Board Game Arena

Congrats!!

I won’t disagree with franko’s points. That being said, if I had to choose - Merchants , specifically at short connections and key choke points. Merchants connections can be blocked and are limited, Hermits cannot be blocked and can be scored anywhere on the board. Merchants can score 4 points per t...

Had a 125 : https://boardgamearena.com/table?table=442862187 I also had a theorical 128. But my opponent withdraw 2-3 turn before the end. So not an official score, even if calculation made it clear. Impressive win! Bien Fait! 28 Bonus card points is crazy. If you won round 1 bonus that would put y...

DrKatafalk wrote: ↑14 December 2023, 23:14 ...but my best ever across 300+ arena games for 2 is 118 (https://boardgamearena.com/table?table=449651482).

118 is also my max! Well played.

Hello all,

Interested to determine what is the max possible score in Arena mode? (2 player, no OPs)
Has anyone calculated this theoretically?

Also perhaps we can get there experimentally, please share your highscore!

If there is a prior thread on this please share.
Thanks!

A Goal relating to contact with the opponents settlements could be really interesting.
1 pt / settlement adjacent to 2+ opponent settlements
Or 1 pt / settlement which does not contact opponent settlement

Would likely have a similar feel to lords with advantage to P2.

Harbor is certainly helpful to getting a high merchant score. However keep in mind that frequently players will remove the harbor tile touching the water in order to jump to a new water location. This can allow for a easy harbor + subsequent free jump by drawing for example a desert card turn 2/3 or...

Try turn based Catan rather than live. Iv found the "frustrating situations" to be much more palatable for some reason.