Catan Pro Plays GREEDY Wheat Warlord Strat In Ranked

[@dundeedideley1773]

Would have loved to see you break longest road and make orange lose with 10VP😂

[@bramromkes325]

Was wondering about this lol, that would have been crazy

[@Ty_Guy2K]

I was just about to ask what happens if Dandy settled on the 9-12 to give orange road. Makes sense to still give dandy the win since it was on his turn

[@lavadabomb]

Yep, iirc the rule is you have to claim the win on your turn. Orange couldn't win until they got the dice again.

[@robertommb]

Orange would actually lose at 11 vp 😂 ; dandy could have persuaded him to give the resources to do it

[@Doonforge]

Didnt he miss the win at 27:43? by not trading for a sheep and using his road building?

[@jabbysammich]

This is the first game of Dandy's that I knew he was gonna lose 😢. He was playing like a gambler lol super entertaining though!

[@dandydrew]

Remember - Those who are having fun have at least a .5+ point advantage. I enjoyed taking some more riskier lines but the 7 was crushing me :(

[@rmendeljacobs2832]

@@dandydrew 7 was brutalll, every time it could roll, it basically did.

[@hamdrake7131]

did you think about playing a defensive road after you mono the sheep instead of popping? And if so, why did you not do it? Not a criticism - just wandering what your thought process is! 7s sucked for you on this one - great game

[@spencerllewellyn8911]

I was thinking the same. The turn prior he said he though orange was on the verge of ploughing him. Idk why that would have changed

[@mengyeowchan7278]

At 28:53, Orange decided not to build 2 roads at 4 brick and 911 for the win, but decided to be a gentleman and wait for everyone to be at 9 for the grand finale. And so he decided to port his winning woods and bricks for a chance for a dev.

[@zMercilessFILO]

I just discovered this video now but actually he did not have the win as he only had 1 road left in the bank since you can only build 15 roads.

[@phikap8]

After the Sheep mono you pooped twice. Got your 3rd knight and then a VP. I was thinking after you secured Army to secure 3-1 port, but always difficult to see getting plowed. You knew it was coming. Thank you for another great video!

[@phikap8]

And 6s were dead early,

[@markusseifert6712]

He pooped twice? Didn't hear that one...

[@Ty_Guy2K]

@@markusseifert6712 he had taco bell earlier in the day

[@dandydrew]

😂

[@odoacredacalcutta5085]

that mono for only 2 devs and the triple pop in the end when you knew you were most likely going to draw knights were just really, really bad.

[@rmendeljacobs2832]

9:54 I FELT THAT ON A PERSONAL LEVEL. Man, the tune it plays too when that happens, gave me literal anxiety lol

[@CosmicIceCream]

Damn nice work on blue's part, Dandy was so close to the win on his prior turn...literally one card short (a brick or sheep was gg). Once the plow to the 3:1 happened it was inevitable that he'd choke on wheat and 7 out a lot more often like he did, that probably did seal his fate.

[@jjaapp18]

Don't show a three wheat spot in your thumbnail if there's not one in the game you're showcasing. Clickbait isn't okay. Cut that out.

[@dandydrew]

😂 Of all the comments you could share, you are most interested in complaining that I put all the wheat hexes together in a thumbnail?!

[@jjaapp18]

@@dandydrew The game is entirely different when you have that setup, no? I think my complaint is valid, considering what a plague clickbait thumbnails are. Quit doing it.

[@albblaalbbla729]

​@@dandydrew Seconded. Leaving the video sad and let down :(

[@rmendeljacobs2832]

it's good for the algorithm, chill

[@jjaapp18]

@@rmendeljacobs2832 The algorithm was different 9 month ago, you late person.

[@magnushem5130]

Your demeanor is so joyfull as allways☺

[@DanielSong39]

Not sure about the sheep mono and even less sure why you didn't build a road to the 3:1

[@Renkin26]

Man, I really wanted you to get the settle opportunity at the end and roadbuild to the 9,12 cutting blues road which would give you the win with 10 but orange would also lose with 10 lol. Would've been an epic finish!

[@Tonyw456]

You had the win with road builder settle 😂😭

[@STONJAUS_FILMS]

nop, but maybe could have tried trading to get an extra brick or a sheep... maybe they would have not trade him a sheep but with one extra brick he could have ported it. ... then as you say roadbuild to drop another setlement

[@tetarus]

The trade at 9:49 was very good from an EV perspective. +2 cards -4(1/6)= +4/3 cards in the long run.

