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Catan Junior
Children's version of Catan: pirates who trade and build hideouts
- Age
- Ages 6 to 10
- Price
- €20 to €35
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Why it works
It teaches what makes grown-up Catan good, which is getting resources, trading them and deciding what to spend them on, but with pirates and in half an hour. It is a proper first strategy game: you have to think about your turn, and rolling the dice is not enough. It works as a bridge to adult board games.
Our verdict
A good Reyes (Three Kings) gift for a family that wants to move on from parchís to something with decisions. If they are already nine or ten, go straight to standard Catan.
They will like it if
- they like planning and negotiating
- board games already get played at home
- they can sit still for half an hour
Bear in mind
- it needs an adult for the first few games
- from the age of ten it becomes too simple
What's in the box
- Games of about 30 minutes
- Recommended age: 6 and up
- Edition in Spanish, Catalan and Portuguese
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