Settlers of Catan longest road question?

Question

My question is, when you build a road around a hex, do you count it in your longest road, or not?

Take a look at the following example:

http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t88/liliananas/settlers.jpg

Would the purple road be counted as being 10 or 12 (if you go around the whole hex) roads long?

Answer 1

It would be counted as 10.

Answer 2

You have 11 segments in your road. You are looking for the longest consecutive line without overlapping.

2 on 12 wheat

3 on 11 Ore

2 on 4 Brick

1 on 11 ore and 4 brick

1 on 4 brick and 3 sheep

1 on 4 brock and desert

1 on 4 brock and 8 wheat

The one on 8 wheat wpuldn't count towards longest road.

I hope that is helpful and not confusing.

Answer 3

To clarify (since I had to look at it a few times), if you start at the top of the 4 Brick hex and follow the road around to the same spot and then up, you get 11 segments, so the offshoot at 8 Wheat doesn't count.

Sorry if this was already clear, but it took me a minute after reading the other answers, so I thought it might not be crystal.

I certainly don't mean to imply that you're as dumb as I am, though :).

Answer 4

11 is correct.

even though you have more than 11 segments, the longest contiguous set you can trace is 11.