Catan: Junior

1. This game is playable with two as it comes with a two-player map.
2. The three- and four-player map is larger and is more symmetrical, so that two of the colors don’t operate at a disadvantage.
3. The map now shows die faces rather than numbers for resource production.
4. Many of the event cards have been removed to make the game simpler.
5. There are no cards in the game only tiles for more durability.
6. 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.
7. The resources are different.
8. 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.
9. The market is now a part of the board, and can be traded into only once on your turn
10. By default, Trading with other players is excluded and only part of the “advanced game”. In Catan Junior trading with other players could be excluded to simplify the game.

As in Catan Junior you can’t chain ships, you must build a pirate lair before continuing on.