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You can usually tell by the initial board state whether the winner will be an expansion player (wood, brick) or a development player (ore, grain, wool). I have
by logfromblammo 9y ago
You can usually tell by the initial board state whether the winner will be an expansion player (wood, brick) or a development player (ore, grain, wool).
I have never won a game using expansion alone, but once I did win without ever building a third settlement. I ignored wood and brick altogether, and got largest army and longest road (to nowhere). Everyone else was expanding, and thought I was no threat.
- godelski 9y agoSheep empire works a lot, especially if you can get a port. It really only works because people really undervalue the commodity. As soon as your opponent considers it as a valuable resource the strategy falls apart. Frequently this happens too late though, and you have to be prepared to build roads and cities out of sheep.
- zentiggr 9y agoNever played it, so that last sentence got my head full of xkcd style imagery of brick-tiled sheep to drive on... stacked bundles of wool as wall and floor material in multi-story wobbly pillow buildings... thanks for a good laugh this morning!
- loceng 9y agoAnother example of a winning strategy, I've seen a purely development card strategy win many times - including myself a few times.