USA CHAMPION makes HUGE MISTAKE - Catan Pro Analysis

[@DyLightedCatan]

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[@nacho1595]

Sold out :(

[@JamieBHill]

@@nacho1595 this is his job. Come on man.

[@Meggobro]

@@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"

[@MHNK77]

@@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

[@pallingtontheshrike6374]

it is unfortunate that DyLighted doesn't get other sponsor offers, KEKW

[@matarjhirad6296]

You are one of the reasons my family hates playing catan with me xD Keep up the good work!

[@DyLightedCatan]

Hahahaha just direct them to my channel and then it’ll be all even ;)

[@ErLong1800]

Hahahaha the same for me xD no one wants to play with me anymore 🤣

[@pablomartigomez7134]

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.

[@Bills4life59]

lol

[@williamwarms4713]

Same altho my dad hates it bc we always complain about how we are in last and still getting blocked

[@red_light_3937]

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!

[@josemanuelmartinezdelcampo6602]

same thoughts! keep the good work

[@DyLightedCatan]

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!

[@Fkellog]

Thumbs up for the amazing edit: you talk us through a game in such a beautiful manner!

[@DyLightedCatan]

Thanks! I’ve never associated talking about Catan Strategy and beauty, but I appreciate the nice words regardless 🤣!

[@urvidhnarula6362]

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.

[@DyLightedCatan]

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!

[@balob]

Woo raid shadow legends, you've made it! Hahaha

[@DyLightedCatan]

Thank you! I’m super happy they are working with me!

[@chase4671]

He gotta get the check it’s ok lmao

[@henrylam92]

@@DyLightedCatan you deserve all of it for making us better at catan

[@tommoritz1007]

Exactly!!!

[@RaginKavu]

Yeah, he made it. Made me skip forward on the video.

[@santaisreal]

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!

[@DyLightedCatan]

Thank you :)

[@jull3xx]

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.

[@DyLightedCatan]

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.

[@reedbowden1478]

@@DyLightedCatan that's such a bummer. I really enjoy those games. You get to see such a crucial part of the game.

[@selkokieli843]

I might not watch a full game with talk that often, but editing in some relevant table talk parts works great for me.

[@tiarakaye441]

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.

[@DyLightedCatan]

Hahaha no worries! I’m a big Hawkeye fan and I’m playing against him lol 😆. Great job getting the wheat port quiz right!

[@daejinvillain]

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.

[@neonbunnies9596]

Me, who doesn't even know how to play Catan: *Interesting*

[@cavemanrob6866]

I know the rules but can't claim I know how to play *shrugs

[@schumerthd]

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.

[@jeeneeuz]

Make that baaaank DyLighted (haven't watched yet but I believe in u)

[@DyLightedCatan]

Haha as a channel with only 20K subs, I’m not making bank yet. My goal is 100K subs by August 2021.

[@jeeneeuz]

@@DyLightedCatan fasho I meant the 500 dollars hahaha, but im sure you'll get there soon :D

[@DyLightedCatan]

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!

[@JamieBHill]

@@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).

[@conorflanagan5442]

@@DyLightedCatan Why August? Just curious.

[@lukeroberts5688]

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

[@lukeroberts5688]

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

[@hamelconsultancyllc]

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

[@reedbowden1478]

I had the same reaction 😂

[@DyLightedCatan]

I’m really grateful they were willing to sponsor me! It’s sponsors like them that make this channel keep going.

[@funyunman]

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

[@WaIlabeast]

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!

[@DyLightedCatan]

Thank you for the kind words Wallabeast! I’m only going to continue further with it! So glad I could help you out :)

[@Catanimal720]

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...

[@Zenoasis3]

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.

[@DyLightedCatan]

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!

[@subtlejasian]

I'm just here to comment for the KZbin 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]

Thank you! Watch out for a video in the next few days!

[@Janav_Gupta]

@@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.

[@johnmeo1532]

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!

[@DyLightedCatan]

Haha well done! Great decision making! Thanks for taking the courage to comment and try the quiz! I appreciate it!

[@reedbowden1478]

Dang what a crush. You had that game locked up from placements honestly. Nice vid, great mono tips

[@DyLightedCatan]

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.

[@mikkelhalberg2399]

I really Like your vids. Your a huge Help when i play Catan.

[@DyLightedCatan]

Thank you Mikkel! I appreciate your support and comment! It also helps the video do better!