[@dandydrew]

I love how you frame it in terms of EV. Catan is very similar to poker from a calculating probability standpoint.

[@okbucket]

Love these videos! Keep them coming!

[@rmendeljacobs2832]

Man I'm 9 minutes in, and the beginning of your game is just brruuuutal

[@chasehowell439]

Drew the mono on the sheep was really just a bad YOP. Why not wait and get a juicy ore mono?

[@dandydrew]

Ripping the sheep allowed me to control the development cards on the board and secure army right there. I don’t mind clearly the sheep in that situation to stop the board from popping. If I knew orange was going to roll into perfect 2 roads to plow me, I would have handled that situation differently but hindsight is a thing.

[@baller34725]

I don't think the sheep mono was bad, but porting for a brick to secure the 3:1 port was probably the better play compared to popping twice

[@Funglutton]

What a THRILLER! Just in time for Halloween! Haha

[@wilhelmlautenschlager3843]

I think in this special set up you need to trade more often 4:1 before you end your turn. Otherwise you lose to the seven. There were so many rounds you had just wheed and sheep. You are getting it almost every turn

[@jbitt1617]

Fun video. Very upbeat. Aggressiveness and 7s absolutely wrecked your game but gg

[@kostadinovic1]

Why you didn't played the road builder settle last turn ?

[@BenedictCutts]

I don't understand why everyone is hating on Danny's choices so much. Dandy has commented the rational behind the sheep mono, the dev instead of dropping a road to the 3:1, risky trades and devs instead of a city. They all make sense. And despite all of the "game ending bad decisions" Dandy still managed to be extremely close to winning multiple times and with really good odds of winning. You cant judge the quality of decision making by the outcomes. For example, everyone knows that gambling in the lotto is bad idea but someone actually winning doesn't suddenly make the lotto a good decision. It's still a poor decision that just happened to work out really well. Just let the man enjoy his game. Thank you Dandy for the good content! P.s. I wonder if Dandys decision making could potentially be why he is a very high level and top ranked catan player 🤔 P.s.s. I would have loved to seen Dandy cut blues roads for the win and for Orange to lose on 11 vps!

[@rmendeljacobs2832]

is this one of those comments that complains about people hating on the video, and then there's no actual comments hating on the video?

[@phungxtung164]

always feel bad to get to 9 and colonist says you are 4th😆 if orange didnt try to be aggressive at the beginning they could have settle on 10 ore again instead of 5 wood

[@YouLoseSir]

with that mono you shouldn't have done that 2nd pop, could've taken a brick to secure the port

[@philippebekkers3225]

Dandy, there is just one thing that I have noticed about you. Dylan does the same thing. Both of you play too risky when it comes to dropping roads. You used mono on sheep and went for two devs instead of one dev and one road to secure your MOST important spot. It was simply a bad choice. You play great though, you really are one of the best players. Just that one thing, not being worried you might get plowed. I have seen it multiple times happen to you and Dylan, even you guys playing together, you didn't get plowed there though. I have watched all your vids and your content is amazing.

[@dandydrew]

Thanks for this comment and consideration. With the nature of a game like Catan, it’s impossible to have everyone agree with all the plays you make and I certainly don’t claim to be mistake-free, even while playing at the highest levels. This topic brings up a very interesting conversation about risk and reward because I think there are times you have to take calculated risk to get the most out of the situation. Considering orange had no cards after my 2 pops, the only way I get plowed that orbit is 2 very specific rolls back to back and it happened (4 into 8). So the question is… What is more likely? I survive and get a brick to drop the road (potentially even extort with my knight if needed) or he rolls perfect rolls in 2 turns to plow me? In that sense, it’s a fair calculation that is heavily in my favor and why I decided to maximize my sheep into devs. Good players understand the importance of taking risks when it usually leans in their favor. It’s easy to call out a decision when it goes wrong like the plow but most of the good calls we make usually go unnoticed because it seemingly “just happened”. We know we played the odds in our favor in those situations and it didn’t just happened by mistake. All the best! 😎

[@philippebekkers3225]

After rewatching that part I think you indeed made the better play. It was just a very unfortunate thing. The chance is indeed less than 1/36 of him rolling exactly what he needed. It just feels so weird to buy one more dev instead of going for the security. Your odds of getting a brick in one of the next 4 rolls is 45%. Looking forward to more vids. @@dandydrew

[@dandydrew]

@@philippebekkers3225AWESOME breakthrough here! 🎉 I didn’t do the exact math but after years of playing, I knew it was in my favor. This is a great insight for you to take with you as you play and grow in the game.

