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Pirates

Pirates

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2–440 min7+ yrs1.0/5 complexity5.0 BGGFamily
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How do you play Pirates?

Black Jack, the pirates has been retired. He was always a lonely wolf. With his last action he tricked his fellow partners. The treasures that was robbed together, he melted in one, broke it to 3 parts and burried them separately.

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Black Jack, the pirates has been retired. He was always a lonely wolf. With his last action he tricked his fellow partners. The treasures that was robbed together, he melted in one, broke it to 3 parts and burried them separately. The pirates started to search the parts...Will they find them? Take part in this treasure hunt and find all the 3 parts to win.

From the back of the board game

In this game you are controlling one of the 4 pirates who is searching for the treasure. You start with 9 markers and 3 mission cards. The game board has got a 7 * 10 matrix. Every row and coloumn has got a colored skull symbol (4 player colours and a black one) These skulls are important:

  1. The player needs to go one of the cross point of his/her colour. In the board there is only 2 spots like that. In this spot he/she may check one of the 3 treasure cards that was received at the start of the game..
  2. The black skulls cross points. In there you have to draw a card. These could be: a, Key card --> needed for the treasure (3 for the 3 pieces of the treasure) b, A steeringwheel--> you will be on turn again c, A storm-->you will miss 1 turn d, A skull-->gather 4 and your game is over.

If you know where the part of the treasure is hidden, you need to go there and place 4 marker in the crosspoints that surronded the location. You can not place a marer if someone else has got there a marker. You need to keep in secret what is your mission!

The winner is who can collect the 3 parts of the treasure first.

This game needs strategy, luck too.

game anatomy
Complexity1.0 / 5
BGG rating5.0 / 10
Vibe
Family
Language dependence
No in-game text needed
🌐 plays without English
Play time
40 min
Players
2–4
Recommended age
7+ yrs
from Trișache · verified

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Q3How do you play Pirates?
Pirates is a adventure game, for 2–4 players, taking ~40 minutes, featuring dice rolling. Check the Rules tab for setup, gameplay, and scoring, or ask Trișache anything about Pirates — our AI assistant built by howtoplay.ro and trained specifically on board game rulebooks.
Q4How many players does Pirates support?
Pirates is played by 2–4 players.
Q5How long does a game of Pirates take?
A game of Pirates takes about 40 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)
Q6What age is Pirates for?
Pirates is recommended from age 7.
Q7How complex is Pirates?
Pirates has a BoardGameGeek complexity of 1.0 out of 5.
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