While he’s on any island, he stops the adjacent players from collecting any resources from that island if its number is rolled. The player who rolls a 6 or draws a parrot tile with him, gets to place him on any islands and place a liar of theirs on Skull Island. The Ghost Captain moves around the board when a player rolls a six or a parrot tile with the Ghost Captain on it is drawn. The parrot tiles will either give you extra resources, give you a ship or liar to place, or let you move the Ghost Captain. starting with one of their two lairs placed on the board at the start of the game. On the board players must play alternating pirate ship, pirate liar, ship, liar, etc. You can see what each item “costs” in the picture below. Once they’ve done any trading they want to, they can finally buy as many ships, lairs, and parrot tiles as they can afford.
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Once the die has been rolled and resources collected, the player may trade resources with the board or they can turn in 2 matching resources to get any resource they want. The resources are used to “buy” ships, lairs, and parrot tiles. On a turn, a player will start by rolling the die and anyone with a pirate liar adjacent to an island that matches the number rolled will get to collect the resource shown on the island. Players each start with 2 lairs on the board and can build from there. The goal of the game is for a player to place all of their pirate lairs on the board.
CATAN JR HOW TO
The age on the box is 6+ and my 5 year old did need some help, especially the first time we played, but by the second game she got it and we all had fun! How to Play There are obviously some childhood limitations such as reading and math skills that make games for this 5-6 age a challenge, but I was quite pleased with how Catan Junior played.
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We’ve finally tried Catan Junior! I love games, and being able to game with your child is immensely satisfying - especially when you can start playing some games that are competitive, have a little strategy, and aren’t purely based on luck.