Ocean Slayers: The Bermuda Chronicles

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Mechanics unknown.

Video topics + discussion points

No key topics recorded for this video.

Quotes (from this video)

• Ocean Slayers is played in up to eight rounds and each round is played in the following phases
• we're using a 3D printed prototype of the game

References (from this video)

No references stored for this video.

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

• Building upgrades — Upgrade villages to cities and cities to metropolises with resource costs; multiple upgrades per turn allowed but not upgrading the same building more than once per turn.
• Deck Building — Construct ships (sloops, cutters, brig, frig) at specific buildings; place ships onto the map; ships require sailors for life points.
• Event deck and rounds — Each round starts with drawing an event card that affects resources, actions or monsters.
• Events — Each round starts with drawing an event card that affects resources, actions or monsters.
• exploration and movement — On a turn, ships move according to their speed; exploring reveals face-down tiles and can lead to new tiles or treasures.
• Item cards and activation — Items can be used during a turn, activated by tilting the card; one item per turn.
• Kraken and endgame — Kraken appears in Bermuda cave after round 5; Kraken health and special attacks in rounds 7-8; game ends after round 8 or Kraken defeat.
• Monsters and battles — Monsters occupy map tiles; battles resolved with dice, health, and shields; monsters or ships can be sunk; monsters yield rewards.
• Monsters mechanics — Monsters attack as per event and may move; some monster tiles are revealed during exploration.
• Sailors as life points — Sailors represent the life points of ships and harbors; ships sink when out of Sailors; harbors also hold Sailors.
• scoring and victory — Final score from defeated monsters, gold, trophies, achievements, and remaining buildings/ships.
• Settling islands — To settle an island, sacrifice one ship and one sailor; settled islands produce resources in Gather phase.
• Ship construction and deployment — Construct ships (sloops, cutters, brig, frig) at specific buildings; place ships onto the map; ships require sailors for life points.
• Trading — Two trades per turn per the trade board; unlimited trades with other players at any exchange rate.
• Trading and exchanges — Two trades per turn per the trade board; unlimited trades with other players at any exchange rate.

Video topics + discussion points

No key topics recorded for this video.

Quotes (from this video)

• Ocean Slayers is played in up to eight rounds and each round is played in the following phases
• we're using a 3D printed prototype of the game

References (from this video)

No references stored for this video.