[@rmendeljacobs2832]

@@dandydrew they wouldn't be commenting this if you had won , lol. Hindsight is 20/20

[@RonsonJonson198]

Following your first settle and city question: I would city the 6 3 11 sheep, then double the 5 with your second settlement on the 3:1. Thoughts? Haven’t watched the whole video yet.

[@suzyocean7392]

This was very frustrating to watch. You played very well given the circumstances but got very unlucky with the 7s and blocks

[@dandydrew]

Got to brush it off and move on. It was a great game and had a lot of fun strategic moments!

[@petecampbell6117]

That was a great game! Choices, choices.... If you had taken the city instead of the pops, you had a city again a few turns later for the win... Hindsight is 20/20....no more so than in Catan.

[@dandydrew]

Hindsight is funny like that but I also missed rolls and the pull at the end. Super close!

[@petecampbell6117]

Yes hindsight is 20/20 and as we all know, The Dice Gods rule on the Island Of Catan. They are also extremely fickle and we must constantly court their favour. Thanks for all the great uploads lately!@@dandydrew

[@nightingale7178]

if you use road builder to settle to 9 12, orange takes the road back and be at 10 points. So do you and orange both win? 26:24

[@joshflood9274]

Pretty sure the rule is that you can only win on your turn so orange would’ve been at 10 points but lost haha

[@nightingale7178]

@@joshflood9274 so if he was only at 9 points after settling, will orange only be at 10 points at orange's turn?

[@aannamarie009]

Wow such a close game!

[@simonrusch8248]

Getting over it with Bennit foddy type music on this video

[@DiscombobulatingName]

10-9-9-9 always a good final score spread.

[@ohitsteto]

Great game. Table managed to collaborate this time. It was too close

[@omrinygate1356]

Happy to know you have wood for blue 😏

[@DaulphinKiller]

On your last port, didn't you have a win with road builder bringing you to the 12 wood spot next to the ore port (next to blue road) and then dropping a settlement for the last point?

[@DaulphinKiller]

Nevermind this would have required him to trade four identical resources to get the sheep he needed, leaving him with no brick. I'm stupid, sorry for the noise

[@dandydrew]

No need to apologize. I appreciate you being here!

[@DRFOP]

Crazy game when getting to 9 is only good enough for 4th. lol

[@dundeedideley1773]

What's that music playlist Drew

[@dandydrew]

I was jamming to Roosevelt's latest album "Embrace". Roosevelt is one of my all time favorite artists!

[@dundeedideley1773]

​@@dandydrew doesn't sound like what's playing in this video, Roosevelt is a funky disco vibe but this is more like a lounge jazzy track

[@dandydrew]

@@dundeedideley1773 I got you! I edited in the Jazz music after due to copyright issues with playing most music. Here is the soundtrack I used kzbin.info/www/bejne/r2KppqmCqZednbs&ab_channel=maxrelax

[@Drengen10]

Suprised how little roads you were able to build early game being on the 6 and 5

[@dandydrew]

This was a bit frustrating. The timing of the rolls and blocks just didn’t coordinate well for me in terms of getting road materials.

[@Drengen10]

Man the other day i was on coordinated 6s and 9s for OWS. A guy was on 9 points before i even bought a dev XD@@dandydrew

[@albert-jandevries2636]

What happens if Dandy is on 9 and orange on 8 and Dandy double road settles on the 9 12 and breaks up blues road giving orange longest road and thus 10 points but also himself being on 10 points. Who wins?

[@dandydrew]

Always a fun scenario. A player can only win on his/her turn. So if I settle for 10, I win even if I give road to another player at 10 points. It’s rare but it happens from time to time.

[@albert-jandevries2636]

Didn't know that, thanks for the explanation! Great video's! Keep it up!

[@MiaaaaaChan]

6s were so dryyy this game, especially early jeez

[@Noah22222]

If you had gone city instead of three devs you would have won the next turn when you got another city.

[@atultanajimohite]

Which app is it?

[@BibleInMe-sf2vw]

I cant believe you had 2 rolls to hit a 3/6/8/10/11 and you didnt hit it. Also instead of buying 3 devs there, i think you shouod have bought 2 and kept the last sheep. You had the road builder and keeping that last sheep was critical to your win condition.

[@karlziade]

What is the site ur using to play catan

[@defaultstate4536]

What a game

[@renekiesow9314]

12:46 I‘m fairly new to catan and I have a question. Why did he take 2 devs over a city ?

