CATAN
Do you need a settlement on the harbour's own corner before you can use its trade rate, and must your road touch a matching hex?
The Harbors section says you control a harbour by building on a coastal intersection bordering it.
- CATAN rulebook · Rulebook · Harbors
- DominionFamily · Community · 2019-01-02
- MD1616 · Community · 2014-07-15
- odie73 · Community · 2018-03-23
Yes. You need a settlement or city on one of the harbour's two coastal corners, and a settlement elsewhere on the hex does not count. No rule requires your road to touch a matching hex.