
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 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 you build behind your own road in Minecraft?
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. Therefore, only the red player may continue to build behind the red settlement.
Can the Blue player build behind the Red player's settlement?
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. Therefore, only the red player may continue to build behind the red settlement.

Can you build a settlement in between someone else's roads?
No. If you build a new road, it must always connect to one of your own roads, settlements, or cities.
Can you build a road through someone else's settlement Catan?
Can the roads I build “go through” other players' settlements and cities? Answer: No. If you build a new road, it must always connect to one of your own roads, settlements, or cities.
Can you place a settlement without a road?
New settlements may only be built if they are connected to an existing road.
Can you interrupt someone's road Catan?
You are correct. You can break an opponent's road by building a settlement on an open intersection along his road!
Can you intercept a road in Catan?
Yes, if you add the new road piece to one of your own roads. The blue player may build the road piece marked with "*", even though his continuous road is interrupted by the red settlement.
How do roads work in Catan?
A road is built using 1 Lumber and 1 Brick and is always placed on an unoccupied side of a hex, connected to another road, settlement, city, or metropolis.
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.
What to do if someone points out from everyone else?
If someone’s 2 or more points out from everyone else, you should put the robber on their hexes. If that someone is you, consider being nice and putting the robber on the desert (in many cases, you can still steal a resource!).
What to do if you can't get any good ore spaces?
If you can’t get any good ore spaces, hoard any ore you can get your grubby fingers on! It’s going to be incredibly valuable to you. Believe it or not, I see more people buying development cards when they lack ore than when they’ve got ore hexes. Again, the urge to buy s omething is the fault.
How to counter scarce resource strategy?
As a counter to the scarce resource strategy, you can also try to determine where there will be an abundance of resources based on which resource has the highest combined probability numbers and put one of your first two settlements on the trading port for that resource. Opponents who aren't paying attention may trade you two sheep for a rock because they have an overage of sheep, forgetting that you are sitting on a sheep port and can now trade for any resource you need in your next turn.
What to do with vanilla settlers?
For vanilla settlers, the most important thing to do is upgrade your first two settlements to cities. This is hands-down your number one priority. These settlements are generally going to be far better than any you build later on, and doubling the production for them is critically important. There are a couple of natural consequences of this:
Can the second player continue building their road through a settlement?
No, the second player cannot continue building his or her road through that settlement.
Is it rare to build on the coast?
It’s rare for building on the coast to be a good idea, even with a ship.
