Catan : a guide to strategy /
"Catan (formerly called Settlers of Catan), the most popular and iconic of the Eurogames that have swept the world since the 1990s, has sold more than 35 million copies in 40 different languages. For the first time ever, Catan's mechanics and strategies are detailed in basic language and s...
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Jefferson, North Carolina :
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,
[2024]
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Table of Contents:
- Cover
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Why a Strategy Guide for a Game Based on the Luck of the Dice?
- I. The Rules
- Resource Cards
- Board Setup: Hexes, Number Tiles, and Dots
- Game Pieces: Roads, Settlements, and Cities
- Resource Generation
- The Robber
- The Limit
- The Distance Rule
- Development Cards
- Longest Road and Largest Army
- Setup Phase
- Turn Sequence
- Winning the Game
- Commonly Disputed Rules
- II. The Mechanics of the Game
- The Gaussian Curve
- Production
- Number Spectra
- Power Hexes and Power Intersections
- Inherent Value vs. Trade Value
- Actual Cost vs. Opportunity Cost
- Total Production Value (TPV)
- The TPV Formula
- Harbor Formulas
- III. Advanced Considerations
- Strategy vs. Tactics
- The Three Pillars of Catan
- Who's Ahead?
- The Design of Catan
- Hoarding
- Burst-Building
- Roads
- Settlements
- Cities
- Development Cards
- Game Phases
- Opening Theory
- Middlegame Theory
- Endgame Theory
- IV. Common-Sense Catan
- Burn This Book
- Be in the Game!
- The Power of Calm
- Table Talk
- Hardcore Catan
- V. Wrapup
- Last Words
- Expansions, Scenarios, and Alternate Rules
- Supercards
- The Fatal Flaw of Two-Player Catan
- Tell Me I'm Wrong!
- Glossary: The Language of Catan
- Chapter Notes