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See also these two threads from last year, about the highest possible number of points you can have in Catan (base game): • https://boardgamearena.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=36008 • https://boardgamearena.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=39393 In the first thread I suggested that it would be impossible to ...

Rune__b wrote: ↑18 July 2025, 13:47 You can only win when it is your turn, so whatever cards other players have is irrelevant.
So if you have 10 points on your turn you win, even if another player has 11 points.

Thank you for your clarification!

As is well known, in a game, if we can win by score cards from the development cards, we can choose to forcibly skip the game and temporarily not win. So the question arises: If at this point Player 1 has 9 points and has 2 score cards in hand, but Player 1 does not choose to end the game and win, b...

Hi, You can write some tips in the tips page of bga: https://en.doc.boardgamearena.com/Tips_catan . If you want that I do it myself I could, yours look more advanced than the whole page. Which seem weird since Catan is really popular. Sorry, I didn't know about this page, and it's the first time I'...

Hi, You can write some tips in the tips page of bga: https://en.doc.boardgamearena.com/Tips_catan . If you want that I do it myself I could, yours look more advanced than the whole page. Which seem weird since Catan is really popular. Sorry, I didn't know about this page, and it's the first time I'...

How can I infer the distribution of development cards? Ok. To clearly understand the distribution of development cards, there is a very crucial point, which is the use of function cards within the development cards. The judgment strategy for the distribution of each hand of the development card: 1....

1. How to Occupy a Position: (1). You should occupy as many points as possible, such as 5,6,8, and 9. These are called high-probability points, followed by 4 and 10. (2). You should prioritize the occupation of wheat > stones > wood = bricks > sheep, with the priority order decreasing in sequence, e...