08:00 IMHO one should not always challenge a bluff instantly. If you know that your opponent is committed to bluffing a captain or duke, then try to get into the 1vs1 against him and only then call him out for instant win if he keeps using it. Caveat: he may stop using that card if he knows that a guaranteed economic victory will also almost guarantee being called out as a desperate last chance.

Killing your own minions to get points at a base is a really cool strategy. That might work well with ants being killed. It would be nice to see a tutorial on how to manage our cards so that we can have flexibility, which allows us to bring our best cards to the top of the deck.

"Sharing" I think is the best strategy and deception. Practice to place a tile not oriented to form a complete area and then build to form with your opponent.

to avoid double fail, when 2 or more evil guys are on mission, the one closest to the leader (it can often be leader) will drop fail and everyone else will drop success.

Tunnel mechanic ignores being able to travel it while the other ends are covered in sand and have to be uncovered first.

Great analysis! Thank you for the tips!

One strategy I really enjoy using when playing as a bad guy, is using the lady of the lake on another bad guy and telling everyone that they are a bad guy. That creates a staged conflict between us, in which we accuse each other, leading the good guys to believe that one of us is a good guy, and the other is a bad guy! The player who comes out of this with everyone's trust can then backstab the others at the finish line, earning the bad guys a sneaky victory! This strategy works best when used sparingly, because if your group is familiar with this technique, it might just lead everyone to suspect both players of being bad guys. Even so, it is one of my favourite strategies just because of how confusing it is!

What are good counter picks? I’m assuming overwhelming decks (Robots and alike) because they would be outpaced at far as base security and maybe factions like steampunks and tornadoes for being able to move my minions?

im having trouble believing that the plot rush strategy has ever worked for anyone. its takes aeons to lay down all the plots and irrigate all of them + there's always the possibility that your opponents will lay down the wrong plot in a spot where you would have needed something else. good luck starting all over!

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Great video... lots of helpful info. But 10 minutes? Man, you guys must talk at lightning speed!! lol

Just played my first time with friends and both of the more seasoned players definitely got their income going earlier on in the game.

Blocking is a dangerous strategy if there are 3+ players. It often puts both you and the subject of the blocking behind and the others ahead. It's only good in 2-player games and even then usually break-even at best.

The tradeoff for taking 5 or 6 train routes is that you're connecting fewer cities than if you placed a bunch of 2 or 3 train routes. This means that further draws of the destination cards are likely to need much more work to do.

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Don't forget that if you build resource cards then others will probably be trading for them with you. Every trade gives you more money, which counts towards your score in the end. Also everyone should build a little bit of science, IMO, because if you don't then all the cards get left for the one person who is doing science, and they can really clean up.

I introduced this game to my brothers and their wives. At the end of the first age they were all complaining how hard it was, and that it didn't make any sense. By the end of the game, they were all in love with the game. I did write a guide to playing it, which is easier to understand than the rule book, although I still rely on the rulebook from time to time.

Watched four strategy videos before this one, and this is the best, thank you.

Loyal servant is the BEST one to be, ily have no responsibility and when you figure it out you feel like a god!

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There's some new growth for Settlers of Catan strategy content but oddly very little recent Carcassonne based on one yt search. anyone know of more recent strategy /gameplay content channels?

Great introduction to basic strategies for settlers of Catan. As a newbie to Catan this is what I needed.

We need some strategies for the real life, 8 billion player, game in 2020.

Hope it works for TTR Europe too.:)

I used to be hopeless at winning this game. I adapted my strategy to completing the two destinations I have from the start of the game, then I bring the game to an end very quickly by simply putting down 6s in a way that gets me the longest train. It doesn't always work out, but I win almost every time now. I think I've won 9 out of my last 10 now

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Nice to see an update on this topic!

What about a strategy being to take away quests that might be big points for your opponents? Whether just claiming the quest for yourself or resetting the quests and getting one from the new deal?

The most important short route in the game is the Seattle to Portland. If someone else takes it you have to place three trains that take up 15 cars, which is one third of your pieces, to go from Seattle to Portland. It might make sense to claim this spot even if you don't need it to block others from having it. I think it's generally a bad idea to not take the wild cards, they are so powerful. Unless you see two cards that you need face up, you should grab the wild card. By the way the link posted in the description takes you to a screen to purchase Norton anti-virus.

Please come back to us online. I would love more of these. Some updates even on the older videos. I bet a lot has changed in the last 2/5 years.

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This is a great video, very thorough and well explained. Thanks!

how much pieces[□]/with drawings /is in game?

Thank you, I’ve been getting destroyed in this game lately by my 8 and 11 year old nieces. Also realized that they were not going exactly by the rules. There’s going to be quite the revelation this weekend.

I've played a few solo games and I do enjoy some of them. It's hard to start it up sometimes but I also have a hard time finding people who want to play a game in any consistency. Especially games with more of a legacy mechanic.

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Thanks for the tips!!

As someone who has played a lot of tabletop games (mostly warhammer) involving 2d6 rolls, I'm always surprised when others don't realise how much effect the probability distribution has on the result. There are a lot of people out there who believe that a 12 is just as likely as a 7. In fact there's a 1/6 chance of a 7 and only a 1/36 chance of a 12. That's why those knight cards are so important!

I lost 4 out of 5 games... So I'm trying to improve by watching videos