! But fr awesome work keep it up great video!
I’ll try to add more segments of table talk next time! I think the optimal length of a UA-cam video is 10, 20, or 30 minutes. I try not to go over 30 minutes since it can get less views, but I’ll see what I can do.
Great video as always. Generally speaking using mono when it greatly improves your hand is correct, but you also have to consider you are stripping your opponents of those cards as well. Clearly using mono to prevent your opponent from winning on their turn or next couple turns is a correct play, but I am wondering if there are other circumstances where using it to hinder your opponents is correct (maybe to solidify a winning position?).
I responded to another comment above with a very similar question. There’s still a bunch more on the monopoly but I didn’t have time to cover it in this video. Basically you can monopoly a specific person if they are VERY far ahead or about to win. You can use monopoly both offensively and defensively. In this video I was focusing on how to maximize value for yourself instead of hurting opponents. However, there are situations where you want to be playing it to simply slow an opponent down.
Although I normally like to have sufficient wood and brick for roads, I think the black set up is better. The 2:1 wheat is just too tempting and the blue player won't be in a position to get a free road, so taking 5-9-10 second means the race is on. Then 9-2 and 6-3 should be the next goals, in parallel with city-ing up. On average, in such 'side-doughnut' configurations it pays to settle near the hole as it gives you more room for expansion. Buy two wood, get the 2:1 port and 2 dev cards. It is the safest bet long term. Wouldn't play dev card just yet. I'd be buying roads to get to 4-11 and then 6-3.
Thanks for the video it was great. I personally am a huge fan of the 2/1 port and see so many wins attributable to this. Obviously you need the perfect board to pull it off, but its so powerful when it works. I would like to see you streaming more. I get a lot out of watching the other guys streaming and watching how they make decisions in real time.
I’m going to start streaming soon! Once it’s Black Friday, I’m going to get a PC and I can stream. Right now with the laptop, it’s hard for me to stream in high quality. About the 2:1 port, the 2:1 makes it so you can make more decision. If you’re a good player, then you can make more and better decisions.
On one hand I'm happy that DyLighted is getting sponsored. He works hard and deserves the money. On the other hand a part of my soul was just tainted for it.
Thanks Zane! I truly try my hardest to make the best of the best. I know sometimes the sponsored Ads can be a bit much, but please understand that’s how I’m able to continue making videos!
Pause... I think on the massive 15 card turn with a Year of Plenty, I'd use the Year of Plenty for 2 wood to cut Hawkeye off to the wheat port... Wood is the only thing you don't produce, and Hawkeye is your only real threat for largest army, and really only if he gets on the wheat port since his sheep production and overall production is so much lower than your own... Groundhog doesn't produce enough ore to compete with you for army, and will probably go for longest road based on his setup... Ian doesn't produce any sheep and the port he's heading towards is a sheep port, so it's unlikely he'll be able to compete with you for army either... So just cutting off Hawkeye and eliminating him from the army race seems like the best play... It makes you a big threat but honestly with 15 (17) cards no matter what you do you're going to be a big threat so you might as well eliminate the the biggest competitor to your easiest win condition... It also could possibly force Hawkeye and Ian to race for the 3-1 port at the bottom right of the island, since they both could really use it, and forcing races is generally a good thing (although they'll both probably be stealing from you anyways with your position)... Still, it ensures only 1 of them will get a useful port for the game, and the one who doesn't is going to have more difficulty buying dev cards... Then with 6 ore, 3 sheep, 1 wheat, and 1 brick left I'd probably buy a dev card since you're clearly in the lead, see what it is, then maybe convert 4-1 ore to wheat to buy another based on what that dev card is... It's wasteful since you produce way more wheat than ore, but if you don't you'll be passing with 8 cards, so even if it is a little wasteful with your ore, you should be able to make it up with your massive production and wheat port, and it's probably better than passing with 8 cards and taking a 50/50 chance you lose half your hand... All of this is assuming no one will trade you with 15 cards to start your turn, and I'm pretty sure no one will... Ok unpause, let's see how close I get...
19:30 I'd play a knight, not a good enough position for monopoly I think. Need to get those knights on the board as well. Getting a second city would be nice but I'd probably wait to get two cities in one turn.
I would buy a dev card first. If it’s a knight, then I would play the other knight. If not, I will just pass my turn since I only want my rock and wheat to be open to be ready for a monster mono. Good video dylighted ! I have been playing on colonist since the Corona and I appreciate all your content. Keep up ;)
Wow you look way different than what I had in mind! Think I've seen all the videos haha, so it's strange to see you finally on the screen. Anyway, you say you only want to post the best content, and I understand that... Buutt... I wouldn't mind seeing some weaker content. Like a series of games against randoms with a little bit of commentary. Maybe you don't want to do that and maybe you don't have the time for it, just letting you know that I would be liking those videos too ;)
Haha people tell me I project a skinny white guy voice 🤣. Part of the Raid Shadow Legend sponsorship requirements were that I had to show my face. Also, I don’t think you’ve seen this video! This was the face reveal video I made. ua-cam.com/video/V22I-36Cm6M/v-deo.html . I think most of my viewers liked it, but unfortunately it didn’t get promoted much in the UA-cam Algorithm.
@@DyLightedCatan I'm subbed and I just checked your page and I've seen literally every video but that one =\ Weird how UA-cam didn't show me that! Especially because I really enjoyed a little bit of story telling. That was a good video. "But you have more cards than him!" LOL.
It feels so good to say what I would do out loud to myself then hear you say the same thing. I'm a little new to the game so it's very reassuring to know I do some stuff right. Plus here's a comment for the algorithm lol
13:37 I would YOP for woods and build on the wheat port, as 1) no lumber has been rolled recently so I couldn't trade for it, 2) I have no access to lumber so this is one of the most efficient ways to get it without trading cards to others, and 3) the wheat port is a vital part of the game plan and it is especially important when in a race for it.
i mean, when you mention that they will call your mono out, they should've in this game already, 4 devs and not removing the robber from his own hex? extremely sus, RB would not have been worth it, YoP as well, 4 vp's? no way in hell. so it's a mono.
