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2025-12-23

Setup #898
road-race port-driven polarized ore-scarce

Wood and brick make expansion worth a look.

For your two settlements, look at I08 + I34. These settlements produce all five resources, giving you several ways to build. This opening leans toward roads and new settlements. Place I34 second to start with 1 wood, 1 brick, 1 ore.

Top start: I34 — Wood 9 / Brick 8 / Ore 5
Top pair: I08 + I34
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2025-12-22

Setup #1242
road-race port-driven polarized ore-scarce

Wood and brick make expansion worth a look.

For your two settlements, look at I26 + I25. These settlements produce all five resources, giving you several ways to build. This opening leans toward roads and new settlements. Place I25 second to start with 1 wood, 1 brick, 1 wheat.

Top start: I26 — Sheep 6 / Wood 5 / Ore 4
Top pair: I26 + I25
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2025-12-21

Setup #566
port-driven polarized brick-scarce

Choose your first settlement carefully: the strongest spots stand apart.

For your two settlements, look at I43 + I34. These settlements produce all five resources, giving you several ways to build. This opening leans toward roads and new settlements. Place I34 second to start with 1 wood, 1 brick, 1 sheep.

Top start: I34 — Sheep 9 / Brick 8 / Wood 5
Top pair: I43 + I34
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2025-12-20

Setup #206
port-driven polarized brick-scarce

Choose your first settlement carefully: the strongest spots stand apart.

For your two settlements, look at I34 + I13. These settlements produce all five resources, giving you several ways to build. This opening leans toward roads and new settlements. Place I13 second to start with 1 wood, 1 brick, 1 sheep.

Top start: I34 — Wheat 10 / Ore 8 / Brick 4
Top pair: I34 + I13
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2025-12-19

Setup #1381
city-heavy port-driven polarized brick-scarce

Plan around limited ore.

For your two settlements, look at I20 + I43. City upgrades will need trades for ore. This opening leans toward roads and new settlements. Place I43 second to start with 1 wood, 1 brick, 1 sheep.

Top start: I20 — Wheat 8 / Sheep 5 / Wood 4
Top pair: I20 + I43
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2025-12-18

Setup #2740
city-heavy port-driven polarized sheep-scarce

This board gives cities more room to grow.

For your two settlements, look at I33 + I08. City upgrades will need trades for ore. This opening leans toward roads and new settlements. Place I08 second to start with 1 wood, 1 brick, 1 sheep.

Top start: I22 — Sheep 10 / Brick 9 / Wheat 6
Top pair: I33 + I08
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2025-12-17

Setup #894
port-driven polarized brick-scarce

Choose your first settlement carefully: the strongest spots stand apart.

For your two settlements, look at I25 + I19. These settlements produce all five resources, giving you several ways to build. This opening leans toward roads and new settlements. Place I19 second to start with 1 brick, 1 wheat, 1 ore.

Top start: I25 — Wood 6 / Sheep 5 / Wheat 5
Top pair: I25 + I19
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2025-12-16

Setup #400
city-heavy port-driven polarized brick-scarce

This board gives cities more room to grow.

For your two settlements, look at I35 + I03. These settlements produce all five resources, giving you several ways to build. This opening leans toward roads and new settlements. Place I03 second to start with 1 wood, 1 brick, 1 ore.

Top start: I42 — Ore 9 / Wood 6 / Wheat 5
Top pair: I35 + I03
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2025-12-15

Setup #155
road-race port-driven polarized ore-scarce

Plan around limited ore.

For your two settlements, look at I03 + I39. City upgrades will need trades for ore. This opening leans toward roads and new settlements. Place I39 second to start with 1 wood, 1 brick, 1 wheat.

Top start: I04 — Wheat 6 / Sheep 5
Top pair: I03 + I39
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2025-12-14

Setup #946
road-race port-driven polarized sheep-scarce

Plan around limited ore.

For your two settlements, look at I34 + I30. City upgrades will need trades for ore. This opening leans toward roads and new settlements. Place I30 second to start with 1 wood, 1 brick, 1 wheat.

Top start: I30 — Wheat 10 / Brick 6 / Wood 5
Top pair: I34 + I30
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2025-12-13

Setup #3092
road-race port-driven polarized sheep-scarce

Wood and brick make expansion worth a look.

For your two settlements, look at I24 + I03. These settlements produce all five resources, giving you several ways to build. Your brick harbor lets you exchange two matching cards for one resource of your choice. Place I03 second to start with 1 wood, 1 brick, 1 ore.

Top start: I03 — Ore 11 / Brick 9 / Wood 6
Top pair: I24 + I03
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2025-12-12

Setup #534
port-driven polarized ore-scarce

Choose your first settlement carefully: the strongest spots stand apart.

For your two settlements, look at I34 + I08. City upgrades will need trades for wheat. This opening leans toward roads and new settlements. Place I08 second to start with 1 wood, 1 brick, 1 ore.

