Catan Explorers and Pirates Board Game Expansion | Board Game for Adults and Family | Adventure Board Game | Ages 12+ | for 3 to 4 Players | Average Playtime 90 Minutes | Made by Catan Studio

Customer Reviews

• H.

  Catan is awesome!

  Ok so we love Catan! When I saw this was a 2 player expansion I wanted to try it for my husband and I as we are recent empty nesters. When I got the box at home it said 3-4 just like all other Catan games. I decided to keep it since I got it for a Black Friday price. So I will say it is a good thing my son was home from college to help us figure it out and set it up. We could have figured it out but . . . Anyway it suggested you play it at first in increments. It suggest 5 we decided about 3 would have worked. Once you figure out how to add one of the extra things ( fish pirates spices) adding the others is pretty easy. My husband and I do play it with just 2 players and there are so many things going on it does work well. It is a lot to set up so we like to leave it up for a few days . We also vary the ruleS to suit us a little for instance we don’t really use the pirate ship. Anyway my biggest complaint is with so much to set up and having to take pieces from our regular Catan it is pesty. I wish I had a second Catan original game to just keep with this one and if I see Catan on sale again like I did in Black Friday i will buy another one just To keep with this expansion. We have the 5 -6 player expansion and seafarers and it is not an issue mixing pieces but this one has so much to it is a little more cumbersome. It is very different from the original Catan but is is fun especially once you get the hang of it.

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• C.

  Amazing addition to base Catan

  Important to note that you can not play this game without the original Catan game. It uses pieces from it to build the board, and for game play. We jumped head first into Catan during quarantine and loved it! I mean we played every night! Quickly, we decided to expand our Catan world and after trying to read about the different scenarios on all the other expansion packs, we chose this version as our first expansion. And boy am I glad we did! It’s enough like original Catan so you’re familiar with the rules - but adds enough new elements to make it fun and exciting each time. With 4 different scenarios, and so many ways you can randomize the board, it really is something new every time! The pieces are very well made and the box has a place for everything. You do need to be careful when removing the game pieces initially, as the paper liner will tear if you’re not careful.

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• p.

  The best Expansion of Catan.

  This is probably the best expansion of Catan, it's the first one that felt varied and included enough different pieces and scenarios to warrant a $30 price tag of its own. I love how they expanded the ship and island system, the fishing is pretty cool, fighting pirates is fun, etc.

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• M. A.

  Great expansion to Catan

  My kids (6, 12, 14 yr old) and I have played quite a bit of Catan and wanted to add to the game. I did a little research and came up with this expansion as the richest one of the bunch. I can't say how it compares to the other expansions since i didn't get any of them, but I can say that we have played through the various learning scenarios and now have played the full expansion many times and it is always fun. Not too complicated but plenty to do, and the various victory conditions mean that no one strategy dominates.

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• S. F.

  SO MUCH FUN; 5 scenarios to learn & add into one huge day of CATAN

  This an amazing expansion! I love it so much. There are 5 scenarios to learn, and you can take your time learning each one, until you’re ready to add them all into one game. It is for seasoned Catan players I’d say. But overall so worth the purchase. It’s takes a lot of time to play through.. so plan of spending a day with family or friends!

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