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I don't know much about the game (have played a couple of times) but I'm curious about the author saying that two neighboring tiles can't both have a high value

I don't know much about the game (have played a couple of times) but I'm curious about the author saying that two neighboring tiles can't both have a high value, going into detail about how to overcome that problem... and then one of the sample photos shows two 10s neighboring?

kixiQu 4y ago
"high value" in this case isn't about the numeric value, but has to do with how often the number comes up on a pair of dice. Particularly, 6 and 8 are the most prized.
yojo 4y ago
It has to do with the probability of a given die roll occurring. There are three ways to make a sum of ten with a pair of six sided dice: 6-4, 4-6 and 5-5 There are five ways to make the sum of eight (ditto for a sum of six). 6-2, 2-6, 5-3, 3-5, 4-4 So you are almost twice as likely to see an eight rolled as a ten. The game actually has little dots underneath each number showing how many possible die rolls produce that number (so an '8' has 5 dots underneath it, a '12' has just one). Seven is the most common roll, but it has a special meaning in the game and does not correspond to a resource hex. For balance reasons you don't want a settlement location to have a super high probability of producing resources. So you don't let '6' and '8' sit next to each other. Otherwise the player with the settlement spanning them would likely win easily.
SkyPuncher 4y ago
Value is based on the combination of two 6-side dice. This creates a "bell" curve between 2 and 12 with 7 being the statistically most common dice value. 4 and 10 are considered mid-tier values.
Barrera 4y ago
6 and 8 can't be adjacent. Everything else is ok. https://www.reddit.com/r/Catan/comments/7bituv/can_numbers_touch_each_other_besides_6s_and_8s/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Catan/comments/7bituv/can_numbers_t... "High" refers to probably of roll, which is highest for 6 and 8 (after 7, which serves a different purpose).

kixiQu 4y ago

"high value" in this case isn't about the numeric value, but has to do with how often the number comes up on a pair of dice. Particularly, 6 and 8 are the most prized.

yojo 4y ago

It has to do with the probability of a given die roll occurring. There are three ways to make a sum of ten with a pair of six sided dice: 6-4, 4-6 and 5-5 There are five ways to make the sum of eight (ditto for a sum of six). 6-2, 2-6, 5-3, 3-5, 4-4 So you are almost twice as likely to see an eight rolled as a ten. The game actually has little dots underneath each number showing how many possible die rolls produce that number (so an '8' has 5 dots underneath it, a '12' has just one). Seven is the most common roll, but it has a special meaning in the game and does not correspond to a resource hex. For balance reasons you don't want a settlement location to have a super high probability of producing resources. So you don't let '6' and '8' sit next to each other. Otherwise the player with the settlement spanning them would likely win easily.

SkyPuncher 4y ago

Value is based on the combination of two 6-side dice. This creates a "bell" curve between 2 and 12 with 7 being the statistically most common dice value. 4 and 10 are considered mid-tier values.

Barrera 4y ago

6 and 8 can't be adjacent. Everything else is ok. https://www.reddit.com/r/Catan/comments/7bituv/can_numbers_touch_each_other_besides_6s_and_8s/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Catan/comments/7bituv/can_numbers_t... "High" refers to probably of roll, which is highest for 6 and 8 (after 7, which serves a different purpose).