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Pirate King

Game ID: GID0245755
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2006
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Description

Pirate King is a game where players take on the roles of pirate captains. Players sail around the Caribbean trying to become the Pirate King by smuggling cargo and capturing territories.

Players set sail by choosing how far they would like to move each turn and roll a d12 to determine how far they will move. Rolling too low or too high will cause a player to overshoot or undershoot his or her target, but a good roll will hit a player right where he or she wants to go. Wherever a player lands on a territory, he or she has choices to make about what actions to take, whether that be to capture the port, pay the owner a dock fee, or attempt to wrest control of the port from the current owner. Players draw cards that have good or bad effects on the Pirate's Booty or Captain's Log spaces, and further spaces have effects on players
Players gain points by holding territories, having Great Treasures, or by defeating the Commodore. The game is over when a player has 16 points.

Description

Pirate King is a game where players take on the roles of pirate captains. Players sail around the Caribbean trying to become the Pirate King by smuggling cargo and capturing territories.

Players set sail by choosing how far they would like to move each turn and roll a d12 to determine how far they will move. Rolling too low or too high will cause a player to overshoot or undershoot his or her target, but a good roll will hit a player right where he or she wants to go. Wherever a player lands on a territory, he or she has choices to make about what actions to take, whether that be to capture the port, pay the owner a dock fee, or attempt to wrest control of the port from the current owner. Players draw cards that have good or bad effects on the Pirate's Booty or Captain's Log spaces, and further spaces have effects on players
Players gain points by holding territories, having Great Treasures, or by defeating the Commodore. The game is over when a player has 16 points.

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Video zaZDkMvIXCE The Dice Tower Unboxing at 4:30:44
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  • nicer box
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  • Hello everybody. Welcome to the Dice Tower most boring unboxings in the world
  • This is a box made by AEG.
  • Well, that looks interesting.
  • I reviewed Pirate King before. This is a nicer box for it for sure.
  • The embargo is as of the moment that I opened it.
  • Rocket Ranchers, herding cats in space.
  • Sushi Go Party! is a fun little game. It's quick.
  • This is a fun little game, it's quick.
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Video TvOtU8bU-Vc The Dice Tower News at 5:03 sentiment: mixed
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mixed
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none
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Thematic elements
  • Fighting legendary monsters and claiming ancient treasures
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  • push-your-luck — Players take risks for greater rewards.
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  • man, this theme and everything about this from One More Turn Games, I'm very pumped about this one. I love the I cannot wait.
  • It's a cool cover actually. It's just not very legible, but it's a life.
  • If you like gardens, that's great. You like dragons, that's great. You like them both, buy three copies.
  • This is teetering on the edge. This is almost more of a tainted grail type of a look to me.
  • I think of all the ones that we've mentioned, this is the one I'm least interested in
  • Never mind. This might be the one I'm least interested in.
  • Cuz Clank! Catacombs exists.
  • that's a really good-looking prototype.
  • This would have been my most anticipated game of the year or one of them had I known about it
  • This is one of my most anticipated games of the year now.
  • This is basically um a Star Trek version of Captain Sonar.
  • We know about this for a while. We've been very excited. We've already played it actually.
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