I was about to comment the same thing, but I decided to search first in the comments to avoid duplicating the argument. Once upon a time (early 2020) this would be an easy task, with only half a dozen comments below each DyLighted's video. Now I had to scroll down through 371 comments!
I originally leaned towards option 2, less production points, but my entire family prefers wood & brick early to race others to a settlement location. However, I didn't realize the wheat port would be open
Your patience on using the monopoly was quite amazing. I would of used it at least a few rounds earlier to solidify my lead and have more dev cards to protect my tiles. Overall well played on getting 18 wheats in hand!
Thank you Richard! I think Mono is one of the hardest cards to play correctly, and it requires a deep understanding of the game. It’s very hard to resist monopolying when you know you’re going to get a lot, but if it’s a wet board you have to trust in future opportunities.
I love the content but i just can't help but laugh when someone sells their soul to Raid. I get it, you need money to pay the bills but i've seen their script and it's so sad plus the script doesn't describe their game at all.
Thanks Brian! I'm glad you enjoy my stuff! I actually had to write my own script and edit it myself. While there were certain parts/notes I had to say, I mostly had creative freedom when producing the ad.
I always apply real world concepts whenever I play Catan. There is this negotiation principle where you have to leverage the other person into believing they need what you have. This can be seen in sales. This is also achieved by simply asking "Hey, what do you need'? I also apply a lot of economic principles to the game such as Aggregate Supply and Comparative Advantage. These two principles have a little to do with distribution of resources, or at least that's what I use them for in game.
Offer trades to try to pick up the two wood. If the trades don't go through for wood, try to get some extra wheats as well (2 weats would be good) using one of your bricks, up to two of your ores, and up to 2 of your sheeps. My main goal in a turn like this is to build a settlement on the wheat port and also to build a city on the 5-9-10. Assuming one of the trades at least goes through, you can easily build a settlement+city, but if you're lucky and you get more than one trade you can probably go for settlement+city+dev card, which would be ideal to protect your ore. Edit: on the turn at 19:30 I think it makes sense to save the mono because there's not a ton of wheat knocking around, and the mono on ore only gets you 3-4 I think. Just two for 1 your wheat to pick up another dev card, or pass the turn.
My idea at the 14 minute mark was to get the 2 wood from the year of plenty, to build two roads. Could even then trade 4 ore to get another wood to make a city still at the 3:1 port in the same turn. But your idea was probably better and more efficient on material.
19:30 If you play the monopoly on wheat here, not only will you get enough wheat to build a city, but you'll also prevent Ian from building his port settlement, and he's arguably your biggest competition at this point. I'd mono on wheat
That’s a good point! I didn’t focus too much on the defensive aspect of the monopoly for this video, but you are certainly correct. Once the opportunity comes up, I’ll certainly talk about it in another video!
@@DyLightedCatan i had a friend when I was in the navy that loved settlers and he introduced me to the game. In 2012 but once I got out I had no one to play with. Then one day UA-cam recommenced your channel and I found Catan online. It’s been a good time since.
The way you explain Catan is how a math teacher expects someone to show their work on a math test and pretty soon your math test becomes less math and more essay
Pause #2... I don't think there's enough ore out there to use the monopoly on ore, and that"s the resource you could really use on this turn... There is more wheat than ore out there, and you do have a wheat port, but I think I would personally just play the knight this turn since it's on your hex... Even if it is just your 5-sheep hex with a settlement on it, you'll probably be buying a dev card this turn and have no sheep left in your hand, so unblocking the sheep is a solid move... Also keeping up in the knight race with Hawkeye could be crucial, and he's already got 1 knight down and 1 dev card unplayed and you don't have any knights down yourself... I'd also probably put it on a spot that blocks Hawkeye, but maybe steal from a leader (like on the 3-ore but steal from Ian since he has 2 powerful cities and also has a dev card face down)... Maybe buy the dev card before playing a knight to see what it is, but I think no matter what it was I'd play the knight over the mono this turn... I know my guy NeoNate would support my choice of patience with the monopoly, but let's see what you do...
Thank Reed! Picking up the city certainly helped me a lot, along with getting the wheat port. Without those 2, I don't think I could have succeeded as hard I did.
I've watched a number of your videos and the analysis you perform on your matches is stunning, and your mastery of this game is clear. If you somehow ever got bored of Catan, I'm sure you would be successful applying your analytical mind to other games. Great work!
Thanks Hunter! I’ve been wanting to make an AmongUs Strategy channel since there isn’t really one out there, but I don’t want to split too much time to it. I’m also a bit afraid that the game (Among Us) like Fall Guys is going to die out.
This was such an epic game, as soon as you got that wheat port it was basically game over. Your set up was absolutely monstrous! Can't wait for the next vid!
great video! Your plays were of course strategic and all but you were also pretty lucky to get monopoly and the year of plenty in the beginning! Would have loved to hear the table talk of everyone when they saw you with 18 wheat in what had to be a crushing turn. Can't wait for more!
I totally agree with you. The YoP was nice and THEN the monopoly. It couldn’t have been better. I think as soon as I monopolied they knew it was over. Next time I’ll try to include more bits and pieces of the table talk!
This kindof content clearly took alot more time to produce, but it is really great. I'd love to see some more produced game breakdowns if you ever find the time
2 woods for the wheat port with the YOP. Flexibility to buy dev cards for the whole rest of the game as the 5 rock gets destroyed by the robber. And gets your hardest task (settlement expansions) done now
@@DyLightedCatan I can see that for sure. Its almost like 2 completely different viewing experiences and i enjoy the psychology of the table talk or especially deeper thought into the game if everyone silent... so either way imma watch cause uv been doing a great job!!
On the turn where you had 15 cards, here's what I would do: Year of plenty for 2 woods & bank trade 4 ore for a wood (Assuming other players won't trade with you). Build 2 roads to the 9/12/3:1 and place a settlement there. Your hand is 3 sheep, 1 wheat & 2 ore, thanks to the 3:1, and your strong wheat, next turn you're almost guaranteed to be able to upgrade the 5/9/10 to a city. This is a massive production boom, putting you miles ahead of anyone else in the game, it gives you a 3:1 port, and it blocks grey's expansion which is good because he's the best player and has the 2nd best position, after your own. Very soon, you'll have 3 cities on res allowing you to consitently buy dev cards, you should easily get largest army before anybody else. You'll probably be able to get longest road too for 10VP, if the others players sling each other to make sure you don't get longest road, they can't stop you expanding to a new settlement on the 5 sheep which you'll very quickly upgrade into a city to win the game.
