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MasterSauce
07/24/09

In reply to Catan Officially Settling on iPhone
Seriously? Longest road is just a pissing contest between you and whoever else wants those two points. Put your money into quick dirty settlements and get on as many hexs as possible, spreading out how many different numbers you're on.

Early ports are a fine piece of advice though.
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Owen Good
07/24/09

@MasterSauce: You still need a road to connect those settlements, guy. And they have to be two hexes apart.
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JibbyJam
07/23/09

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This may seem like a strange thing to say, but this news alone is almost enough to make me get an iPhone or touch.

Such is my love of Catan.
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Fireflynik
07/23/09

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Wow... I read the title as "Satan Officially Settling on iPhone."

I have no clue what this Catan is though, seems like something my old friends at the comic store would play alongside Carcassonne and Flux.
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Kobun
07/23/09

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Catan isn't a game for bastards. I can never bring myself to do even trades or even things marginally in my favor as I rather my opponent(s) suffer. I can't enjoy a board game that requires me to be friendly with my enemy. Probably why my friends and I always enjoyed Carcassonne so much. Nothing beats taking the air out of the hopes for super castle completion.
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Grahamunculus the Corpse Golem
07/23/09

@Kobun: I also enjoy sitting on a massive stack of cards just lose half when someone rolls a seven, simply because I didn't want to help them out. Risk is a better board game for my destructive nature. I like to just pick anyone at random and attempt to annihilate them at any cost.
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Kobun
07/23/09

@Grahamunculus: I can't see having a massive stack of cards when building and port trading keeps it manageable. Since everything is worth some amount of points, it helps to keep building. Games always seem to end in a development card race as it is, so better to start off in position to farm them from my experience. Development card cost is too low with too good advantages for me to ignore.
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Grahamunculus the Corpse Golem
07/23/09

@Kobun: I always seem to get to screwed on dev cards as someone will pick up the monopoly card and jack my wheat. I usually end up in a close second place with very sporadic victories. I can't tell you how many times I've been within 1 point and every one teamed up to hand the game to someone else.
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Pombar
07/23/09

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Damnit world, stop feeding my addiction! Also, thank you very much.
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