[@chochkeys]

Awesome video! Wouldn't have known about online Catan if it wasn't for your videos

[@DyLightedCatan]

Thanks! I think I’ve popularized online Catan a lot. I’m glad to see that I can bring you here :)

[@guiltyofawesome]

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?).

[@DyLightedCatan]

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.

[@bezprizvanniy]

@@DyLightedCatan Exactly, sometimes momentum is of great importance, especially on some low production boards :)

[@magiandreupallares4031]

Very good video DyLighted, congratulations to you!!

[@DyLightedCatan]

Thank you so much Magi :)

[@SerbAtheist]

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.

[@DyLightedCatan]

Great comment and good analysis! I love seeing my viewers thinking and putting their thoughts in the comment section!

[@christianhouser5222]

Congrats on the sponsorship! You deserve it!

[@DyLightedCatan]

Thank you Christian! I appreciate the kind words you leave! I’m really excited about working with them.

[@windinthewillow1871]

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.

[@ElGiganto17]

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 ;)

[@DyLightedCatan]

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. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jGOVemBpa6igbK8 . I think most of my viewers liked it, but unfortunately it didn’t get promoted much in the KZbin Algorithm.

[@ElGiganto17]

@@DyLightedCatan I'm subbed and I just checked your page and I've seen literally every video but that one =\ Weird how KZbin 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.

[@penguinpotato7802]

13:45 year of plenty for a stone and a wood to get a city then trade for another wood to build a setelment

[@КириллЛеонов-р4ь]

I will just comment to help you rise your colonist army

[@DyLightedCatan]

Thank you! Every comment helps!

[@Catanimal720]

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...

[@miketsable]

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.

[@felixpigeon5333]

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 ;)

[@DyLightedCatan]

Thank you both for all your support! Great analysis on both of your ends :)

[@dominocat7126]

I love your content, despite not playing catan competitively, and am commenting to help you on the algorithm grind!

[@richardchen9411]

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!

[@DyLightedCatan]

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.

[@puerta79]

DyLighted: Sorry, I know that was a long turn with a lot of explanation. Me: THIS IS THE CONTENT I SEEK, MASTER!

[@samwilder6708]

Awsome video as per usual! So glad to see u get sponsors. Puts a huge smile on my face

[@DyLightedCatan]

Thank you Sam! The sponsors make sure I have the ability to put food on the table so I'm truly grateful for them!

[@World_Facts-n1x]

Commenting to help the algorithm.

[@DyLightedCatan]

Appreciate it 2nd Gen!

[@joecamerer2865]

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.

[@DyLightedCatan]

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.

[@jackmarino8162]

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.

[@kozokosa9289]

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.

[@DyLightedCatan]

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.

[@JohnSmithEx]

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!

[@chaseberman3695]

Great video and explanation! Glad to see your channel is growing quickly!

[@DyLightedCatan]

Thanks Chase! My goal is 100K subs by August 2021! Thank you for the kind words!

[@Dark9tt]

When is the next video coming out?

[@DyLightedCatan]

I just posted!

[@ryanweeber6806]

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

[@brianadriolo6056]

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.

[@DyLightedCatan]

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.

[@rantzypantz6803]

I'd want the second setup I think. In terms of ports and space I think there is a lot more potential, and you don't have to rely on trades as heavily if you plan to road settle and block other players like blue from a port(Like the wheat port which you should definitely grab if possible in the first setup). It's unlikely to see anyone place their settlements on the right side of the board other than maybe green on the 8-4-sheep port(In my opinion), so this explains my reasoning space wise and port wise as you won't be as challenged. But part of that banks on green not being able to snag the ore port. Plus, this assumes black the fourth player would place their road left leaning rather than right leaning challenging you.

[@StephanTerpstra]

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 ;)

[@DyLightedCatan]

Thanks Stephan! I’m only going to try and make my videos better and better! Thanks for sticking around!

[@bramvanoverdijk8955]

Keep it up DyLighted! Love your content! Greetings from the Netherlands!

[@DyLightedCatan]

Thanks Bram, will do! Hello to the Netherlands!

[@adi_verm]

If anyone deserves sponsors! It's you Dy!! Congrats!

[@DyLightedCatan]

Thank you Aditya! ❤️ I appreciate the kind words!

[@fuzbuzz00]

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

[@DyLightedCatan]

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!

[@Jelissei]

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.

[@blackjack21x]

Really great video dylan thanks for the excellent explanations

[@SimonStarfinger]

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.

[@evelocz]

These are amazing breakdown! Thanks for sharing this quality content

[@Thetechgeek2100]

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.