I love the thought process! The reason I didn’t go with this line of play though was because I feel like it’s slight too inefficient. However, it’s still one of the stronger line of plays. Thanks for putting time into your comment and writing out your thoughts!
@@DyLightedCatan thanks! I wrote this before seeing you build to the wheat port. What you did, building to the wheat port, was much more efficient and led to a absolutely bonkers monopoly turn!
Hi DyLighted! I really love the in depth analysis and explanation of initial placement, it is such a critical factor for the entire remainder of the game. Thought experiment: Lets say 3rd position go for the 5-9-10 as you do. What then happens if 4th position takes the strong wood spot, but also clamps down on the 5-6-11, trusting he will be able to trade his rare wood for brick and sheep? Is this even a valid consideration (he will get 2 cities pretty fast). Which spot would you take in this case, and why? A further thing - in this game, Hawkeye gets a great 1st settlement but a poor 2nd settlement. I feel like going first is incredibly difficult when I play, since it feels like so much is out of your hands; your opponents, in particular number 2 pick, gets to decide which your 2nd settlement will be. You have made a great guide to 3rd position picks - I would love to hear similar thoughts for all positions on the board on many different board textures. Have not watched the video to the end (yet!) - but rooting for you to take down the first-to-three!
Hey Jacob! Thanks for commenting this. I actually thought about your exact thought experiment before and I’m going to be making a shorter Patreon video about it later today. I think doing something like this mitigates a good chunk of variance since you’re inducing people to trade more. I think I would go on the 6-3-4 for the thought experiment you were talking about. On different positions vs different board textures, perhaps one day I’ll make a guide on this. I’m glad you liked my video on 3rd position!
That dirty monopoly trick...I've thought of it I guess, but now looking at it, it's a really smart play. I'll have to remember that when I play with family.
13:45 I would get the two wood, move down and the settlement on the 12/9 plus 3.1 port, but before laying that down I would try and exchange some sheep and ore for extra brick, so I could build an extra 2 roads moving 5o the wheat port and passed it so that its mine no matter what. Then I would have more sheep but more importantly wood as then I have access to all resources in the game and a 3.1 port. With the guarantee that blue cant take the wheat port moving forward!
11:58 - why not year of plenty for 2 wood & build 2 roads towards the 10 8? This way you get the guaranteed wheat port, which is crucial for your setup. The second road may even help you get to the 8 ore and even if not, it’s a small price to pay in comparison.
I'm somewhat late to the party, but @17:20 you could've used monopoly on wheat and build a Settlement on the 12-9 or the 11-4 spot. Eight wheat for two roads and three for the settlement.
Actually this wasn’t the first time I showed my face! I did an animated story on my first Catan tournament, but unfortunately it didn’t get that many views. Here it is if you want to watch it! ua-cam.com/video/V22I-36Cm6M/v-deo.html
I think this is the first time I'd seen your face. You look a lot younger and I don't know why that surprised me. Btw love your content. Keep up all the good work as it is really nice to have CATAN content on UA-cam to be able to put on while I'm drawing and stuff.
This is the second time I put my face on video. The first one was this video. ua-cam.com/video/V22I-36Cm6M/v-deo.html . Thank you! I’m so glad I could entertain ya while you do your art!
Nice play on the wheat port! I'm learning so much from these video's. It is amazing. I wonder how much of the settlement placing tips is applicable to a game with irrational players. If you could make a video on that, that would be awesome!
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Sold out :(
@@nacho1595 this is his job. Come on man.
@@nacho1595 I'd rather one of my favourite creators got paid for what they love to do than refuse a sponsorship for fear of "selling out"
@@nacho1595 It shows a lot of entitlement to want great content, for free, and sponsor free. U want everything while giving nothing. That's not how the world works
it is unfortunate that DyLighted doesn't get other sponsor offers, KEKW
You are one of the reasons my family hates playing catan with me xD
Keep up the good work!
Hahahaha just direct them to my channel and then it’ll be all even ;)
Hahahaha the same for me xD no one wants to play with me anymore 🤣
Well for me it is different, my family watches your vids and even tho I win most of the time they always want to play.
lol
Same altho my dad hates it bc we always complain about how we are in last and still getting blocked
I love how the YTubers space has evolved and we're all so happy to see our favorite creators get sponsorships.
But seriously, I'm happy! I hope it can help you make even more great content in the future!
same thoughts! keep the good work
Thank you Red Light! Somehow I missed your comment! I’m truly grateful to be working with them and I only plan to make more good content!
Honestly never thought I’d be watching catan on UA-cam or be playing except with my family at the beach but now I’m hooked and I hop on colonist every couple nights. Absolutely fantastic content and you also just seem like a great guy. Keep it up
Wow! Such kind words. I’m glad I could be impacting your life like that and spread my love for the game. It’s truly amazing and there’s just so much to unpack. I was actually really surprised there wasn’t more on Catan Strategy when I first started my channel!
Same 😅
Playing catan at the beach? never thought of that...
Thumbs up for the amazing edit: you talk us through a game in such a beautiful manner!
Thanks! I’ve never associated talking about Catan Strategy and beauty, but I appreciate the nice words regardless 🤣!
Ik I am 3 months late, but I just wanna say I love how you go over games and make it understandable to almost anyone in an exciting way, keep it up!
Thank you :)
4:31 Personally I would rather have the 5 9 10 with wood and ore since it gets you good production of wood with a close 3:1 port along with a pairing for a longest road game if grey doesn't cut you off. I am influenced though since my 2 most recent games were longest road wins.
13:37 I would try to trade for either woods or wheat and try to get both the settlement on the wheat port and the city
19:30 I would wait longer on the monopoly until there were more wheats on the board or there were enough ores to have two cities/multiple dev cards, so I'd probably play the knight instead
Also 38 dice roll game is crazy quick to me. The shortest game that I've kept track of on colonist.io was 46 rolls
If I was Hawkeye I would be tabletalking grey and green like crazy to trade me wood and brick for that wheat port. I know you got a bit lucky with the year of plenty but even knights would have helped you rob grey of precious woods to get that settlement. The other players should have prioritized feeding Hawkeye that port to stop that insanely monstrous setup you had, you absolutely blew everyone away.
