Love this game! We just started playing this about 3-4 months ago. It's SOOOOO Much fun!!! I didn't know about a city breaking a road path and cancelling the longest road. That's interesting. I'll have to remember that next time we play it.
There’s no way... I just ordered this an hour ago, and was thinking of looking up a video to show my family, and right as I got on, your notification popped up!
This is well done. You may want to add that there has to be at least 2 road segments between builds. So if a settlement is in an intersection, you can't build within 2 road segments of that settlement.
As a person who has never played Catan, this video fails to mention why roads are important at all. My first thought was "why do i need to build roads? are they just for the longest road victory points?". In the build phase this guide fails to mention that you can only build settlements where your roads reach.
@@gerking195 no its not common sense there are plenty of games which have similar mechanics but they are used differently. For example in civilization V, you can build cities wherever, roads only grant you bonus gold upon connecting cities.
@@jasont4400 Hudini901 brought up a really good point and its constructed in a non-aggressive manner. Not sure why you gotta make things personal when its a perfectly legitimate concern.
its been many years since ive played this game and I just bought it to play with my 7 and 8 year old son. After reading the provided rules twice, I was still confused. This video helped a ton!
This was a good supplement to the rulebook which helped speed up my learning. Got it for Christmas and the rulebook was simple enough, but I wanted to confirm with a video, which this has done. Many thanks!
Thanks for this simple but detailed walk-thru. I'm older than dirt and really had never heard of this game. Don't know how though. At least now I can sit down at a table and not embarrass myself...Thanks Again Bro
I am playing this game with my D&D group next week and I have never heard of this game but it sounds and looks like a lot of fun. Thank you for making this video.
Honestly the way we found to understand this game best is to have a “practice round” where we’d do things and then I’d double check the rules as we went to the next turn. Found it a lot easier to learn that way than start/pause/rewinding a video every 5 seconds.
@kingkongdong7042 Yes it does... it outlines each turn phase, the order of turns, what is possible through each phase, and what each action is for. Watch it again.
At 8:23 , when random tokens are kept , 2 RED are adjacent to each other. As per rule book, we should make sure that no two Reds are adjacent to each other. Hope you make that correction in the video.
I don't recommend random tokens (even with no 2 adjacent REDs) It can create quite the unfair game. keeping the correct order really help to spread players over the board and not having rally bad areas.
@@thijsbaarda I didn't know about putting them in alphabetical order lol. Now I wanna play again, cause I always thought the game felt unfair when randomly placed.
When you decide that you want to surprise your friends and win most of your games, check out Dylighted' s channel about Catan. Let me know how it goes!
Very well done. I also question the phrasing of the number of cards that need to be discarded when the robber is activated. The rules state "more than 7" and "(ie, 8 or more) in the 5th ed. It would also have been nice to talk about the Distance Rule when doing the game setup. Again, great job, and the students at my school really benefited from this video. Nice work!
@@saritagundeti305 oh like you need to have 2 roads away from your building and your opponents buildings to build another at 5:49 you can see that orange and white have a settlement adjacent to the 6 on the left they are close to each other which is not allowed
Thanks so much for this excellent video - really well explained and clear for a newbie. Playing it for the first time tomorrow, now I’m confident I’ll know what I’m doing!
Have to learn this game for a social work function and, dear god, whoever invented this game clearly wasn’t getting any $3x at any given point in his life. No offense. Thank you, This tutorial was very helpful.
the way my family usually plays despite the rules: place each tile and number down blind to make the board more random, highest roll on dice goes first, each player gets 1 settlement and 2 roads, no resources until rolled for, we also usually ignore that the knight allows to steal resources but the knight moves the robber always.
