Do branches add to your longest road?

No, only the longest single path counts

Catan Longest Road Quiz: Five Roads and Two Victory Points

This catan longest road quiz builds a winding trail across the island. Play 10 interactive questions on Klaus Teuber's 1995 game, roads built from brick and lumber, needing at least five continuous segments, the card worth two victory points, how ties keep the current holder, branches that do not count, opponents breaking roads with settlements and the race to 10 points.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Who
Who designed Catan?
Year
When was Catan first published?
Cost
Which resources build a road?
Five
How many continuous road segments are needed?
VP
How many victory points is Longest Road worth?
Tie
What happens if another player ties your road length?
Branch
Do branches add to your longest road?
Break
How can an opponent break your road?
Win
How many points win a standard game?
Army
What gives Largest Army?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Who designed Catan?
Answer: Klaus Teuber
It began as The Settlers of Catan.
Q2: When was Catan first published?
Answer: 1995
It won Spiel des Jahres.
Q3: Which resources build a road?
Answer: Brick and lumber
Roads link settlements.
Q4: How many continuous road segments are needed?
Answer: At least five
Longer than anyone else's.
Q5: How many victory points is Longest Road worth?
Answer: Two
Largest Army is also two.
Q6: What happens if another player ties your road length?
Answer: You keep the card
They must exceed it.
Q7: Do branches add to your longest road?
Answer: No, only the longest single path counts
Count one continuous route.
Q8: How can an opponent break your road?
Answer: By building a settlement on it
The path is then split.
Q9: How many points win a standard game?
Answer: 10
Longest Road can tip the balance.
Q10: What gives Largest Army?
Answer: Playing at least three knights
It is the other two-point card.

Racing Along the Roads

Catan, designed by Klaus Teuber and first published in 1995 as The Settlers of Catan, won the Spiel des Jahres award. Players build settlements, cities and roads, aiming to reach 10 victory points. Roads cost brick and lumber.

The Longest Road card, worth two victory points, goes to the first player with a continuous road of at least five segments. Only the longest single path counts, not branches. If another player only ties your length, you keep the card; they must exceed it to take it.

Opponents can break a road by building a settlement on it, splitting the path and possibly changing who holds the card. Largest Army, earned by playing at least three knights, is the other two-point card, and both can decide close games.

What This Quiz Teaches

Board game fans will enjoy these questions.

Who designed Catan
How roads are built
How Longest Road works
How roads are broken
How the game is won

Did You Know?

The robber moves on a roll of 7.
Ports improve trades.
The board has 19 land hexes.
Expansions add seafarers and knights.
Trading is central to Catan.