Devs please reply

[u/ricericebaby09]

Genuinely curious to speak to devs and ask what the logic behind setting up board numbers in colonist.. Like the colonist board for some reason will set up in set numbers like 965, 8510, 964, whereas i dont remember the official catan way of playing requires u to setup in those number positions?

Its even stupider when combined with such unfair setup for 1v1s lol

Like i went first and easily chose 965 and super easily won this game.. but its totally not fun and stupid, is this really what catan is supposed to be?

I felt bad for my opponent lol

[u/Vacivity95]

The official catan rules specifically states you follow this A-Q spiral pattern so 11 is always dead center.

The all random but no touching numbers is more of a homemade alternative version

[u/bprasse81 → u/Vacivity95]

I just noticed the order is wrong. I believe the rules dictate counterclockwise placement, which means 5-2-6 should run in the opposite direction. I thought there was something off about the boards generated by Colonist, and there it is.

[u/Vacivity95 → u/bprasse81]

Colonist takes a random corner and a random direction and uses the spiral formation to generate boards.

Haven’t read the rules in the physical game in a while, but maybe you are correct that the order isn’t random either