Catan: Explorers & Pirates – Set Sail for the Unknown ⛵🏴

Beyond the coast of Catan lies an unexplored sea full of islands, riches and danger. Catan: Explorers & Pirates is an expansion for the Catan base game for players aged 12 and up. You need the Catan base game to play.

Load your ships with settlers and crews and sail into the unknown: the sea is revealed tile by tile as you explore it. Found harbour settlements on new islands, catch fish, trade spices, mine gold fields and drive out pirates from their lairs. Missions for the Council of Catan earn you victory points. The expansion is built as five consecutive scenarios, from the first landing (Land Ho!) to the full Explorers & Pirates game, so you learn the new rules step by step.

⛵ Explore the Sea

The map grows as you sail.

🏘️ Harbour Settlements

Settle new islands.

☠️ Pirate Lairs

Send crews to drive them out.

📜 Five Scenarios

Learn step by step.

Why You'll Love It:

• 🗺️ New Every Time: an unknown sea in each game.
• 🐟 Fish, Spices, Gold: new resources and missions.
• 🎲 For Catan Fans: a big new chapter. More ideas among our strategy games.

Quick facts

• Type: expansion – requires the Catan base game
• Players: 2–4
• Age: 12+
• Scenarios: 5, played in sequence
• Contents (English 5th edition): 16 harbour settlements, 36 crews, 12 ships, 8 settlers, 4 pirate ships, 6 pirate lair tokens, 6 fish hauls, 24 spice sacks, 76 gold coins, 6 gold fields, 6 fish shoal hexes, 6 spice hexes, 12 terrain hexes, 15 frame pieces, 12 markers, mission, victory point and building cost cards
• Edition / language: English Edition, German Edition or Croatian-Slovenian Edition (Raziskovalci in gusarji) – choose the variant

Do I need the base game? Yes – this is an expansion.
Is it hard to learn? The five scenarios introduce the rules step by step.

Raise the anchor and play Catan: Explorers & Pirates together. ⛵

⚠️ Warning: Choking hazard – small parts. Not for children under 3 years.