Pirate Island 1667 Tortuga 1667

No. of Player：2 - 9
Age：12+
Playing time: 20-40 minutes
Version: Chinese ( traditional Chinese )

"Pirate Island 1667" is a strategy/social reasoning game suitable for 2-9 players. In the game, each player will have a secret allegiance to either the British or the French faction. Players will use voting cards to plunder Spanish ships to obtain treasures, launch mutinies to exile selfish captains, and fight with each other for possession of treasures. During the game, players will also reveal event cards, such as black spots or franchise certificates, to help teammates and defeat enemies. When the Spanish Fleet event card is revealed, the team with the most treasure wins the game. But be careful: not all pirates who claim to be on your side can be trusted.

The year is 1667 and you are a pirate sailing the waters of the Caribbean. A Spanish Galleon floats nearby, and you've talked your crewmates into working together to steal all of its treasure. What you haven't told your fellow pirates is that you have no intentions on sharing the treasure once you have it. Your crewmates have told you that they share your loyalty and that they'll help you maroon the greedy pirates on your ship to the rocky island of Tortuga. But you've seen your friends' loaded pistols and heard their whisperings of a mutiny. You know that nobody can be trusted.

Tortuga is all about the interactions you have with the other players. In some cases, such as when you and your shipmates are attacking the Spanish Galleon, you need to rely on your enemies in order to succeed. In the very next turn, however, your shipmates might stab you in the back with a mutiny in order to keep all the treasure for themselves.

Since nobody holds a "hand" of cards, this game is also about knowledge and communication regarding the community Event cards. Unless you are in desperation mode, it is not wise to reveal Event cards at random. Almost half of the Event cards can hurt your team drastically. It's often in your best interest to use an action to view the cards first, or to rely on the knowledge of a trusted ally. Knowing where harmful Event cards are located allows you to force an enemy to reveal those cards and suffer the consequences. The most successful players are the ones who are able to discern who is on their team and then share vital information with them at opportunity moments.

Vote cards also play a key role in the game. Each Vote card has three sections - one each for Attacks, Mutinies, and Brawls. Players must put themselves in the best position to use their Vote cards, since their hand of Vote cards may not always be ideal based on their pawn location. For example, sometimes it may be worth putting in Water, causing an attack to fail, in order to save a Crossbones card for when you want to Mutiny against your captain.

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