Oh god this is sooo helpful!! you're definitely a life saver🥲✨ I wasn't able to understand how to play this game even after reading the rules out, thankfully I watched your video😁 Tysm!!💜
**BE CAREFUL** Great video but PLEASE read the paper instructions in their entirety. I don't know if this is just an old video and the new sets of Catan have been updated but this video omits a LOT of information. We didn't know until we played with a more seasoned player and were told that we're playing CRITICAL aspects of the game completely wrong. No hate, just want people to avoid the same mistakes we made.
great tutorial. by the way I think the robber has no effect on cards less than 8. Rule say "if you have more than 7 cards" and even specifies it means equals 8 or more. However if you get robbed when you have 7, it will make the game level harder and requires even more stronger hand and risk management.
well me and my friend use to play it a bit diferent we dont give resorces when the game start we do the number patern but we leave the faces with the letters up and when all player setteled we show up the numbers sometimes we just put the numbers at random these are a few changes
After watching this video, I played this with my sister and brother in law. I almost won even though it was my first try, but I was collecting the knight card because I thought I have to collect the 3 knights first then give them away to get the point card. Later when I put all 3 cards down, I realised that I had to play them 3 times, not collect them. And then my sister won. But it was really a fun experience. And I used alot of beginner's luck.
I just bought catan cus I've always wanted to play it and this really helped with understanding the rules. Thank you. Now I just need the expansions XD
@@thesoundforest9300 I think there are like 5. One that I recently got was the seafarers expansion. They just make the board bigger and add a few different mechanics
I’m trying to find some support in the rules pertaining to collecting the resources from the second settlement placed during the setup. Is this an official rule?
As I was truly enjoying your lesson I noticed something, the pieces had moved. They were in different spots. I had been hoping to see a continuous game. But thank you for clarifying second placement.
I'm about 99% sure the answer is yes but it's a lousy place to put one of your first two settlements, since it's only next to 1 or 2 hexes, as opposed to 3 most places.
I have a second hand set that seems to have everything but the harbor tokens which were mentioned after explaining everything without explaining their purpose. Do I need them or not? What are they for?
I watched this video first, and understood a little though I was not looking forward to playing it. I then watched from Watch it played, and I got a better handle of the game, and it seemed like a decent game. Im just saying if you watch this and are not inspired to play, watch more videos. For me, this video is good because its quick and short. But I recommend watching others as well.
Can’t seem to find a definitive answer. I understand that when someone initially steals the longest road they get those two points plus an additional two for victory points. What happens when someone steals the longest road from the second person that originally stole it? Does the second person keep their two victory points or do they lose all four?
When player 1 builds 5 consecutive roads, they receive the longest road card (2 victory points). However, if player 2 builds 6 consecutive roads, then player 2 takes the longest road card (2 victory points) from player 1. The longest road and largest army cards are not permanent victory points. Whoever holds the cards has those victory points, until someone builds more roads or plays more knight cards than them. Hopefully this clarifies!
'The Catan Dice Game' is very entertaining as well. You can also play single player which is a top 5 dice, card, or board/tabletop single player game for me. I'd like to know what you think about it.
1) Do you have build a settlement near the harbour (at the ending point) to get resourers..? 2) in my turn play the dice...Can i play more than 2 or more development card at my turn ? Thank you your explanation helped a lot 👍
You have to build a settlement to trade, just a road isn't good enough. You can only play 1 development card a turn, and not on the turn you bought it.
This is a good tutorial my cousin is coming Over in 30 mins so I had to learn this game really fast thanks
Enjoy
The game manual is too messy , my cousins have to wait for me to finishing decode the rule lol
how was your game
I lost to my cousins today and badly!! Now, I am preparing myself for the next battle.
How’d your game go bro
Love this game! We just started playing this about 3-4 months ago. It's SOOOOO Much fun!!! I didn't know about a city breaking a road path and cancelling the longest road. That's interesting. I'll have to remember that next time we play it.
There’s no way... I just ordered this an hour ago, and was thinking of looking up a video to show my family, and right as I got on, your notification popped up!
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I wish for 4 player magic realm, catan is too simple.
This is well done. You may want to add that there has to be at least 2 road segments between builds. So if a settlement is in an intersection, you can't build within 2 road segments of that settlement.
I was actually wondering why you wouldn't just build a settlement in between roads so that it couldn't be blocked, makes sense!
As a person who has never played Catan, this video fails to mention why roads are important at all. My first thought was "why do i need to build roads? are they just for the longest road victory points?". In the build phase this guide fails to mention that you can only build settlements where your roads reach.
Cuz it's kinda common sense like how do you get resources to a place you can't access
@@gerking195 no its not common sense there are plenty of games which have similar mechanics but they are used differently. For example in civilization V, you can build cities wherever, roads only grant you bonus gold upon connecting cities.
