Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Harder to teach
High replayability
Highly interactive
Scales well
Deep strategy
How it plays
How does it play?
The Pirate King is gone. Now the most seasoned crews sail the seas in search of the buried booty.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Grid Movement
Move pieces between adjacent spaces on a regular grid.
Set Collection
Gather related items that become more valuable when scored together.
Hand Management
Time and sequence a limited hand of cards to preserve future options.
Variable Phase Order
The order of phases changes according to player choices or game state.
Read the full game description
The Pirate King is gone. Now the most seasoned crews sail the seas in search of the buried booty. Who will be crowned as the new Pirate King or Queen? Who will sink in the cruel storm of bullets and blades? In Los Tesoros del Rey Pirata ("Treasures of the Pirate King") the players are pirates collecting treasure cards which will grant points. The pirate with most point wins the game and is named the new Pirate King or Queen. The board has 12 islands in a 5x7 grid. 3 map cards will show which of these islands the players can go to claim the treasures. In their turn, players can also fight each other in duels, to steal treasures, and opening fire, to steal cards from their hand. There’s also treason cards that can be used to mess other player’s plans but these can be countered with protection cards. The main mechanism is that most actions require a number. Dice imprinted in the cards are used to assign this number to be assign. The die used can be chosen from a card from the hand, therefor be a known number, or use the first card from the deck and be a random one. Cards used as a die are discarded and don’t have additional effects.