I definitely agree. Hawkeye was a essential part in slowing me and down and balancing the game. Me getting the wheat port made the game a bit too unbalanced in my favor!
Hi DyLighted,
First time commenter here (as in I never make video comments). My girlfriend and I recently got into Catan through a friend. Since then, we've been playing a few times a night on Colonist.io.
Your videos are really insightful and informative! I play and write guides for another strategy game as a hobby that I'm also trying to eventually go full-time. Seeing you take this full-time is really motivational. I know first-hand how much work goes into planning, explaining, and executing such great content. Much respect to you and your hard work!
Keep it up!
Thank you Calvin! I’m glad Catan could bring y’all together! I truly try my hardest and work myself until I collapse. What strategy game do you write guides for?
@@DyLightedCatan AH! Didnt see reply.
I wrote a few in-depth guides for Teamfight Tactics. It's not exactly the same realm of strategy as Catan though haha.
Good luck on your grind! I put in 250+ hours last month towards growing my channel, so I know how exhausting it can be. Just know we appreciate your content!
I rarely click the bell icon, but you sir have been added to my notifications. I have learned so much from watching your videos. I have made/ taught my family your tips and now I get to play challenging games at home.
Thanks for trying out this new quick style of putting a game together. I like it a lot. Please still upload longer ones in the future though. Those are also very nice. I especially enjoy when you include the game talk.
Got it! According to viewer data, a lot of my viewers don’t really watch the table talk games all the way through :/. Though I’ll keep this in mind and try to occasionally do some more full table talk games.
@@DyLightedCatan that's such a bummer. I really enjoy those games. You get to see such a crucial part of the game.
I might not watch a full game with talk that often, but editing in some relevant table talk parts works great for me.
This is so good. I love how excited you sound as you narrate. It makes it all sound so intense. Which it totally is, because it's Catan. ; )
Thanks bud! I truly find it an exciting game.
4:37. I'd go with Option 2. Here's the strengths I see in that setup.
1) Groundhog said that with so much ore and wheat on the board, there will be less fighting for longest road. Option 2 also gets you in on that longest road game with room for expansion along the right side of the board. You only need one more settlement over there to get your wood and bricks roughly equal.
2) This longest road potential doesn't come at the cost of city building potential; the 6-3-5 is relatively balanced ore-wheat for city building later on.
3) If we're expanding on the right hand side of the board, the brick port is within pretty easy reach, which means we only *have* to trade for 1-2 sheep before having a backdoor sheep source of our own.
Option 1 does have some things going for it. Coordinated ore and sheep, plus plenty of wheat, implies that you could play OWS with those spots. But "plenty of wheat" may in this case be too much of it. 10 dots of wheat vs 4 of ore and sheep, on a board where everyone has wheat access, means that if Blue can beat you to the wheat port, you have a bunch of wheat production and nowhere to offload it. And then there's the 9 brick with zero access to wood. Despite the coordinated 5-ore and 5-sheep, the rest of the resources here aren't really in harmony, especially compared to Option 2.
Okay! First one was a little off, let's see if we can think this second one (13:42) through better.
Blue is two wood and one brick away from taking the wheat port. Given how much brick you have, gray is probably holding a lot of wood right now. At minimum 1, possibly 2. Feeding blue the settlement seems possible next turn, especially with everyone being able to see how many cards you have or seeing you get a bunch of cities/devcards.
If you buy a settlement, you have awkward leftovers. 1 brick, 3 sheep, 1 wheat, 6 ore. Still way over robber levels, but without much you can build directly. But you can convert this into two devcards if you're willing to 4:1. What are we drawing for? Road building gives us the "cut off Gray" plan. VPs and Knights are win condition, Monopolies are good, YoP is good... OK, so devcards are actually useful here.
Building a city here means... compared to the port settlement, you get more sheep and more brick. Do you need either right now? I think it's fine to wait a turn. If you don't buy both devcards right away, you'll still be sitting on 40% of a city if you 4:1'd the ore, and 60% of a city if you didn't. And the remainder should be easy to get; you have a 7/8 chance of producing a double wheat or double ore before next turn.
So yeah. Buy the devcard first, in case it changes things (Road Building etc). Then YoP for wood, build wheatport, and... actually I don't think you buy the second devcard. You tempt fate a *little* with being at 8 cards but you can discard the brick (less important now) and three ore in the 1/2 of games where it happens, instead of guaranteeing a loss of 3 ore by trading it now. As mentioned before, you have a 3/4 chance of producing double wheat before your next turn, and only a 1/3 chance of producing ore.
Wow! Well said! These are honestly my favorite comments to read. When I can actually see my viewers engaging with my work and critically thinking! You have a pretty good point on 4:1 ore is really painful, but since I was just trying to buy development card to defend myself I think it's a bit more acceptable here.
I’ve really enjoyed this series so far and really like how you break every scenario and decision down. Really helps a newer player like myself out!
Thank you for the kind words Wallabeast! I’m only going to continue further with it! So glad I could help you out :)
Better title: UA-cam catan player destroys NATIONAL CHAMPION with amazing usage of the monopoly 😆
Haha 😂 . I actually talked to Ian about the title and asked him if I could use this title. He kindly let me use this title to try and get more views.
I like it when you show the end of game stats. In this case the dice stats show how 4, 5, and 6 absolutely dominated 8, 9, and 10, which led to a big resource differential between you and gray vs. blue and green. I think you were well positioned, but had the dice been more balanced things would have been interesting.
I'm just here to comment for the UA-cam algorithm because I love your videos man - you do a great job explaining and it's really helped me practice :) Keep it up bro!!
Thank you! Watch out for a video in the next few days!
@@DyLightedCatan Hey please make more videos soon. Its been 2 weeks since this comment! I just love your videos a lot and its been a long time since you uploaded.