@@jasont4400 I don't know about but that is certainly a rude comment
@@jasont4400 Hudini901 brought up a really good point and its constructed in a non-aggressive manner. Not sure why you gotta make things personal when its a perfectly legitimate concern.
@@jasont4400 imagine getting so upset about board game rules, get a job 👍
That was WAY better than the 4 minute video from a different channel. Thank you.
Is it weird I know what video you’re talking about...
@@Johnnyquagmiregirl rules 😅
its been many years since ive played this game and I just bought it to play with my 7 and 8 year old son. After reading the provided rules twice, I was still confused. This video helped a ton!
Thanks helps a lot
Randomly came across a video of people playing this, then needed to know how the game was played, so here I am, was super helpful thank you
absolutely the same 2 years later !
Just saying thanks. Last time I played this was over 20 years ago. I needed a good refresher, and here it is.
Maybe Im wrong, But I believe if you have 7 cards you are safe from the robber. Directions say "more" than 7 not 7 or more
There may have been an eratta at some point on that wording. Catan is a pretty old game, after all.
You are correct. In the 5th ed. the rules state "more than 7" and "(ie 8 or more)"
That’s correct. Or at least that’s the way I’ve been playing it
Yeah I also read rule book it says more than 7
Correct
This was a good supplement to the rulebook which helped speed up my learning. Got it for Christmas and the rulebook was simple enough, but I wanted to confirm with a video, which this has done. Many thanks!
If anyone doesn’t understand I highly recommend watching the video in 0,5 times speed. Actually helpful
Now he's drunk 😂
Thanks for this simple but detailed walk-thru. I'm older than dirt and really had never heard of this game. Don't know how though. At least now I can sit down at a table and not embarrass myself...Thanks Again Bro
Arghh the panic attack I had when the pastures deck were off placed at 1:25. Thank you for fixing it
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Very clear cut tute I’ve seen yet. I’m playing and learning from two experienced friends tomorrow. 🙏🙏🙏
I am playing this game with my D&D group next week and I have never heard of this game but it sounds and looks like a lot of fun. Thank you for making this video.
Honestly the way we found to understand this game best is to have a “practice round” where we’d do things and then I’d double check the rules as we went to the next turn. Found it a lot easier to learn that way than start/pause/rewinding a video every 5 seconds.
can't agree. we played last night and the rules were vague, and we did at least 3 things wrong.
Very clear and well-explained! Thank you for simply stating the instructions, and having no unnecessary frills!
What do you mean bro, it doesn't even explain how to play the game.
@kingkongdong7042 Yes it does... it outlines each turn phase, the order of turns, what is possible through each phase, and what each action is for. Watch it again.
at around 5:30, I believe it is more than 7 cards (so 8 or more) that has to choose half of their cards (rounded down if odd) to discard
Was looking for this comment. You are correct.
Very helpful video, also many great comments with the technicalities within the game. It's a pretty overwhelming game at first!
At 8:23 , when random tokens are kept , 2 RED are adjacent to each other. As per rule book, we should make sure that no two Reds are adjacent to each other. Hope you make that correction in the video.
I don't recommend random tokens (even with no 2 adjacent REDs) It can create quite the unfair game. keeping the correct order really help to spread players over the board and not having rally bad areas.
@@thijsbaarda I didn't know about putting them in alphabetical order lol. Now I wanna play again, cause I always thought the game felt unfair when randomly placed.
Several years ago my sister and brother-in-law introduced me to this game, and I've been hooked ever since. ❤
Thanks Man. I like to watch video tutorials to learn and use the rule book as a reference. You did a great job!
Thanks I just got the game for christmas and this was super helpful
Thank you for this tutorial my friends are playing it rn and I feel very left out. Finally I can partake in this lovely game. Thanks once again
Have fun!
When you decide that you want to surprise your friends and win most of your games, check out Dylighted' s channel about Catan. Let me know how it goes!
Same bro
This is a game my brother taught me. Your explanation also helps; thank you very much indeed.
I just played like 3 days ago with some friends and I am just now looking for the rules.
I was bought this for my birthday. Oddly, your video is putting me off playing it.
I just played it for the first time with my family. It was a lot of fun!
