CATAN Junior is for families with children ages 6-9. Simplified building rules child-oriented trading and a more innocuous robber equivalent called the 'Ghost Captain' provide access to the world of CATAN games. CATAN Junior takes families with children ages 6 and up to a place quite different from CATAN as we know it. There are no 'settlers' around here. Instead the players slip into the role of pirates who build their hideouts - called pirates' lairs - all over the islands and set sail to find new places and build more pirates' lairs there. Suitable for 2-4 players aged 6+.