Using the year of plenty for wood to get the wheat port at 13:36 was definitely the right move, as it's a really strong port for a high wheat board and you wouldn't want to lose the race to Hawkeye. However, I was personally rooting for Hawkeye in this game, so I was hoping you'd let him get the port haha.
Hahaha no worries! I’m a big Hawkeye fan and I’m playing against him lol 😆. Great job getting the wheat port quiz right!
Three years later and I found this video. It's great to see how far things have come. Even with the basic graphics I am learning a lot. The wheat port would be my move too.
Very in depth, I've never seen a Catan analysis before, but it was very thorough and enjoyable! I would appreciate this video even if I had no idea what the game was; your diction is just so succinct yet comprehensive.
Woo raid shadow legends, you've made it! Hahaha
Thank you! I’m super happy they are working with me!
He gotta get the check it’s ok lmao
@@DyLightedCatan you deserve all of it for making us better at catan
Exactly!!!
Yeah, he made it.
Made me skip forward on the video.
4:35 (First pick) I would pick the ore-wood setup over the OWS setup because of the port options. The 3:1 port in the bottom right is very useful in any circumstance, and the ore port in the south will be great if we can get a settlement on the 8-ore spot in the north.
This one is certainly tough. I think if you can for sure get the wheat port on the OWS setup, it’s better. The OWS setup goes from Hero to Zero without the wheatport.
Make that baaaank DyLighted (haven't watched yet but I believe in u)
Haha as a channel with only 20K subs, I’m not making bank yet. My goal is 100K subs by August 2021.
@@DyLightedCatan fasho I meant the 500 dollars hahaha, but im sure you'll get there soon :D
Oh hahaha thanks! I’m going to do my best to win this! It’s certainly a tough field but I’m not going to go down without a fight!
@@DyLightedCatan how did you end up pursuing this as a job? Did you ever go to college or did you start this in high school. I heard in a different video that you are paying rent so I assume you’ve moved out. In a similar situation myself (not with youtube though).
@@DyLightedCatan Why August? Just curious.
So glad to see you getting sponsors! Keep up with the amazing content! :)
Thanks! I’ll keep doing my best to make more!
Lmao never thought I’d see a Raid Shadow legends add here. Don’t mind you getting sponsored at all learn a ton from you but that’s just hilarious lol
I had the same reaction 😂
I’m really grateful they were willing to sponsor me! It’s sponsors like them that make this channel keep going.
4:34 IDK
13:38 I would year of plenty for 2 wood, road settlement to the wheat port, 4:1 ore for wheat and buy 2 dev cards.
19:32 I would play the knight onto the 8 ore and buy another dev card with wheat trades.
yooooo apparently I'm 66% a Catan pro just by watching these vids!
But fr awesome work keep it up great video!
Haha well done! Great decision making! Thanks for taking the courage to comment and try the quiz! I appreciate it!
Anyone else would like to hear the table talk? That's really valuable
I’ll try to add more segments of table talk next time! I think the optimal length of a UA-cam video is 10, 20, or 30 minutes. I try not to go over 30 minutes since it can get less views, but I’ll see what I can do.
You are filled to the brim with Catan wisdom. Kudos for dissecting and disseminating your knowledge in such an eloquent understading manner.
Great video as always. Generally speaking using mono when it greatly improves your hand is correct, but you also have to consider you are stripping your opponents of those cards as well. Clearly using mono to prevent your opponent from winning on their turn or next couple turns is a correct play, but I am wondering if there are other circumstances where using it to hinder your opponents is correct (maybe to solidify a winning position?).
I responded to another comment above with a very similar question.
There’s still a bunch more on the monopoly but I didn’t have time to cover it in this video. Basically you can monopoly a specific person if they are VERY far ahead or about to win. You can use monopoly both offensively and defensively. In this video I was focusing on how to maximize value for yourself instead of hurting opponents. However, there are situations where you want to be playing it to simply slow an opponent down.
@@DyLightedCatan Exactly, sometimes momentum is of great importance, especially on some low production boards :)
Congrats on the sponsorship! You deserve it!
Thank you Christian! I appreciate the kind words you leave! I’m really excited about working with them.
Although I normally like to have sufficient wood and brick for roads, I think the black set up is better. The 2:1 wheat is just too tempting and the blue player won't be in a position to get a free road, so taking 5-9-10 second means the race is on. Then 9-2 and 6-3 should be the next goals, in parallel with city-ing up. On average, in such 'side-doughnut' configurations it pays to settle near the hole as it gives you more room for expansion.
Buy two wood, get the 2:1 port and 2 dev cards. It is the safest bet long term.
Wouldn't play dev card just yet. I'd be buying roads to get to 4-11 and then 6-3.
Great comment and good analysis! I love seeing my viewers thinking and putting their thoughts in the comment section!
Thanks for the video it was great. I personally am a huge fan of the 2/1 port and see so many wins attributable to this. Obviously you need the perfect board to pull it off, but its so powerful when it works. I would like to see you streaming more. I get a lot out of watching the other guys streaming and watching how they make decisions in real time.
I’m going to start streaming soon! Once it’s Black Friday, I’m going to get a PC and I can stream. Right now with the laptop, it’s hard for me to stream in high quality. About the 2:1 port, the 2:1 makes it so you can make more decision. If you’re a good player, then you can make more and better decisions.
On one hand I'm happy that DyLighted is getting sponsored. He works hard and deserves the money. On the other hand a part of my soul was just tainted for it.
Thanks Zane! I truly try my hardest to make the best of the best. I know sometimes the sponsored Ads can be a bit much, but please understand that’s how I’m able to continue making videos!
You are the reason I started playing Catan again, and actually winning! Ps, these videos are also great to fall asleep to. Double benefit I guess
I really enjoy your content, I can feel that you put in a lot of work into your videos, keep it up !
I’m super glad it shows. All the hours of slaving away at my laptop is paying off!
