They collect lots of development cards and a typical winning combination will involve 3 cities, 2 victory point cards and largest army.
This strategy aims first to build two cities before attempting to build roads or settlements. Players who like this strategy look for rich placements on ore and wheat and don't worry much about brick and wood. They collect lots of development cards and a typical winning combination will involve 3 cities, 2 victory point cards and largest army. Road building is most often done with the appropriate development card. It's quite possible to win this way without producing a single brick or wood in the entire game (by using trading and/or Road Building/Year of Plenty cards to get the wood+brick for your additional settlement(s)).