Catan strategy, with receipts

Placement breakdowns of real championship finals, the mistakes even champions make, and a practice system for getting genuinely better — from the team behind Catan Trainer.

Catan Starting Placement: How to Choose Your First Two Settlements

The snake draft, pip counting, scarcity, picking a plan, ports priced by the roads you still have to build, your outs, and a second settlement that completes the first. Step by step, with a seat-by-seat cheat sheet.
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Catan Dice Probability: The Odds of Every Roll, and What the Pips Really Mean

The exact odds from 2 to 12 with a chart, how often a 6 or 8 hits in a real game, why numbers are never "due", and how to count a settlement's pips before you place.
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Catan Placement Strategy: 7 Lessons from the 2025 World Championship Final

How four national champions opened on a brutal triple-ore board in Stuttgart — and the placement principles behind every pick, from pip counting to port direction.
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Catan Placement Mistakes: 6 Blunders from Championship Finals

National champions blow openings too. Six real placement mistakes from world and national finals — building on spots you don't control, denial that backfires, and more.
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How to Get Better at Catan: A Practice System That Actually Works

Playing more games doesn't make you better — feedback does. Film study, placement drills with AI grading, and reviewing your real Colonist games.
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