[@cmdrconnor6039]

That's what I was thinking through most of the end there. There was like 3 rounds that he could've got a city, especially at the end with the plus 2 card.

[@JacobRoh]

Thought of something say u cut someone's road to win the game but it also gives someone road back that gives them the win who wins?

[@DrOmegaBattleSphere]

You win as it is your turn

[@JacobRoh]

I figured but that be wild imagine u do that for 10 and give someone 11 they have more points but u win lol

[@jokehair3310]

How could I play online Catan ?

[@sauceploxx4565]

Why didnt you road to your 3-1 instead of popping twice. prevent the plow. sigh

[@dandydrew]

Orange had zero cards and needed exactly 4 and 8 to plow… he got it. It was a calculated risk and like my chances get the 3:1 road in the next orbit.

[@Catangerine]

@@dandydrew obviously hindsight 20/20 but isnt getting on that port kind of a win condition for you with how out of balance your OWS ratio is? Like wouldnt it be better to think "how do I lose this game here" rather than think the odds of it happening are low? Which I agree they are low and it was very unlucky that those exact rolls happened, its more im asking whether you had the wrong mindset in that moment. Also kind of a side question but do you think you would have made the same play in a tournament match against top players? Or would you have made the more careful play of securing the port?

[@sauceploxx4565]

Yeah I get it but with those pips being more freq than not the second pop doesnt seem worth it when no1 is on your tail to take army. Especially if you wanted to sneak road earlier before blue/orange went at for their win cons 100%.@@dandydrew

[@DanielSong39]

@@sauceploxx4565 In that situation the table might feed orange the plow too

[@sauceploxx4565]

but they didnt since orange goes b4 him and he popped after he went b4 the plow. Him putting 4 devs down definitely puts him as a threat to be plowed for sure. @@DanielSong39

[@lucathedebtcollecta9064]

im so pissed rn this is not beign a warlord of wheat when u are a warlord u have near full control of a resource or pump so much out its like printign money i had a game where no one could touch me and i had been a wood warlord making on an 8 up to 7 wood this was teh oppisite of a warlord

[@leonardhui2657]

@20:32 why did you hit black instead of orange? He had 1 card.

[@dandydrew]

Good catch! If I know black is going to knight and block orange, I need to make sure he has a card in hand to steal. If I take the one card from orange and then black plays knight, then I am the one who gets robbed!

[@leonardhui2657]

@dandydrew ah that makes sense! However i wonder if its worth the risk of pissing off black. I know in lower levels that risk is high.

[@dandydrew]

@@leonardhui2657If you think of it as a decision tree of possible moves, the optimal play is to rob black because if I don’t, then I am guaranteed to lose a card. So pissing him off or not, it doesn’t really change much in that way.

[@leonardhui2657]

@dandydrew ah that makes sense.

[@MrBigHouse856]

some key moments wasted for the gamble pops!

[@haji3787]

You could have won if you used 2x and buy ore for building city at 28:07 instead of trying your luck with dev

[@DanielSong39]

That was a DylLighted move Why get a city when you can pop 5 times trying to get the victory point

[@dandydrew]

The deck was still viable with RBs, monos, and multiple VPs when I popped 3 times. Also pulling VPs means there are less for others to snag so there is some defensive value if you grab the right cards. I was playing for this higher reward/risk line and it didn’t work time.

[@haji3787]

@@dandydrew My bad, I thought 2x dev that you had was for resources not road building. You did the best thing!

[@ernestlyernest]

Extremely poor use of the Mono at 12:30 IMHO. Monos, YOP...etc should be used to achieve difficult objectives, or defensively in the event of near win. Choosing to mono sheep, then just porting it away for 2 devs is poor play, especially on a low ore board. If going to Mono the sheep, then much better to secure the 5 wood 3:1 spot, or get a city. Super cringey to hear the complaint about being ploughed immediately after. This was the moment I knew you were going to lose.

[@-JoMar28-]

Like, comment, watch

[@ido1061]

bro you call yourself a catan pro and u lost it to greediness like yeah sometimes its cool when the risk pays off but sometimes safe is more important and lost that 3:1 definitely lost the game for you yeah it was hard seeing you playing and hoping for luck instead playing smart still yeah it can happen to anyone and you werent lucky enough and got screwed up but it happens i guess and it drives me maaad seeing this game was so nerve-racking

[@balgaltz]

My body is ready. Right @guliatube?

[@Wuddupworld]

Every video!!!

[@Chnexxx]

At the start why didn't you point your road down to the right and try to plow orange to the wheat port?