Catan: Explorers & Pirates (2015)

Recommended for Ages 12 & up
2-4 Players
90-120 minute playtime

Description:
Catan: Explorers & Pirates is the fourth major expansion for The Settlers of Catan following Seafarers, Cities & Knights and Traders & Barbarians and it includes five scenarios and three missions; some of the scenarios make use of the missions while others do not.

Catan: Explorers & Pirates differs from the Catan base game in three main ways. First, instead of having only a single island in the game on which players build and compete for resources, three islands are present “ but the landscape of only one of these islands is known at the start of the game. Players start on this island, then build ships and bring settlers into play so that they can then travel to new lands. When a ship ends its movement on unexplored territory, that hex is revealed and a randomly-drawn number chip placed on it, with the player earning one resource as a reward “ assuming the hex produces resources, that is. The number of unknown tiles varies from 16 to 32, depending on the scenario. A settler and ship can be transformed into a port settlement, from which roads and new ships can be built to enable further exploration.

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Designer(s):
Klaus Teuber

Artist(s):
Harald Lieske
Michael Menzel

Board Game Geek Category(s):
Expansion for Base-game
Nautical
Negotiation
Pirates
Transportation

Board Game Geek Mechanic(s):
Dice Rolling
Hand Management
Modular Board
Network and Route Building
Trading