Top start: I08 — Brick 10 / Wood 8 / Ore 5
Top pair: I34 + I08
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2025-12-11

Setup #640
port-driven polarized ore-scarce

Plan around limited ore.

For your two settlements, look at I44 + I02. City upgrades will need trades for ore. This opening leans toward roads and new settlements. Place I02 second to start with 1 wood, 1 brick, 1 wheat.

Top start: I44 — Brick 9 / Sheep 8 / Wheat 5
Top pair: I44 + I02
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2025-12-10

Setup #242
port-driven polarized wood-scarce

Choose your first settlement carefully: the strongest spots stand apart.

For your two settlements, look at I02 + I16. These settlements produce all five resources, giving you several ways to build. This opening leans toward roads and new settlements. Place I16 second to start with 1 brick, 1 sheep, 1 ore.

Top start: I16 — Sheep 6 / Brick 5 / Ore 5
Top pair: I02 + I16
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2025-12-09

Setup #994
port-driven polarized brick-scarce

Plan around limited sheep.

For your two settlements, look at I33 + I44. Without sheep production, new settlements and development cards will need a trade. This opening leans toward roads and new settlements. Place I44 second to start with 1 wood, 1 brick, 1 wheat.

Top start: I44 — Brick 9 / Wood 6 / Wheat 5
Top pair: I33 + I44
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2025-12-08

Setup #1452
city-heavy port-driven polarized brick-scarce

This board gives cities more room to grow.

For your two settlements, look at I45 + I03. These settlements produce all five resources, giving you several ways to build. This opening leans toward roads and new settlements. Place I03 second to start with 1 wood, 1 brick, 1 sheep.

Top start: I03 — Sheep 9 / Brick 6 / Wood 5
Top pair: I45 + I03
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2025-12-07

Setup #622
port-driven polarized brick-scarce

Choose your first settlement carefully: the strongest spots stand apart.

For your two settlements, look at I39 + I33. These settlements produce all five resources, giving you several ways to build. This opening leans toward roads and new settlements. Place I33 second to start with 1 wood, 1 brick, 1 wheat.

Top start: I39 — Sheep 8 / Wood 5 / Ore 4
Top pair: I39 + I33
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2025-12-06

Setup #1451
road-race port-driven polarized ore-scarce

Plan around limited ore.

For your two settlements, look at I16 + I45. City upgrades will need trades for ore. This opening leans toward roads and new settlements. Place I45 second to start with 1 wood, 1 brick, 1 wheat.

Top start: I45 — Wheat 9 / Brick 9 / Wood 8
Top pair: I16 + I45
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2025-12-05

Setup #107
road-race port-driven polarized ore-scarce

Wood and brick make expansion worth a look.

For your two settlements, look at I39 + I34. These settlements produce all five resources, giving you several ways to build. This opening leans toward roads and new settlements. Place I34 second to start with 1 wood, 1 wheat, 1 ore.

Top start: I39 — Sheep 9 / Brick 6 / Wheat 5
Top pair: I39 + I34
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2025-12-04

Setup #1167
road-race port-driven polarized ore-scarce

Wood and brick make expansion worth a look.

For your two settlements, look at I45 + I39. These settlements produce all five resources, giving you several ways to build. This opening leans toward roads and new settlements. Place I39 second to start with 1 brick, 1 sheep, 1 ore.

Top start: I39 — Brick 8 / Sheep 5 / Ore 4
Top pair: I45 + I39
Open map

2025-12-03

Setup #980
city-heavy port-driven polarized wood-scarce

This board gives cities more room to grow.

For your two settlements, look at I42 + I35. These settlements produce all five resources, giving you several ways to build. This opening leans toward roads and new settlements. Place I35 second to start with 1 wood, 1 brick, 1 sheep.

Top start: I42 — Brick 8 / Ore 5 / Wheat 4
Top pair: I42 + I35
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2025-12-02

Setup #1292
port-driven polarized ore-scarce

Plan around limited ore.

For your two settlements, look at I16 + I08. City upgrades will need trades for ore. This opening leans toward roads and new settlements. Place I08 second to start with 2 wood, 1 brick.

Top start: I16 — Wheat 9 / Sheep 6 / Wood 3
Top pair: I16 + I08
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2025-12-01

Setup #958
port-driven polarized wood-scarce

Plan around limited ore.

For your two settlements, look at I26 + I19. City upgrades will need trades for ore. This opening leans toward roads and new settlements. Place I19 second to start with 1 wood, 1 brick, 1 wheat.

Top start: I19 — Wood 10 / Wheat 6 / Brick 5
Top pair: I26 + I19
Open map

2025-11-30

Setup #757
port-driven polarized brick-scarce

Choose your first settlement carefully: the strongest spots stand apart.

For your two settlements, look at I08 + I44. These settlements produce all five resources, giving you several ways to build. This opening leans toward roads and new settlements. Place I44 second to start with 1 wood, 1 sheep, 1 wheat.

Top start: I08 — Ore 9 / Brick 8 / Sheep 5
Top pair: I08 + I44
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