Ultimate Strategy Guide to Starting Settlements in Catan | by Noah Miller | Medium

Remember that feeling of placing your starting settlements only to realize the horror of how bad they actually are? You knew they could be better, but the time pressure of the table waiting on you was too much to ignore? You sit back from your work, waiting for everyone to laugh at you for making placements that don’t make sense. Your suspicions become real when the other settlements are placed (in spots you probably should have seen coming), crushing your position. Victory is farther away, even before the first roll of dice. Selecting your initial settlement spots is the single-most important moment in a game that sets the tone for everything else to follow. By the end of this post, I will equip you with everything you need to know so you can start your games confidently. Since fields of thought can vary widely, I will note that there is no ‘perfect’ pair of placements. A spot that may be ‘best’ against one group of players, may not be with different people. (For example, if you know

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