by draco143
I have had several instances in the two player game where a player can basically get boxed in because one player buys and plays a ton of Poly Cards (i.e., Development Cards) in one turn. The cards let you instantly place a pirates lair or ship for free, or give you a ton of resources. They seem a little over powered (I won't go so far to say "broken" yet). My 6 year old son played 4 poly cards in a row the other day because of the perpetual cycle of getting more resources to buy more cards to place more ships. In 3 turns I was done and couldn't build anymore.In regular catan, you can buy as many development cards as you want every turn, but you can only play one dev. card per turn.
Also, does Catan Junior share the "Distance Rule" with regular Catan for Pirate Lair building? The Junior rules are silent as to whether an opponent can build a pirate lair on an intersection that would be adjacent to an intersection where an opponent has built.
Without this rule, blocking is prevalent.
Junior Rules are here for reference:
http://mayfairgames.com/mfg-shop3/rules/MFG3025-Rules-V1_0.p...
Regular Catan rules are here:
http://www.catan.com/en/download/?SoC_rv_Rules_091907.pdf
Thanks all!