Disclaimer: I have no idea if this is actually the strongest, the only other one I found online is a part of Catanatron and I currently have no way of comparing them directly.

Introduction

After burning out of chess engine programming and chess in general a couple of years ago, I got the urge to get back into engine programming with something new.

For those unaware, Catan is a popular strategy board game that involves securing resources to spend on building and developing your settlements on the island of Catan, winning by gathering enough Victory Points before the other players can.…