Can you build a road without a settlement in Catan?
No. If you build a new road, it must always connect to one of your own roads, settlements, or cities.
How long can roads be in Catan?
It's 8 segments. The game rules say: The first player to build a continuous road (not counting forks) of at least 5 road segments, receives the Special Card “Longest Road”.
Can you build a road anywhere in Catan?
A: Yes. You may build new roads or settlements anywhere that you have already built to. You do not need to be able to trace a route back to where you began the game. While a broken road makes your route shorter for purposes of the Longest Road card, you are not prohibited from building on either side of the break.
What happens if you run out of settlements in Catan?
As soon as you upgrade one settlement to a city, the settlement returns to your supply. The same goes for roads and cities, they too run out. As such, the longest possible road has length 15 (or 30 if you include ships from the Seafarers expansion).
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.
How do you get longest road?
The Longest Road is a special card included in Catan and is worth 2 victory points. The first player to have 5 or more continuous road segments, from one point to another without doubling back, may claim this card. If a different player gains a longer continuous road, they may claim the card from the current holder.
Can longest road have settlements?
The settlement blocks your road if it appears at the end of your road, that is if one of your roads comes off it. If it is in the middle of your road, so that there are two of your roads coming off it, you can keep building at both ends, but the settlement splits the road in two when counting for longest road.
Can you build a settlement between 2 roads?
Definite "yes." It is an inexpensive way to gain control of an intersection you and your opponent may be competing to build on if you have enough resources for roads but not enough for a settlement. In fact, you can even build a settlement on an opponent's road if one of your road segments intersects with it.
Can you build a settlement on someones road?
Yes. 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 a settlement without a road?
New settlements may only be built if they are connected to an existing road.
How many roads can you build in Catan?
You cannot build more pieces than what is available in your pool—a maximum of 5 settlements, 4 cities, and 15 roads. A new road must always connect to 1 of your existing roads, settlements, or cities.
Can you lie in Catan?
Things like "lying" and "bluffing" are really the rightful subject of house rules. The rules of the original games don't encourage lying, but they don't always go out of their way to prevent it either, given their designers' knowledge that different players have different "standards."
What is the minimum length of the longest road in Catan?
The first player to build a road at least five sections long (in a single stretch - not including forks) receives the Longest Road card, which is worth two victory points at the end of the game.
How does the longest road work in Settlers of Catan?
The Longest Road is a continuous road connecting two intersections, which consists of at least five individual road pieces and is not interrupted by game pieces belonging to other players. It has more individual road pieces than any other connecting road of this type.
Can longest road have settlements?
The settlement blocks your road if it appears at the end of your road, that is if one of your roads comes off it. If it is in the middle of your road, so that there are two of your roads coming off it, you can keep building at both ends, but the settlement splits the road in two when counting for longest road.
What happens if you tie for longest road?
According to the official rules, if the longest road is interrupted resulting in a tie for for the new longest road then the Longest Road card is set aside - no one receives it until the tie is broken.