Catan Strategy: Gameplay & Commentary (20151014)

In this close game, tracking development cards becomes important.

[@n0rDopA]

Just found your channel, I really enjoy the commentary, great job! I hope the videos keep coming :)

[@NeonateGaming]

+n0rDopA Thank you for the kind words - I will!

Watched all your videos in 2 days. Now I'm waiting for more. Great stuff!

[@NeonateGaming]

+Joao Barreiros Wow - thanks!

[@nnorman20]

I watched all your vids in 2 days as well. Learned so much. Keep em coming bro!

[@NeonateGaming]

Thank you Nathan! I'm sorry I'm sucking right now (at posting videos), but I do have a couple new videos in the works!

[@joeparadiselui]

thanks for posting again these are incredible!

[@NeonateGaming]

+Joe Lui Thank you so much!

[@ashamael]

much much much MUCH better with the audio! Entertaining game. I was so frustrated for you because of blue. Keep 'em coming.

[@NeonateGaming]

+ashamael Thank you for the feedback on the audio, and I'm glad you enjoyed the game!

[@deepman007]

really fun one to watch. I've been waiting for a new video !

[@NeonateGaming]

+deepman007 Thanks for encouragement, and sorry for the wait! I started a new job and I've been buried, but I'll make no excuses! ;-)

[@deepman007]

+Neonate Gaming No worries ! good luck on the new job !

[@TonyJibster]

I recently started playing Catan, and your videos are very informative. It has been a couple years since you've posted so I hope will is well with you. Thanks for sharing!

[@NeonateGaming]

Thanks for the kind words and well wishes. I hope to post again soon!

[@iuliadianamarian3977]

i really appreciate all the work you put in the videos, I watched them all at least 2 times, and I am hungry for more if you have the time

[@NeonateGaming]

Thank you very much for the kind words, as well as your patience and understanding - I will try to feed your hunger soon!

[@iuliadianamarian3977]

Thank you for replying! I was playing catan the other day with friends and won 8 out of 10 with the help of what I learnt from you, so thanks for that too!

[@NeonateGaming]

Fantastic! Congrats!

[@liz7]

looking forward to more future content :D

[@liz7]

more please this was very informative :D

[@NeonateGaming]

Thank you Jericho! I'm sorry I'm sucking right now (at posting videos), but I do have a couple new videos in the works!

[@liz7]

+Neonate Gaming anyway i can still play at playcatan? catan universe iz too graphics heavy for my old laptop :(

[@NKLStone]

Wow! What a genius move of you counitng the dev card deck to be able to take largest army from white that was a great one i will remeber that one

[@zanepeltz5999]

Very interesting how that all played out. Love the commentary! It really shows the depth of your understanding of the game and is entertaining and informing! I was wondering whether you had a list of the rules you reference in each game play. I would love to have a look and study them so I can work on my own game. Thanks!

[@NeonateGaming]

+Zane Peltz Thanks for the kind words! I haven't finished the list of "rules" yet, but I will definitely publish it when I do! Thanks for your support!

[@draftskink]

+Neonate Gaming can you give the link to all of the rules. Can you make a video explaining all of the rules

[@NeonateGaming]

+draftskink Thanks for the request - I haven't finished all the "rules" yet, but I will post them as soon as I do!

[@ollie-d]

I don't understand how you convinced yourself to get a dev card @22:42 with the resources for a city and an AMAZING place to put it on that 5/9/10, particularly with the emphasis your economy had on wood 9's anyway. Nevertheless, good game. Revisiting these videos after having watched all of them numerous times in the previous year, and I can't thank you enough for all the knowledge they've given me. True to your opening statements, I do always beat my friends at home ;)

[@NeonateGaming]

Congrats on winning! I'm glad the videos are interesting enough to watch more than once! I agree, this decision was a close call. I felt upgrading would have made me a target. I preferred keeping the focus on White and quietly buying development cards.

[@pairot01]

17:00 what about using the roads to connect and take long road from white?

[@JohnSmith-yj3jz]

Interesting game indeed. But Ι would disagree that Blue made any serious mistakes. She took a great risk delaying to connect her settlements, and White was lucky enough to take advantage of that, and so he ruined her chances to win. After that Blue had no real hope to win the game, and in these conditions you can't really make anything that counts as a mistake. Choosing the winner, when you can't be the winner, is not a mistake. It is just slightly contrary to the common ethics of the game... At one point Blue thought she had won the game, and that indicates that she is not a very experienced Catan player, but I wouldn't call her idiot for that. Forgetting the 5 settlements limitation is an error that every Catan player has done at least once in his life, so lets be fair with her.

[@asianjbninja]

I'd say the mistake was taking the 11/12 instead of 8/4. So much more production and defends the area between your two settlements, which longest road is her only strategy.

[@avivlab]

@@asianjbninja I agree, that was her first major mistake (and probably the biggest), but most certainly not the only one. At the very least, after someone screws you so hard and basically cuts you out of the game, impede him in return instead of helping him win. If blue helped orange win instead of white to punish him for cutting her out of the game, I'd get that.

[@clevefisher5726]

at 33:15 just mono sheep and buy the last 2 d-cards

[@michaelclarkj]

That would give him 1 point and guarantee white keeps army. I think he didn't think 1 point there would be enough as white only needed one more point to win at that moment. Taking his sheeps may have still allowed white to upgrade to a city and win later. But, given dice rolls, this might have worked.

[@chesstechie]

Please explain the point system....

[@NeonateGaming]

I explain this better in the newer videos. The number tiles have dots beneath them that represent the frequency that number will be rolled (e.g. 6 and 8 have 5 dots under each representing a 5/36th probability of rolling that number). If you add up all the dots of an intersection, that is the productive value of that intersection. For example a 5/8/10, would be worth 12 points. 5 = 4 dots, 8 = 5 dots, 10 = 3 dots. 12 dots = 12/36 cards per turn, or 1 card every 3 turns. If you upgrade that intersection to a city, you would get 2 cards every 3 turns. I recommend memorizing the dots of each number to quickly recognize the best producing spots on the board. It also helps when you play craps!

[@MtnDew101972]

33:26 Couldnt you have won if you had played your victory point cards? you had 8 points +2=10 VP's. im new to the game so im not too sure how that stuff works

[@avivlab]

He had 8 points including the victory point cards. You don't show VP cards until the end of the game.

[@loganviau555]

What site is this?

[@NeonateGaming]

+Logan Viau www.playcatan.com - good luck!

[@loganviau555]

+Neonate Gaming is it true you can't play till Jan 7?

[@NeonateGaming]

+Logan Viau The Catan Universe beta for starts January 7. Playcatan will work until January 18. FAQ here www.playcatan.com/en/?pcopen=www.playcatan.com/en/cms/faq/faqs-about-catan-universe-and-the-discontinuation-of-playcatan-at-the-end-of-2015/

[@nemanjamilutinovic7202]

How can you say that blue made a mistake with buying dev card? If she got vic point she wins the game.. it was 50% chance, no?

[@michaelclarkj]

At that point she had lost longest road so was pulling for a possible 8th point. Still not necessarily a mistake as she is still trying to win, and seeing as how neonate was able to slow white down, it was not the game ender nate seemed to imply it was.