It is tricky to find the best places to build your Pirate Ships and Pirate Lairs. Detective, so I don’t know why they thought I wouldn’t be able to!ĬATAN: Junior is lots of fun to play. On the first game, my Mom had to keep checking the rules to see what we had to do, after that I mostly remembered the rules and I was even able to teach my Nanna and Pa how to play!Įveryone seemed very surprised that I could remember all the complicated rules, but I am a Jr.

But the more I played the more sense it made and then it was a lot more fun. When I first started to play the rules seemed super complicated. It is pretty easy to set up a game of CATAN: Junior, and we are using little plastic bags to help keep everything separated in the box, so starting a game is even quicker. Once you have all the pieces sorted out and everyone has their color coded Pirate Ships and Pirate Lairs you can start to play. He has lots and lots of detail and I love how you get to use him in the game. My very favorite component is the Ghost Captain. My favorite resource card is the goat, it is cute and a bit realistic. The resource cards are pretty good and I like the pictures.

The Pirate Ships and Lairs are very cute with little details.

The goal is to be the first to get all your Pirate Lairs and Pirate ships in play!Įverything is super cool and fun. CATAN: Junior takes place on a group of Pirate Islands, including the mysterious Spooky Island which is the home of the Ghost Captain – watch out for him! Each pirate (player) uses the resources generated by the islands (wood, goats, molasses, cutlasses and gold) to build Pirate Lairs and Pirate Ships to travel between them. It is designed for 2-4 players as young as 6, it is a perfect introduction to the CATAN series of games for kids and families. CATAN: Junior™ is a kids version of CATAN published by Catan Studios, with a fun playing style that is easily grasped by younger players.

Catan junior review