OWS but with my friends everyone is trying to go for it the most of the time son the bests spots are always down when it’s my turn and I don’t rly like go for roads
@@catanblunders5113 yeah maybe, there are so many variables that can happen, first concerning factor that. Plays in before all is the dictating the opponents skill set which can always create a bump in the road.
I think it's the best, unless you play in tournaments like the King of Catan Premier League, where it gets hard-focused. Then strategies that seem sub-par tend to do quite well too.
Tried the hybrid OWS strategy today and went 2-0 with it - thanks for the idea and information! First game was a fairly straightforward win with quick upgrades of the starting two settlements to cities, followed by gradual points accumulation primarily through development cards - second game we were pretty wheat starved for the whole game, so it was a much slower build, where my infrastructure was terrible throughout (sat on starting two settlements for ages) but ultimately got the win with a city after a very lengthy game that finished 10-9-9 (for an idea of the length, I had played 8 knight cards by this point). Edit: while I'm an absolute noob to the strategy, I feel like in a vacuum full-OWS is going to be better on some board layouts, and hybrid is going to be better on others (usually it'd be determined by port positions). And of course, switching to another strategy is going to be better if you're playing with other people going for full or hybrid OWS.
Hello, I stumbled on your content a little bit ago and wanted to let you know that I respect the work you put into this video. Keep it up, you have some serious talent. To many people give up right before greatness, so keep pushing, you're doing awesome
I have fallen into OWS + a Sheep port if possible or if not wheat or ore port. You don't have direct access to wood or brick but you only need one of each for a road. You can get this by robbering other players you know probably have either, using year of plenty, knights, or monopoly. Can also trade with the bank easily once you get that port which you should aim to get with your third settlement. 3 cities + largest army + 2 DV cards or longest road if you get road building card. You will often get a lot of knights and thereby keep the robber off you almost the whole game while also choosing to place it on whomever you want.
A strong strategy indeed! I also recommend trying the others on this list, because playing a strategy also helps you better understand its struggles and how to play against it
Ive been playing a port strategy with my focus being wheat and stone so i can have cities early then trade for any card in the game without relying on other players.
Ah, I suppose you often have to deal with a lot of dumb trade offers haha. I don't think that would be good, because trading is one of the ways to mitigate variance and Catan already offers quite a lot of variance
Of course! Keep in mind, it won't be the same every game. Road - Easy part is settlements and roads, so have them as many as possible. A city is tougher, but build a city early on to avoid being stuck in a situation with 5 settlements down. TPP: 1 City, 5 Settlements, LR and 1 VP is the most average 10 points you'll see road win with. But yeah, sometimes a second city is easier or you pull more VPs. Ports - can essentially be anything. It depends on which win-bonus you include. If you go for road, settlement spots will get easier. If you go for Army, Cities are easier. Let's say you focus on Army. TPP: 3 Cities, LA, 1 VP and 1 Settlement. You could also sneak in a double play (Road + Army). Port Strategies are all about reading the game and its opportunities. I actually regret saying it's easy to play in this video.
Hey Siddharth! Here's the link: www.patreon.com/treeckosaurus The Road-Builder Video can be accessed by Defender of Catan and above. Please let me know if you questions!
Why is this video showing a fixed board like on 0:14. Don’t the resource hexagon boards get suffled every game? I don’t understand. Or are they fixed the way you show on tournaments? Thanks
Some tournaments use the default set-up, some mix them up. I use this board to illustrate my point. I often use the same boards, so there's 'new input' to resolve for viewers, so they can focus on one thing at the time.
Agreed, I would like to add you would want to know how to play against all popular strategies and that switching things up every once in a while is quite fun too
You need to know how to play all strategies because there will many games where you will be unable to play your preferred strategy, or are forced to have a bad start.
@@Treeckosaurus discovered your channel through Colonist blog interview, you have no idea how disappointed I am to see that the last video is 6 months ago, and how excited I'm to hear that you will make videos again!!
Why haven't you transitioned to VR? Playing any platform of Catan that isnt REAL LIFE isnt real Catan and CATAN VR is the only platform that gives a close 80-90% representation of catan , the most realistic Catan Game to RL
@@Treeckosaurus 😂 you just needed to look further or need to see what opportunities that were or are slipping from your finger tips. You cannot be more mistaken, i told you over and over how your influence into VR WOULD transition the already active CatanVR scene to a whole other level. You cannot just think linear you need to see beyond that. But I digress, Its not real Catan , CU , (and definently colonist lolz)
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What is your favorite strategy to play?