Pause... I think on the massive 15 card turn with a Year of Plenty, I'd use the Year of Plenty for 2 wood to cut Hawkeye off to the wheat port... Wood is the only thing you don't produce, and Hawkeye is your only real threat for largest army, and really only if he gets on the wheat port since his sheep production and overall production is so much lower than your own... Groundhog doesn't produce enough ore to compete with you for army, and will probably go for longest road based on his setup... Ian doesn't produce any sheep and the port he's heading towards is a sheep port, so it's unlikely he'll be able to compete with you for army either... So just cutting off Hawkeye and eliminating him from the army race seems like the best play... It makes you a big threat but honestly with 15 (17) cards no matter what you do you're going to be a big threat so you might as well eliminate the the biggest competitor to your easiest win condition... It also could possibly force Hawkeye and Ian to race for the 3-1 port at the bottom right of the island, since they both could really use it, and forcing races is generally a good thing (although they'll both probably be stealing from you anyways with your position)... Still, it ensures only 1 of them will get a useful port for the game, and the one who doesn't is going to have more difficulty buying dev cards... Then with 6 ore, 3 sheep, 1 wheat, and 1 brick left I'd probably buy a dev card since you're clearly in the lead, see what it is, then maybe convert 4-1 ore to wheat to buy another based on what that dev card is... It's wasteful since you produce way more wheat than ore, but if you don't you'll be passing with 8 cards, so even if it is a little wasteful with your ore, you should be able to make it up with your massive production and wheat port, and it's probably better than passing with 8 cards and taking a 50/50 chance you lose half your hand... All of this is assuming no one will trade you with 15 cards to start your turn, and I'm pretty sure no one will... Ok unpause, let's see how close I get...
19:30 I'd play a knight, not a good enough position for monopoly I think. Need to get those knights on the board as well. Getting a second city would be nice but I'd probably wait to get two cities in one turn.
I would buy a dev card first. If it’s a knight, then I would play the other knight. If not, I will just pass my turn since I only want my rock and wheat to be open to be ready for a monster mono. Good video dylighted ! I have been playing on colonist since the Corona and I appreciate all your content. Keep up ;)
Thank you both for all your support! Great analysis on both of your ends :)
best catan channel out there! keep up the good work!
Thank you Guy! There’s not really many other Catan channels out there, but I’m glad I could rise and shine above the rest!
I really Like your vids. Your a huge Help when i play Catan.
Thank you Mikkel! I appreciate your support and comment! It also helps the video do better!
Keep em coming DyLighted! We can really tell you put so much into these video and it will surely pay off!
Thank you Trenton! I’m glad my effort shows! Thank you for validating me and my work! I appreciate it a lot.
Me, who doesn't even know how to play Catan: *Interesting*
I know the rules but can't claim I know how to play *shrugs
Great video and explanation! Glad to see your channel is growing quickly!
Thanks Chase! My goal is 100K subs by August 2021! Thank you for the kind words!
Wow you look way different than what I had in mind! Think I've seen all the videos haha, so it's strange to see you finally on the screen.
Anyway, you say you only want to post the best content, and I understand that... Buutt... I wouldn't mind seeing some weaker content. Like a series of games against randoms with a little bit of commentary. Maybe you don't want to do that and maybe you don't have the time for it, just letting you know that I would be liking those videos too ;)
Haha people tell me I project a skinny white guy voice 🤣. Part of the Raid Shadow Legend sponsorship requirements were that I had to show my face.
Also, I don’t think you’ve seen this video! This was the face reveal video I made.
ua-cam.com/video/V22I-36Cm6M/v-deo.html . I think most of my viewers liked it, but unfortunately it didn’t get promoted much in the UA-cam Algorithm.
@@DyLightedCatan I'm subbed and I just checked your page and I've seen literally every video but that one =\ Weird how UA-cam didn't show me that!
Especially because I really enjoyed a little bit of story telling. That was a good video. "But you have more cards than him!" LOL.
It feels so good to say what I would do out loud to myself then hear you say the same thing. I'm a little new to the game so it's very reassuring to know I do some stuff right. Plus here's a comment for the algorithm lol
Thank you! Glad I could help you out!
When is the next video coming out?
I just posted!
Awsome video as per usual! So glad to see u get sponsors. Puts a huge smile on my face
Thank you Sam! The sponsors make sure I have the ability to put food on the table so I'm truly grateful for them!
I will just comment to help you rise your colonist army
Thank you! Every comment helps!
13:37 I would YOP for woods and build on the wheat port, as 1) no lumber has been rolled recently so I couldn't trade for it, 2) I have no access to lumber so this is one of the most efficient ways to get it without trading cards to others, and 3) the wheat port is a vital part of the game plan and it is especially important when in a race for it.
Well done and well said! Great job on the quiz!
i mean, when you mention that they will call your mono out, they should've in this game already, 4 devs and not removing the robber from his own hex? extremely sus, RB would not have been worth it, YoP as well, 4 vp's? no way in hell. so it's a mono.
In this game they did call my mono out pretty early. At that point where I talked about dirty mono, I think they already knew I had a mono.
I was about to comment the same thing, but I decided to search first in the comments to avoid duplicating the argument. Once upon a time (early 2020) this would be an easy task, with only half a dozen comments below each DyLighted's video. Now I had to scroll down through 371 comments!
I originally leaned towards option 2, less production points, but my entire family prefers wood & brick early to race others to a settlement location. However, I didn't realize the wheat port would be open
Commenting to help the algorithm.
Appreciate it 2nd Gen!
Your patience on using the monopoly was quite amazing. I would of used it at least a few rounds earlier to solidify my lead and have more dev cards to protect my tiles. Overall well played on getting 18 wheats in hand!
Thank you Richard! I think Mono is one of the hardest cards to play correctly, and it requires a deep understanding of the game. It’s very hard to resist monopolying when you know you’re going to get a lot, but if it’s a wet board you have to trust in future opportunities.
Seriously such quality content! Keep it up man! I love the pausing at decision points, makes these such better videos for improving play!
I love the content but i just can't help but laugh when someone sells their soul to Raid. I get it, you need money to pay the bills but i've seen their script and it's so sad plus the script doesn't describe their game at all.
Thanks Brian! I'm glad you enjoy my stuff! I actually had to write my own script and edit it myself. While there were certain parts/notes I had to say, I mostly had creative freedom when producing the ad.
