A Roll of The Dice

Settlers of Catan is a board game that involves both a strategical set up and the luck of the dice. To build the best colony, one has to build not only on the right resources, but also on the most abundant ones (this is determined by the roll of dice). Whenever a number is rolled, you pick up its corresponding resource if you have a settlement on it. Last time I played I had a good set up, there is no denying that. I built my first settlement on the numbers 6,5, and 9, which corresponded to 2 resources of ore and 1 of wheat. I built my second on an 8 and a 4 (wood and brick), and a 3-for-1 Port, where you can trade for any resource you need. The wheat and ore were perfect for building cities, the wood and brick perfect for roads. On top of that, my numbers were favorable as far as a pair of dice are concerned. The only problem was that in the first 12 rolls I only got 1 resource and robbed 3 times.

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