I think they need to make it a little more complicated and non intuitive.
Very well done. I also question the phrasing of the number of cards that need to be discarded when the robber is activated. The rules state "more than 7" and "(ie, 8 or more) in the 5th ed. It would also have been nice to talk about the Distance Rule when doing the game setup. Again, great job, and the students at my school really benefited from this video. Nice work!
What's the Distance rule?
@@saritagundeti305 oh like you need to have 2 roads away from your building and your opponents buildings to build another at 5:49 you can see that orange and white have a settlement adjacent to the 6 on the left they are close to each other which is not allowed
I have always played if it’s 8 or more than 8
Thanks so much for this excellent video - really well explained and clear for a newbie. Playing it for the first time tomorrow, now I’m confident I’ll know what I’m doing!
Update - I won my first game! 🙌😀
Nice
Have to learn this game for a social work function and, dear god, whoever invented this game clearly wasn’t getting any $3x at any given point in his life. No offense. Thank you, This tutorial was very helpful.
Hahahahaha 😂😂
the way my family usually plays despite the rules: place each tile and number down blind to make the board more random, highest roll on dice goes first, each player gets 1 settlement and 2 roads, no resources until rolled for, we also usually ignore that the knight allows to steal resources but the knight moves the robber always.
Oh god this is sooo helpful!! you're definitely a life saver🥲✨ I wasn't able to understand how to play this game even after reading the rules out, thankfully I watched your video😁 Tysm!!💜
Great tutorial. I haven't played for years, and I'm in a game this afternoon.
**BE CAREFUL**
Great video but PLEASE read the paper instructions in their entirety. I don't know if this is just an old video and the new sets of Catan have been updated but this video omits a LOT of information. We didn't know until we played with a more seasoned player and were told that we're playing CRITICAL aspects of the game completely wrong. No hate, just want people to avoid the same mistakes we made.
you could have mentioned any of those points here, which would have been more helpful.
@brunetteXer sorry, I don't have the time to write out an essay explaining everything he missed. Read the instructions.
great tutorial. by the way I think the robber has no effect on cards less than 8. Rule say "if you have more than 7 cards" and even specifies it means equals 8 or more.
However if you get robbed when you have 7, it will make the game level harder and requires even more stronger hand and risk management.
Looking at 5:25... Are we allowed to have settlements one space/road apart?
I think when you have a settlement/ city, the 3 adjacent intersections are unbuildable
No, settlements/cities must have two spaces/roads apart!
one of my friends were frustrated cuz of how dumb i was playing this game, this helped a ton! ❤😊
well me and my friend use to play it a bit diferent
we dont give resorces when the game start
we do the number patern but we leave the faces with the letters up
and when all player setteled we show up the numbers
sometimes we just put the numbers at random
these are a few changes
After watching this video, I played this with my sister and brother in law. I almost won even though it was my first try, but I was collecting the knight card because I thought I have to collect the 3 knights first then give them away to get the point card. Later when I put all 3 cards down, I realised that I had to play them 3 times, not collect them. And then my sister won. But it was really a fun experience. And I used alot of beginner's luck.
Do I need 2 roads before I can place a settlement?
the blue settlement by the sea.... is that right? I thought it had to be where 2 hexes joined.
I just bought catan cus I've always wanted to play it and this really helped with understanding the rules. Thank you. Now I just need the expansions XD
Sorry, but what expansions?
@@thesoundforest9300 I think there are like 5. One that I recently got was the seafarers expansion. They just make the board bigger and add a few different mechanics
And yes, you need more than 7 cards meaning 8 and above in order to return half of them (rounded down) to the bank.
This was very helpful! Thank You!🙂
Great explanation, it's was concise and clearly explained
I’m trying to find some support in the rules pertaining to collecting the resources from the second settlement placed during the setup. Is this an official rule?
Thanks you piece.
As I was truly enjoying your lesson I noticed something, the pieces had moved. They were in different spots. I had been hoping to see a continuous game. But thank you for clarifying second placement.
Yo bro do you have a catan board. i buy the extension but it was an adding to normal one please bro
This was very helpfull thanks ❤😊
I love this! Great voice, clear as crystal 😍
got this game today and now understand it more thanks
but will need a few games to fully get it
Question, can a player begin the game by placing a settlement directly next to a harbor thereby receiving trade in benefits?