13:15 I kinda like the idea of building the city, YoP for wood, and cutting off grey
Great video Dylan,
Very educative and still extremely entertaining. Keep it up man, you keep improving and I can't help but to keep wachting ;)
Thanks Stephan! I’m only going to try and make my videos better and better! Thanks for sticking around!
I always apply real world concepts whenever I play Catan. There is this negotiation principle where you have to leverage the other person into believing they need what you have. This can be seen in sales. This is also achieved by simply asking "Hey, what do you need'? I also apply a lot of economic principles to the game such as Aggregate Supply and Comparative Advantage. These two principles have a little to do with distribution of resources, or at least that's what I use them for in game.
Offer trades to try to pick up the two wood. If the trades don't go through for wood, try to get some extra wheats as well (2 weats would be good) using one of your bricks, up to two of your ores, and up to 2 of your sheeps. My main goal in a turn like this is to build a settlement on the wheat port and also to build a city on the 5-9-10. Assuming one of the trades at least goes through, you can easily build a settlement+city, but if you're lucky and you get more than one trade you can probably go for settlement+city+dev card, which would be ideal to protect your ore.
Edit: on the turn at 19:30 I think it makes sense to save the mono because there's not a ton of wheat knocking around, and the mono on ore only gets you 3-4 I think. Just two for 1 your wheat to pick up another dev card, or pass the turn.
Very good video DyLighted, congratulations to you!!
Thank you so much Magi :)
My idea at the 14 minute mark was to get the 2 wood from the year of plenty, to build two roads. Could even then trade 4 ore to get another wood to make a city still at the 3:1 port in the same turn. But your idea was probably better and more efficient on material.
19:30 If you play the monopoly on wheat here, not only will you get enough wheat to build a city, but you'll also prevent Ian from building his port settlement, and he's arguably your biggest competition at this point. I'd mono on wheat
That’s a good point! I didn’t focus too much on the defensive aspect of the monopoly for this video, but you are certainly correct. Once the opportunity comes up, I’ll certainly talk about it in another video!
Great video. I love this game and this channel has really helped me grow as a player
Glad I’ve been able to spread my passion of the game to my viewers! It’s honestly great seeing everyone improving and loving the game as much as I do.
@@DyLightedCatan i had a friend when I was in the navy that loved settlers and he introduced me to the game. In 2012 but once I got out I had no one to play with. Then one day UA-cam recommenced your channel and I found Catan online. It’s been a good time since.
The way you explain Catan is how a math teacher expects someone to show their work on a math test and pretty soon your math test becomes less math and more essay
Pause #2... I don't think there's enough ore out there to use the monopoly on ore, and that"s the resource you could really use on this turn... There is more wheat than ore out there, and you do have a wheat port, but I think I would personally just play the knight this turn since it's on your hex... Even if it is just your 5-sheep hex with a settlement on it, you'll probably be buying a dev card this turn and have no sheep left in your hand, so unblocking the sheep is a solid move... Also keeping up in the knight race with Hawkeye could be crucial, and he's already got 1 knight down and 1 dev card unplayed and you don't have any knights down yourself... I'd also probably put it on a spot that blocks Hawkeye, but maybe steal from a leader (like on the 3-ore but steal from Ian since he has 2 powerful cities and also has a dev card face down)... Maybe buy the dev card before playing a knight to see what it is, but I think no matter what it was I'd play the knight over the mono this turn... I know my guy NeoNate would support my choice of patience with the monopoly, but let's see what you do...
Love the quality, edits, and techniques!!!!
Thanks! I’m glad you’re able to notice all the work that goes behind making these videos! I appreciate the kind words you leave behind!
Dang what a crush. You had that game locked up from placements honestly. Nice vid, great mono tips
Thank Reed! Picking up the city certainly helped me a lot, along with getting the wheat port. Without those 2, I don't think I could have succeeded as hard I did.
13:35 Get the wheat port. It's the best payoff for being on 3 wheat spots, and it prevents blue from getting it.
Perfectly said! Great job!
you are seriously the best tip giver for any game ive ever seen on youtube, thank you for getting me into SoC
Great plays. I only play with a group of friends and some beers every 3 months or so but seeing the thought process behind pro play is pretty awesome
Option 2 to start of with. Those two woods spots and the possibility of capturing two clay with that port so nearby would be the best option.
I've watched a number of your videos and the analysis you perform on your matches is stunning, and your mastery of this game is clear. If you somehow ever got bored of Catan, I'm sure you would be successful applying your analytical mind to other games. Great work!
Thanks Hunter! I’ve been wanting to make an AmongUs Strategy channel since there isn’t really one out there, but I don’t want to split too much time to it. I’m also a bit afraid that the game (Among Us) like Fall Guys is going to die out.
This was such an epic game, as soon as you got that wheat port it was basically game over. Your set up was absolutely monstrous!
Can't wait for the next vid!
I totally agree! Once I had the wheat port I felt like I was pretty unstoppable. It was a key element of my success!
If anyone deserves sponsors! It's you Dy!! Congrats!
Thank you Aditya! ❤️ I appreciate the kind words!
Awesome video! Wouldn't have known about online Catan if it wasn't for your videos
Thanks! I think I’ve popularized online Catan a lot. I’m glad to see that I can bring you here :)
Glad you're getting sponsors!
Thank you! It’s the first big leap into being able to support myself!
I love your content, despite not playing catan competitively, and am commenting to help you on the algorithm grind!
haha my man has made it with that Raid ad! Amazing video, keep it up!
❤️❤️❤️ and it couldn't have been done without you! Thank you for always watching my videos!
great video! Your plays were of course strategic and all but you were also pretty lucky to get monopoly and the year of plenty in the beginning! Would have loved to hear the table talk of everyone when they saw you with 18 wheat in what had to be a crushing turn. Can't wait for more!
I totally agree with you. The YoP was nice and THEN the monopoly. It couldn’t have been better. I think as soon as I monopolied they knew it was over. Next time I’ll try to include more bits and pieces of the table talk!
This kindof content clearly took alot more time to produce, but it is really great. I'd love to see some more produced game breakdowns if you ever find the time
2 woods for the wheat port with the YOP. Flexibility to buy dev cards for the whole rest of the game as the 5 rock gets destroyed by the robber. And gets your hardest task (settlement expansions) done now
Perfectly well said! Great job on the quiz Aaron!