OWS but with my friends everyone is trying to go for it the most of the time son the bests spots are always down when it’s my turn and I don’t rly like go for roads
Ah okay, why don't you like playing Roads?
I'd agree that hybrid OWS is usually best, but port strategies are so fun for me
@@catanblunders5113 yeah maybe, there are so many variables that can happen, first concerning factor that. Plays in before all is the dictating the opponents skill set which can always create a bump in the road.
For me road+cities works best, if it's not possible then I go for full roads and usually I rush 4 villages + 2 cities + longest road win
Without knowing it I've been using the hybrid ows strategy for about a year this was my first time searching catan on UA-cam
Cool! Do you agree it's the best?
I gotta know if you agree that it is the best
@@CardboardRaider now that you say , I am also invested , c'mon do you agree it's the best?
I think it's the best, unless you play in tournaments like the King of Catan Premier League, where it gets hard-focused. Then strategies that seem sub-par tend to do quite well too.
6 popular CK strategies: 1. Aqueduct 2. Aqueduct 3. Aqueduct 4. Aqueduct 5. Aqueduct 6. Aqueduct =DD Waiting for the same video with CK
Hahaha, might actually do it some time!
0:12 Full ORW
0:56 Road-Builder
1:48 Five Resource
2:43 City + Road
3:30 Port Strategy
4:20 Hybrid OWS
Thanks!
OWS is my favorite strategy to play IRL, much easier to trade for resources vs trading online.
Do you mean Full OWS or Hybrid OWS or both?
@@Treeckosaurus Full OWS!
Tried the hybrid OWS strategy today and went 2-0 with it - thanks for the idea and information! First game was a fairly straightforward win with quick upgrades of the starting two settlements to cities, followed by gradual points accumulation primarily through development cards - second game we were pretty wheat starved for the whole game, so it was a much slower build, where my infrastructure was terrible throughout (sat on starting two settlements for ages) but ultimately got the win with a city after a very lengthy game that finished 10-9-9 (for an idea of the length, I had played 8 knight cards by this point).
Edit: while I'm an absolute noob to the strategy, I feel like in a vacuum full-OWS is going to be better on some board layouts, and hybrid is going to be better on others (usually it'd be determined by port positions). And of course, switching to another strategy is going to be better if you're playing with other people going for full or hybrid OWS.
I think you got the gist of the video very well!
Hello, I stumbled on your content a little bit ago and wanted to let you know that I respect the work you put into this video. Keep it up, you have some serious talent. To many people give up right before greatness, so keep pushing, you're doing awesome
I have fallen into OWS + a Sheep port if possible or if not wheat or ore port. You don't have direct access to wood or brick but you only need one of each for a road. You can get this by robbering other players you know probably have either, using year of plenty, knights, or monopoly. Can also trade with the bank easily once you get that port which you should aim to get with your third settlement. 3 cities + largest army + 2 DV cards or longest road if you get road building card. You will often get a lot of knights and thereby keep the robber off you almost the whole game while also choosing to place it on whomever you want.
A strong strategy indeed! I also recommend trying the others on this list, because playing a strategy also helps you better understand its struggles and how to play against it
Great video as usual, great visuals brother 🙌👍
Thank you!
I always play port strats. It’s so simple. Usually bricks or wood is the best
What are your thoughts on the sheep-port strategy?
I didnt realise road is your favourite strategy. Hope you're doing well 😊
I go back and forth, but I like going against the grain
Ive been playing a port strategy with my focus being wheat and stone so i can have cities early then trade for any card in the game without relying on other players.
weakness of this strategy is that you dont always get the right port or good wheat / stone tiles.
Cool. I love port strategies too, and they transition very well to top level Catan as well.
I won my 1st game now before watching this. I employed hybrid OWS. Dint know it was the best
Awesome!
I wish Catan would allow you to customize the amount of trades in the game.
What do you mean with customize?
@@Treeckosaurus choose how many times you can trade in the game. Limit the number of trades is another way of saying it.