I'm about 99% sure the answer is yes but it's a lousy place to put one of your first two settlements, since it's only next to 1 or 2 hexes, as opposed to 3 most places.
Finally, a settlement breaking the longest road is explained legal move.
And the use of Harbour Tokens.
thank u this means alot u made my day ty
A lot of information! But when I think about it, it's not that hard!
I a actually learned to play without the border and even made a way to make it a two player. I have not played in a long time. Miss it!
Still a bit fuzzy about how to play it. But I have a better idea now. Thanks!
How are the resource cards decided when they are given out?
Its whatever you place your settlement on, it's the ones its touching
The hexagons which your second settlement is touching. You should get three resource cards
Best tutorial ever!
Well Explained
after you rolled a 7 and moved the robber and steel a card from your opponent the first time. do you do the same thing every time you roll a 7
Thank you, I brought all the series years ago, still sealed.... Will have to break them open
Catan vbs no how long I good video fight
The game blessed
Great vid!
Excellent tutorial
Very helpful. I was so clueless before I watched this
Excellent tutorial! Thank you.
That was one real good tutorial.
I have a second hand set that seems to have everything but the harbor tokens which were mentioned after explaining everything without explaining their purpose. Do I need them or not? What are they for?
Thank you! Very helpful.
So wait. 1:00 the number tokens are always in the same order then based on the letters on the back? But the tiles are random?
This was uploaded exactly on my birthday...
I watched this video first, and understood a little though I was not looking forward to playing it. I then watched from Watch it played, and I got a better handle of the game, and it seemed like a decent game. Im just saying if you watch this and are not inspired to play, watch more videos. For me, this video is good because its quick and short. But I recommend watching others as well.
Did you end up liking the game?
Thank you so much for creating this video!
Thank you mort goldman, good tutorial
Can the robber be moved to any hex or only a hex that borders the one it’s currently in?
You only give up cards to the Robber if you have more than 7 resource cards. Other than that, great video!
He said that fucko
If you put the numbers in the alphabet order they the numbers are always on the same place!?
Can’t seem to find a definitive answer. I understand that when someone initially steals the longest road they get those two points plus an additional two for victory points.
What happens when someone steals the longest road from the second person that originally stole it? Does the second person keep their two victory points or do they lose all four?
When player 1 builds 5 consecutive roads, they receive the longest road card (2 victory points). However, if player 2 builds 6 consecutive roads, then player 2 takes the longest road card (2 victory points) from player 1.
The longest road and largest army cards are not permanent victory points. Whoever holds the cards has those victory points, until someone builds more roads or plays more knight cards than them. Hopefully this clarifies!
Can either of your fist settlements builds be placed at a harbor trade?
Really really helpful explanation!! Thanks dude!
'The Catan Dice Game' is very entertaining as well. You can also play single player which is a top 5 dice, card, or board/tabletop single player game for me.
I'd like to know what you think about it.
Great! Is there any card play u wants to introduce to us?
love the board game dude
Very helpful. Thankyou
Nice video this helped a lot
god what a nice summarization
1) Do you have build a settlement near the harbour (at the ending point) to get resourers..?
2) in my turn play the dice...Can i play more than 2 or more development card at my turn ?
Thank you your explanation helped a lot 👍
You have to build a settlement to trade, just a road isn't good enough. You can only play 1 development card a turn, and not on the turn you bought it.
You are a life saver the intrusions didn’t do shit
do settlements have to be attached to roads? and at the begginning can the second settlement be anywhere on the board
Needs clarity on where settlements can be placed and the rules of placement.
Thanks. Great video, entertaining and succinct!
5:26 that’s not right. Only when you have 8 or more cards
I agree, starts with 8 cards not 7.
everywhere ive seen, including the instruction book that comes with it, says 7 cards
@@XProminer47 I downloaded the official Game for my iPhone. You are affected by theft when you have 8+
Paper rules say "more than 7" which means 8 or more
Great stuff. Excellent video. Straight to the point an no faff. Makes it easy for n00bs to grasp!
You the real mvp.
Great job bro!
Thank you! Cheers!
Thanks really helpful. Keen to play the game
i watch this every day
what a great video