Description
Catan: Junior is a simplified version of the classic Settlers of Catan game for young children. The game takes place on a ring of islands, and players can acquire resources such as wood, goats, molasses, or swords. By building ships, players can expand their network and encounter the mysterious Spooky Island, home to the Ghost Captain. The goal of the game is to control seven pirate hideouts, and the first player to do so wins. Catan: Junior is playable with two players and includes a two-player map.
Explore the seas! Catan: Junior introduces a modified playing style
of the classic Settlers of Catan, giving players as young as five a
perfect introduction to the Catan series of games.
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. Each island generates a specific resource:
wood, goats, molasses or swords, and players can acquire gold. Each
player starts with two pirate hideouts on different islands, and
they can use the resources they acquire to build ships, hideouts or
get help from Coco the Parrot. By building ships, they can expand
their network; the more hideouts they build, the more resources
they may receive. Just watch out for the dreaded Ghost
Captain!
Be the first player to control seven pirate hideouts, and you
win!
What sets this apart from the previous Die Siedler von Catan:
Junior:
This game is playable with two as it comes with a two-player
map.
The three- and four-player map is larger and is more symmetrical,
so that two of the colors don't operate at a disadvantage.
The map now shows die faces rather than numbers for resource
production.
Many of the event cards have been removed to make the game
simpler.
There are no cards in the game only tiles for more
durability.
There are no longer harbors in the game. In the original game you
had to set up the board with random secret harbor tiles that allow
for better trades with the bank. Now the trading to the bank is
simpler and can be done from the beginning and doesn't require
people to build to the harbors.
The resources are different.
There is a race for the Coco the Parrot tiles (rather than 'CoCo
Helps' cards) and those that have the most get to put an extra
piece on the board (one step closer to winning), tied players take
their piece off the island and leave it vacated.
The market is now a part of the board, and can be traded into only
once on your turn
By default, Trading with other players is excluded and only part
of the advanced game. In Die Siedler von Catan: Junior trading
with other players could be excluded to simplify the game.
As in Die Siedler von Catan: Junior you can't chain ships, you must
build a pirate lair before continuing on.
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