Ah, I suppose you often have to deal with a lot of dumb trade offers haha. I don't think that would be good, because trading is one of the ways to mitigate variance and Catan already offers quite a lot of variance
can you please tell me what the 10 point plan for road building and port are?
Of course! Keep in mind, it won't be the same every game.
Road - Easy part is settlements and roads, so have them as many as possible. A city is tougher, but build a city early on to avoid being stuck in a situation with 5 settlements down.
TPP: 1 City, 5 Settlements, LR and 1 VP is the most average 10 points you'll see road win with. But yeah, sometimes a second city is easier or you pull more VPs.
Ports - can essentially be anything. It depends on which win-bonus you include. If you go for road, settlement spots will get easier. If you go for Army, Cities are easier.
Let's say you focus on Army. TPP: 3 Cities, LA, 1 VP and 1 Settlement.
You could also sneak in a double play (Road + Army). Port Strategies are all about reading the game and its opportunities. I actually regret saying it's easy to play in this video.
@@Treeckosaurus thank you so much for breaking it down it makes a lot of sense thank you
What about the 7,2 and red strategy
Hi...Can you share the Link of Road Builder video?
Hey Siddharth!
Here's the link: www.patreon.com/treeckosaurus
The Road-Builder Video can be accessed by Defender of Catan and above.
Please let me know if you questions!
Road builder is so hard, when u cant get rocks, just with a port
It requires certain technique, but once you master it, win-percentage with it is quite high
Been using Hybrid w/o knowing it.
Do you know what happened to Dylighted?
I expect he will upload as well soon. We've been talking a lot recently, no worries.
I’m alive, thank you for checking in.
@@DyLightedCatan Aloha brother
@@DyLightedCatan heyya! Dude come back with streams, it was much fun
@@DyLightedCatan Just got into Catan recently and your videos were a great help, hope to see you again soon :)
I think the first chapter of the video is mislabelled: shouldn't it say "Full Ore Wheat Sheep" instead of "Full Orbi Cheap"?
Correct.
if only i could understand what he was saying
Why is this video showing a fixed board like on 0:14. Don’t the resource hexagon boards get suffled every game? I don’t understand. Or are they fixed the way you show on tournaments? Thanks
Some tournaments use the default set-up, some mix them up. I use this board to illustrate my point. I often use the same boards, so there's 'new input' to resolve for viewers, so they can focus on one thing at the time.
Just stick to one strategy and master it. you cant win all the time. makes playing more fun and relaxing
Agreed, I would like to add you would want to know how to play against all popular strategies and that switching things up every once in a while is quite fun too
@@Treeckosaurus i like strategy of winning by luck wihen all odds against you
You need to know how to play all strategies because there will many games where you will be unable to play your preferred strategy, or are forced to have a bad start.
You may not get optimal placement position for your preferred strategy. It's not a bad skill to be able to pivot to another due to IRL circumstances.
Pity you dont make videos anymore ?
I will!
@@Treeckosaurus discovered your channel through Colonist blog interview, you have no idea how disappointed I am to see that the last video is 6 months ago, and how excited I'm to hear that you will make videos again!!
You’re Danish right?
Dutch / Frisian
Your voice sounds weird dude. High pitched, and you sound as if you're constantly holding in a sneeze.
Hahaha, well, it was quite a while ago. I don't know why I sound weird
You sound fine brother, ignore him
@@Treeckosaurus you sound fine mate. Thanks for the informative video!
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What's with the weird voice?
Is this video specifically or in more? What about the latest two?
Why haven't you transitioned to VR? Playing any platform of Catan that isnt REAL LIFE isnt real Catan and CATAN VR is the only platform that gives a close 80-90% representation of catan , the most realistic Catan Game to RL
Hey Ryan, how's it going?
I prefer other platforms, because they have more people playing on there.
@@Treeckosaurus 😂 you just needed to look further or need to see what opportunities that were or are slipping from your finger tips. You cannot be more mistaken, i told you over and over how your influence into VR WOULD transition the already active CatanVR scene to a whole other level. You cannot just think linear you need to see beyond that. But I digress,
Its not real Catan , CU , (and definently colonist lolz)
@@Treeckosaurus but im good. Man
Miss yeah!