[@banksyruleu042]

Seriously such quality content! Keep it up man! I love the pausing at decision points, makes these such better videos for improving play!

[@trsistanace7901]

I’m not even following along . I’m just amazed that this is what goes through your head when playing . Crazy

[@garethbeazley8360]

I've been waiting for this video for so long haha. Wp and monster monoply play.

[@DyLightedCatan]

Thank you Gareth! More will be coming soon!

[@DavidDiaz-lq8yh]

The quality of edits and content has skyrocketed 10/10

[@DyLightedCatan]

Thank you! I wouldn’t have been able to do it without everyone’s support, and that means you!

[@aaronli9]

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]

Perfectly well said! Great job on the quiz Aaron!

[@dancing_drake]

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 KZbin to be able to put on while I'm drawing and stuff.

[@DyLightedCatan]

This is the second time I put my face on video. The first one was this video. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jGOVemBpa6igbK8 . Thank you! I’m so glad I could entertain ya while you do your art!

[@joshuahowden8385]

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!

[@QYXP]

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!

[@DyLightedCatan]

I totally agree! Once I had the wheat port I felt like I was pretty unstoppable. It was a key element of my success!

[@luisneves5176]

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.

[@kennyholmes5196]

If I were in Position 3's shoes, I'd have probably put my settlements in the 5/9/12 and 6/3/4 or 6/4/11 slots if possible, so as to cover my bases and be able to collect all resources. After all, on this board, brick seems pretty rare as well, having no redtile hexes, whereas all the other ones do. Plus, 5/9/12 is one road away from a 3:1 any port and two away from a 2:1 ore port, which the 5/9/12 produces on fives, meaning you have two backups in case none of the other players want to trade with you.

[@praguepride9350]

Could have played the monopoly card for +6 wheat = 11 wheat in hand. Burn 8 to trade for 4 roads and the remaining hand gets you a settlement on the 8/4 sheep port kneecapping grey, putting you in strong position for longest road and getting the sheep port.

[@clebdapleb1172]

Love your vids man! Super educational!

[@DyLightedCatan]

And I love kind viewers like you! Thank you so much Cleb!

[@seanjones7822]

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.

[@woutervan8019]

at 13:41 I would build the grain port. The risk of not getting it isnt worth it

[@DyLightedCatan]

I totally agree! Great insight!

[@MR-zd4lk]

At 12.00 you would have the option to take two wood with Year of Plenty and block the wheatport for blue with two streets in his direction. Its not the best option, but I think I would go for it. Anyway, great game.

[@red_light_3937]

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.

[@DyLightedCatan]

It can certainly win you games if pulled off correctly!

[@67254215415413]

Yoooo is that the first time you revealed your face?? Keep up the great content!

[@DyLightedCatan]

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! kzbin.info/www/bejne/jGOVemBpa6igbK8

[@jacobspeers4151]

haha my man has made it with that Raid ad! Amazing video, keep it up!

[@DyLightedCatan]

❤️❤️❤️ and it couldn't have been done without you! Thank you for always watching my videos!

[@blackspearygo2931]

13:36 you definetly go for the wheat prot either by trading or by using the year of plenty and then you see if you can do other thigns after that

[@cristiannchitorann]

Really love your contend. I can see how my game improved after watching your videos. Keep it up!

[@thangdinh4428]

Nice voice, nice analysis, detailed guide Can't waiting to see your video dude

[@DyLightedCatan]

Hopefully I didn’t disappoint you! I spent an extra long time on this video!

[@darkcat6530]

Man catan is way more complicated then i tought it would be

[@DyLightedCatan]

Thanks! I actually go pretty light on the Strategy in this video. I promise you there’s a world of strategy that people don’t see

[@darkcat6530]

@@DyLightedCatan can't wait for that

[@celestrius9197]

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

[@jakobbrun6535]

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!

[@DyLightedCatan]

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!

[@eboyce24]

For 2nd question, I might play the knight to block the 9 wood and try to cut a deal with green for wood

[@Romaguera1]

Love the quality, edits, and techniques!!!!

[@DyLightedCatan]

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!

[@junkbucket50]

This was very high quality analysis. Good video thank you for making it

[@rpope317]

Impressive game, I’ve started to hate taking strong ore spot as first player, I feel like taking strong ore spot unless it’s like 8 5 9 wheat ore, is always a non winning play, just feels like your Locked out on your last placement and always playing from behind

[@DyLightedCatan]

It definitely depends on the board and who you’re playing with. Sometimes taking the initial ore spot can get you absolutely pounded by the robber since everyone is so afraid of it.

