Game phases

Several phases exist within OpenSettlers. The main phase is GamePhase. This phase defines the current state of the game. Several GamePhases exist:

• Lobby
  • Game waits for nough players to join the game
• DetermineFirstPlayer
  • Dices are rolled by each player, highroller starts. When multiple highrollers are present, all highrollers roll again untill there is a single highroller.
  • The highroller (game starter) places the first port, places the first town, and starts with the first turn.
• PlacePorts
  • Only when the map requires players to place ports, this phase is executed.
  • Highroller places the first port, player after him second, et cetera.
• InitialPlacement
  • Every player places a town & road, and then another town & road.
  • Optionally, if Tournament Starting Rules is selected in game options, the second town is a city, and a third road is placed.
• PlayTurns
  • Each player plays a turn, which in itself has 4 phases:
    • BeforeRollDice (soldier & victory point development card, claim victory)
    • RollDice
    • Trading
    • Build
• Ended

This listing shows the allowed turns within each GamePhase and TurnPhase:

• Lobby
  • Chat (GameAction)
  • GameOptionsChanged (LobbyAction)
  • EnterLobby (LobbyAction)
  • GameCreated (LobbyAction)
  • GameJoined (LobbyAction)
  • JoinGame (LobbyAction)
  • StartGame (LobbyAction)
  • UserLeft (LobbyAction)
  • UserLeftGame (LobbyAction)
  • UserDisconnected (LobbyAction)
• DetermineFirstPlayer
  • RollDice (TurnAction)
  • RolledSame (TurnAction)
• PlacePorts
  • PlacePort (TurnAction)
• InitialPlacement
  • BuildTown (TurnAction)
  • BuildRoad (TurnAction)
  • BuildShip (TurnAction)
  • BuildCity (TurnAction)
  • DiscoverHex (TurnAction)
• PlayTurns
  • Actions allowed in this phase are determined by the current TurnPhase:
    • BeforeRollDice
      • PlayDevelopmentCard (Soldier/Victory point) (TurnAction)
      • ClaimVictory (TurnAction)
      • PlaceRobberPirate (TurnAction)
      • RobPlayer (TurnAction)
      • LargestArmyChanged (InGameAction)
    • RollDice
      • RobPlayer (TurnAction)
      • PlaceRobberPirate (TurnAction)
      • LooseCards (InGameAction)
      • PickGold (InGameAction)
      • RollVolcanoDice (TurnAction)
      • LongestRouteChanged (InGameAction)
      • LargestArmyChanged (InGameAction)
      • RollDice (TurnAction)
    • Trading
      • TradeOffer (TurnAction)
      • EndTrade (TurnAction)
      • TradePlayer (TurnAction)
      • AcceptOffer (InGameAction)
      • CounterOffer (InGameAction)
      • RejectOffer (InGameAction)
    • Building
      • ClaimVictory (TurnAction)
      • BuildTown (TurnAction)
      • BuildCity (TurnAction)
      • BuildRoad (TurnAction)
      • BuildShip (TurnAction)
      • MoveShip (TurnAction)
      • BuyDevcard (TurnAction)
      • PlayDevcard (TurnAction)
      • PlaceRobber (TurnAction)
      • RobPlayer (TurnAction)
      • EndTurn (TurnAction)
      • LongestRouteChanged (InGameAction)
      • LargestArmyChanged (InGameAction)
      • TradeRoutesChanged (InGameAction)
      • SwapChit (TurnAction)
      • DiscoverChit (TurnAction)
      • DiscoverHex (TurnAction)
      • TradeBank (TurnAction)
• Ended

Valid in all game/turnphases:

• Chat