My favorite part is always hearing the table talk as it evolves in a game. Good table talk always make me laugh
Gotcha! I’ll try and keep adding in more pieces of table talk! It’s definitely a fun port of the game, but can drag out the video.
@@DyLightedCatan I can see that for sure. Its almost like 2 completely different viewing experiences and i enjoy the psychology of the table talk or especially deeper thought into the game if everyone silent... so either way imma watch cause uv been doing a great job!!
On the turn where you had 15 cards, here's what I would do:
Year of plenty for 2 woods & bank trade 4 ore for a wood (Assuming other players won't trade with you). Build 2 roads to the 9/12/3:1 and place a settlement there. Your hand is 3 sheep, 1 wheat & 2 ore, thanks to the 3:1, and your strong wheat, next turn you're almost guaranteed to be able to upgrade the 5/9/10 to a city.
This is a massive production boom, putting you miles ahead of anyone else in the game, it gives you a 3:1 port, and it blocks grey's expansion which is good because he's the best player and has the 2nd best position, after your own. Very soon, you'll have 3 cities on res allowing you to consitently buy dev cards, you should easily get largest army before anybody else. You'll probably be able to get longest road too for 10VP, if the others players sling each other to make sure you don't get longest road, they can't stop you expanding to a new settlement on the 5 sheep which you'll very quickly upgrade into a city to win the game.
I love the thought process! The reason I didn’t go with this line of play though was because I feel like it’s slight too inefficient. However, it’s still one of the stronger line of plays. Thanks for putting time into your comment and writing out your thoughts!
@@DyLightedCatan thanks! I wrote this before seeing you build to the wheat port. What you did, building to the wheat port, was much more efficient and led to a absolutely bonkers monopoly turn!
This was really interesting to watch. Greetings from Croatia!
Hello to Croatia! Glad I’m getting viewers from across the world!
Really love your contend. I can see how my game improved after watching your videos. Keep it up!
Hi DyLighted! I really love the in depth analysis and explanation of initial placement, it is such a critical factor for the entire remainder of the game. Thought experiment: Lets say 3rd position go for the 5-9-10 as you do. What then happens if 4th position takes the strong wood spot, but also clamps down on the 5-6-11, trusting he will be able to trade his rare wood for brick and sheep? Is this even a valid consideration (he will get 2 cities pretty fast). Which spot would you take in this case, and why?
A further thing - in this game, Hawkeye gets a great 1st settlement but a poor 2nd settlement. I feel like going first is incredibly difficult when I play, since it feels like so much is out of your hands; your opponents, in particular number 2 pick, gets to decide which your 2nd settlement will be. You have made a great guide to 3rd position picks - I would love to hear similar thoughts for all positions on the board on many different board textures.
Have not watched the video to the end (yet!) - but rooting for you to take down the first-to-three!
Hey Jacob! Thanks for commenting this. I actually thought about your exact thought experiment before and I’m going to be making a shorter Patreon video about it later today. I think doing something like this mitigates a good chunk of variance since you’re inducing people to trade more.
I think I would go on the 6-3-4 for the thought experiment you were talking about.
On different positions vs different board textures, perhaps one day I’ll make a guide on this. I’m glad you liked my video on 3rd position!
That dirty monopoly trick...I've thought of it I guess, but now looking at it, it's a really smart play. I'll have to remember that when I play with family.
It can certainly win you games if pulled off correctly!
Thanks for the awesome videos! They have really improved my games with friends
And thank you for watching my videos! I couldn’t have done it without viewers like you!
13:45 year of plenty for a stone and a wood to get a city then trade for another wood to build a setelment
13:45 I would get the two wood, move down and the settlement on the 12/9 plus 3.1 port, but before laying that down I would try and exchange some sheep and ore for extra brick, so I could build an extra 2 roads moving 5o the wheat port and passed it so that its mine no matter what. Then I would have more sheep but more importantly wood as then I have access to all resources in the game and a 3.1 port. With the guarantee that blue cant take the wheat port moving forward!
great vid! I've been waiting for it
11:58 - why not year of plenty for 2 wood & build 2 roads towards the 10 8? This way you get the guaranteed wheat port, which is crucial for your setup. The second road may even help you get to the 8 ore and even if not, it’s a small price to pay in comparison.
DyLighted: Sorry, I know that was a long turn with a lot of explanation.
Me: THIS IS THE CONTENT I SEEK, MASTER!
I never post comments or like videos, but I love Catan and would love to see videos posted more frequently!
Thank you man! I really try to post as often as possible, it’s just that editing takes forever! I’ll keep working hard and pushing out more videos!
I'm somewhat late to the party, but @17:20 you could've used monopoly on wheat and build a Settlement on the 12-9 or the 11-4 spot.
Eight wheat for two roads and three for the settlement.
Wow, that was not even fair! Keep it coming Dylighted! Great game
Thanks! I did think I got really lucky that game with both the monopoly and getting an early city.
Yoooo is that the first time you revealed your face?? Keep up the great content!
Actually this wasn’t the first time I showed my face! I did an animated story on my first Catan tournament, but unfortunately it didn’t get that many views. Here it is if you want to watch it!
ua-cam.com/video/V22I-36Cm6M/v-deo.html
AT 13:45 I'd Year of Plenty for two wood, place the road and settlement to get the wheat port, and then get a development card.
I think this is the first time I'd seen your face. You look a lot younger and I don't know why that surprised me.
Btw love your content. Keep up all the good work as it is really nice to have CATAN content on UA-cam to be able to put on while I'm drawing and stuff.
This is the second time I put my face on video. The first one was this video. ua-cam.com/video/V22I-36Cm6M/v-deo.html . Thank you! I’m so glad I could entertain ya while you do your art!
Nice play on the wheat port! I'm learning so much from these video's. It is amazing. I wonder how much of the settlement placing tips is applicable to a game with irrational players. If you could make a video on that, that would be awesome!
Usually you just need to place on independently strong spots with as many “outs” as possible so you don’t get screwed over.
Nice content as always! Installing that game for you... It's not really my type but you deserve all the help
So cool with your insights during the pauses.
I’m actually watching this vid for the 2nd time 😅