Piratas! (2015)

About this game

Seeking wealth and treasures, pirates are capable of doing everything. In Piratas! you're a captain of a pirate ship and must gather enough treasure before your opponents, even if that requires robbing, pillaging and fighting! The first to collect 5 treasures and succeed in not being robbed will be acknowledged as the great legend of the 7 seas. During the turn, the player can take 2 actions, which are: playing a card and using its ability, buying a card from the deck or declaring a duel with another player. If a player chooses to duel with another one, they need to choose the amount of cannons they will use and the corresponding fired cannonballs, with the winner killing all the opponent's pirates and getting to see and pick one card from the loser's hand. Other card actions include stealing treasures, having a parrot to copy the action of another player, pillaging, fleeing from combat or even drowning another player's pirate!

Does it fit your group?

• Group size. Works with 2 to 6.
• Rules load. At 1.2/5 this is a light game — explain it in a few minutes, good for a table that has not played much.
• Age. The publisher suggests 16 and up. That rates the rules rather than the artwork, so judge the box yourself for younger players.