[@JBGargamel]

When you were rewinding and deciding whether to use monopoly, I feel like I would have taken the 6 wheat, port trade to build one road and one settlement on the 4-11 (all wheat) to strengthen my port income.

[@anguslothian6098]

i have absolutely no idea how this game works but its quite entertaining this is my 4th vid in a row

[@lonelyheart949]

At 13:41, I think I would go for the wheat port. While I do like having one of each of the 5 resources, I would still want to empty my hand here. At the start, I was eyeing the 8-4-10 spot since there are multiple brick ore spots that would still be available. I think I would try to longest road past groundhog for the 6-2 spot to gain access to wood. So year of plenty 2 wood, settlement on the wheat port, and then a development card would be my play I think. I still want a development card in hand to make opponent's debate about robbing from me.

[@executiveelf8793]

At 13:42 my guess is year of plenty for wood and settle on the wheat port

[@1sttperson]

at 13:41 (assuming no one will trade wood or wheat to you.) : the wheat port is just soooooooo powerful for your game you have to go for it (and get one dev card) even though it unfortunately leaves you with 8 cards you can't do anything with. I can't see a better alternative to get you less cards without basically giving up on going for the wheat port. a city and 1 or 2 dev cards just isn't really worth it imo, you will get targeted and you wouldn't have a port to give you flexibility when you are blocked. (Edit) I would have held at 8 instead of the second dev card. The reasons being: you could discard wood/wheat/brick if you had to, you have a good chance of getting another city next turn, the 5 is a very good robber target for blue and green, 5 might not roll again for a while.

[@DyLightedCatan]

Yep! You got everything written correctly here! Great job on the quiz!

[@ThisTinSoldier]

My solution: YoP for 2 wood, trade all stone for wood and 3 sheep for brick, road off blue from the wheat port and grey from the 3/1 port. Perhaps not optimal, but I prefer a denial game, thouugh it may be more effective in a ttabletop game than online.

[@Kickenwing360]

Great content man! Thanks for your effort :)

[@DyLightedCatan]

My pleasure! Really glad you're liking it and that my work is paying off! That's probably the most satisfying thing about this!

[@gryphonprovenzano3156]

at 13:13 id say go for port than next run make a settlement on 6,3 its a good port and cuts off green, from longest road which we know he's going for, you can upgrade your city another time. but that's just me.

[@pablomartigomez7134]

I wouldn't use the monopoly until later in the end game where it can make a bigger difference than in the middle game.

[@DyLightedCatan]

You got that right!

[@prof.niceguy9744]

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!

[@DyLightedCatan]

Usually you just need to place on independently strong spots with as many “outs” as possible so you don’t get screwed over.

[@Alorand]

I ended up buying Catan because of this channel. With the quarantine I can only play 3-player games. How different is the strategy for 3-player Catan? Are there any good videos for city placement on a 3-player boards?

[@LazyVoidzTV]

My favorite part is always hearing the table talk as it evolves in a game. Good table talk always make me laugh

[@DyLightedCatan]

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.

[@LazyVoidzTV]

@@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!!

[@benjamindekleine2600]

Amazing video! Love watching your content

[@DyLightedCatan]

❤️❤️

[@bradthomas7933]

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

[@yxlop4893]

I've always wondered what those questionmarks mean. Thank you for shownig me!

[@DyLightedCatan]

No problem! They confused me at first, but once I actually understood what it meant it opened another option for tracking.

[@comtruise5587]

Wow, that was not even fair! Keep it coming Dylighted! Great game

[@DyLightedCatan]

Thanks! I did think I got really lucky that game with both the monopoly and getting an early city.

[@davidgreen8819]

When you're debating using the monopoly card and you know the other players have 6 wheat, why is it not optimal to play the monopoly card? You would have 6 extra wheat for a total of 11. You can use a total of 8 wheat to get four ore, and are left with 3 wheat, a sheep, a brick and 4 ore, which is enough for a city on the 5-9-10 _and_ a dev card.

[@DyLightedCatan]

Good question! It’s not that it’s not a good play (it’s good), but rather the monopoly card is so strong that you can get MORE than 6 wheat if you’re patient.

[@davidgreen8819]

@@DyLightedCatan yeah, I hadn't watched the rest of the video when i commented, the monopoly you got is INSANE