You can build the settlement in the middle of an opponent's road (as long as your own road connects to it and there is at least one gap before any other existing settlements). Yes. It does affect the longest road: the road stops at the settlement for counting purposes, and starts again at the other side.
Can you build in an area claimed by another player?
A player cannot build in an area claimed by another player by road building. Scenario 2 is allowed. Roads can be built anywhere on the map, providing the user has the roads in their possession. However, once a road has been disconnected by an opposing settlement, the stranded road (s) must be removed from the game board.
Can you build settlements in the middle of your opponent's roads?
You can build the settlement in the middle of an opponent's road (as long as your own road connects to it and there is at least one gap before any other existing settlements). Yes. It does affect the longest road: the road stops at the settlement for counting purposes, and starts again at the other side. Yes.
Can you build a road without connecting to your own road?
No. If you build a new road, it must always connect to one of your own roads, settlements, or cities. In the situation depicted above, the blue player would not be connecting his road piece to his own road but to the red player's settlement, which the rule prohibits.
Can two players build on the opposite side of the road?
What about the opposite case: if two players have roads coming up to a corner where one of them already has a settlement, can the other one continue building from the other side? Yes.
What happens if you build a settlement at the end of a road?
If your opponent builds a settlement at the end of your road, you are no longer connecting your road to your existing road, you are connecting it to an opponent’s settlement, which is not legal. Share.
Do you have to connect a new road to your own?
Answer: No . If you build a new road, it must always connect to one of your own roads, settlements, or cities.
Do new roads always connect to existing roads?
A new road must always connect to 1 of your existing roads, settlements, or cities.