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Jolly Roger: The Game of Piracy & Mutiny

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Jul 072015

Jolly Roger: The Game of Piracy & Mutiny

$19.90

You are a crewmember on board a pirate ship and you have just elected your new captain. This man will lead you toward fortune or disaster… Luckily, if you don’t agree with his choices, you can always start a mutiny and become the next captain yourself!

Every turn, the Captain chooses a destination for the ship. When the ship attacks, players will (more or less!) cooperate to win, playing crew cards from their hands to win the battle and take the prize. Treasure gained is divided between all pirates, but your gold is never secure until you bury it at Treasure Island…

Unrest is always brewing – each time the Captain makes a choice, it is possible for one of the other players to call, “Mutiny” to try to overthrow him and become the new Captain. And when the mutiny begins, you’ll need to decide how to use your cards: how much will you cooperate, and what will you keep to yourself for the next mutiny?

Fast, rowdy, and easy to learn, Jolly Roger is equally fun for casual players and veterans of a thousand battles.

4-10 players

Ages 13+

30+ minute play time

Serenissima From Asmodee

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Nov 092012

Serenissima

Release Date: Nov 23rd 2012

$ 59.99

Your Galleys teeming with crew and cargo while you sail the Mediterranean seas, while your sole purpose is control the most prosperous trade routes, and ensure your strategy will succeed in filling your warehouses with a veritable fortune in gold, precious stones and spices.

In this game players represent a merchant family during the Renaissance. Players attempt to balance the need of trading and open commerce versus the cut-throat economic piracy of the day. Players create a fleet of ships to purchase and move various commodities around the Mediterranean while also keeping well manned ships to attack and defend against other player’s fleets.

Check this out and other games by Asmodee Editions I know we will have fun playing this one once it comes out.

Libertalia from Asmodee Editions

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Jul 282012

Outwit the plans of competing pirates over three campaigns while using the same crew cards as your comrades! Will you be able to make the most of the abilities of your characters at the right time, or will you have the loot snatched from under your foot by a wilier pirate than you? Dive in and prove your knack for tactics! The game takes place over three campaigns where players try to amass riches by looting ships. Looting is a dangerous activity, as players need to avoid collecting cursed relics. At the end of the game, the richest player is deemed the winner! The box contains: 1 game board; 6 pirate dens; 6 score tokens; 6 crew tokens; 180 character cards (30 for each player); 1 score track; 50 booty tiles [4 chests, 6 jewelry, 10 goods, 6 Spanish Officers, 6 sabers, 8 treasure maps, 10 cursed relics]; 13 doubloons of value 10; 10 doubloons of value 5; 45 doubloons of value 1, rules

Ghost Pirates From Brooklyn Indie Games

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Jul 062012

Ghost Pirates

$ 25.00 SRP

A game of ship to ship tactical action for 2 scurvy players. Knave! Ye be tasting my wrath fer trespassin’ on me seas. BOARD ’ER YA SCALLYWAGS, AN’ KEELHAUL HER CAPTAIN! Ethereal pirates swarm back and forth over each other’s ships as the seas toss in a midnight storm. The decks of each vessel shift in and out of reality as the fighting begins. One captain and crew will emerge triumphant, and the loser will be damned to stalk the bowels of Davy Jones’ locker. How will it end for you? Ghost Pirates is a unique tactical game that takes about 30 minutes to play, and is suitable for ages 13 and up. Its learning curve from tactics to strategic play is not too steep and will not scare off new players. You can learn and play your first game in about 30-45 minutes, and have a second go within the hour.

Game Contents: •72 cards •34 crew tokens •set of custom six-sided dice