Catan Junior can also be played as a 2-player game.Īlthough CATAN Junior contains some simplified rules so that 6-year-olds can participate without any difficulty, it is still unmistakably a "CATAN" game. The die-cut resource tiles included in CATAN Junior are very convenient for children, because unlike in the CATAN game for adults, the players don't have to hold cards in their hands but can place the resource tiles in front of them. He blocks the resource production of the islands he is placed on, but that's all - nothing is being stolen.
At first glance it seemed like a good upgrade but the more I look at Catan the more it seems like the same game with unnecessary complications. The robber – well-known from the CATAN base game – also exists in CATAN Junior, but here he is a spooky fellow named "Ghost Captain." The Ghost Captain isn't as bad a guy as the robber in the CATAN base game. My daughter and I enjoyed Catan Junior when she was young and now she’s a little older I was thinking of getting the original Catan. And if you want to build a pirates' lair, besides wood and wool you also need a cutlass and molasses. To launch a new ship, you need wood and wool from goats. Catan Junior set in a ring of six islands in which players build hiding places and find the mysterious enchanted island, where he lives Captain ghost. These tiles are used to build ships and more pirates' lairs or to buy development cards (here called "Coco tiles"), which are played immediately after their purchase. The resource tiles depict gold, goats, wood, molasses, and cutlasses. Instead, the players slip into the role of pirates who build their hideouts - called pirates' lairs - all over the islands and set sail to find new places and build more pirates' lairs there.ĬATAN experts will easily recognize that many essential elements of the CATAN base game are included in CATAN Junior, although - in accordance with the theme - they received different names: pirates' lairs are built adjacent to islands, and if the islands' numbers are rolled, the players receive resource tiles. CATAN Junior is not just a game for kids but a genuine family game, to be enjoyed by adults and young children alike.CATAN Junior takes families with children ages 6 and up to a place quite different from CATAN as we know it. The robber – well-known from the CATAN base game – also exists in CATAN Junior, but here he is a spooky fellow named "Ghost Captain." The Ghost Captain isn't as bad a guy as the robber in the CATAN base game. To launch a new ship, you need wood and wool from goats.
Each player starts with two pirate hideouts on different islands, and they can use. Each island generates a specific resource: wood, goats, molasses or swords, and players can acquire gold. Catan: Junior takes place on a ring of islands where 2 to 4 players build hideouts, and the mysterious Spooky.
CATAN Junior takes families with children ages 6 and up to a place quite different from CATAN as we know it. Catan: Junior takes place on a ring of islands where 2 to 4 players build hideouts and encounter the mysterious Spooky Island, where the Ghost Captain lives. Explore the Seas Catan: Junior introduces a modified playing style of the classic game giving younger players the opportunity to experience the world of Catan Designed for players as young as 5 and is a perfect introduction to the Catan series of games for kids and families.