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Pirates Under Fire

Pirates Under Fire

Explor8 · 2019
225–35 min10+ yrs1.3/5 complexity6.7 BGG#10.810 BGG282Couples
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How do you play Pirates Under Fire?

Pirates Under Fire is an original, tactical, and dynamic two-player tile game that lasts 30 minutes and that can be played from 10 years old. Each player is a pirate in charge of a fleet; each ship is numbered from 1 to 9, each of them having a special ability.

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Pirates Under Fire is an original, tactical, and dynamic two-player tile game that lasts 30 minutes and that can be played from 10 years old.

Each player is a pirate in charge of a fleet; each ship is numbered from 1 to 9, each of them having a special ability. The goal of the game is to deploy your ships to form combinations while performing their effects.

Players perform their turns one after another by laying a ship on a sea space. They apply the effect of the sea space and the effect of the ship tile. This is the main action. They can also perform an optional action: buying a mercenary ship by paying its cost. The game ends when each player has played 16 turns.

At the end of the game, players score victory points (VPs) for: • the combinations made (three or more ship tiles laid side by side with identical numbers or forming a sequence of increasing or decreasing numbers), • the ships laid in the opponent player's sea side, • some mercenary ships, and • the VP tokens collected during the game.

The player with the most VPs wins.

—description from the publisher

🔬 game anatomy
Complexity1.3 / 5
BGG rating6.7 / 10
Vibe
Couples
Play time
25–35 min
Players
2
Recommended age
10+ yrs
BGG rank
#10.810

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Q3How do you play Pirates Under Fire?
Pirates Under Fire is a nautical game, for 2 players, taking ~25–35 minutes, featuring area majority / influence. Check the Rules tab for setup, gameplay, and scoring, or ask Trișache anything about Pirates Under Fire — our AI assistant built by howtoplay.ro and trained specifically on board game rulebooks.
Q4How many players does Pirates Under Fire support?
Pirates Under Fire is played by 2 players.
Q5How long does a game of Pirates Under Fire take?
A game of Pirates Under Fire takes about 25–35 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)
Q6What age is Pirates Under Fire for?
Pirates Under Fire is recommended from age 10.
Q7How complex is Pirates Under Fire?
Pirates Under Fire has a BoardGameGeek complexity of 1.3 out of 5.
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