Catan: Explorers and Pirates is an expansion for Settlers of Catan. You need the base Settlers of Catan in order to use the expansion.

The expansion includes five scenarios and three missions, which can be mixed and matched to enhance replayability; not all scenarios make use of missions.

Wood components include 16 harbor settlements, 32 adventurers, 12 ships, eight settlers, 12 markers, four pirate ships, six fish, and 24 spice sacks. Other components include 76 die cut gold coins, frame pieces and hexes, tokens, and cards. Catan: Explorers and Pirates also requires some components from Settlers of Catan.

It's for three to four players 12 and up, and can be played in 90+ minutes.