If he equals or exceeds the value of the guard or skeleton, he defeats it, revealing tool or treasure (on the token's flip side! Co-operative games often attract families, and the popular-with-children pirate theme doubles that appeal.

If a player doesn’t use all of their action tokens, the unused ones are passed to the next player to use on theirs.

Then I saw it: a tentacle the size of a ship’s mast crashed through the room, obliterating everything in sight. In recent years, my taste in board games has steered ever more toward heavier and more complex games. My game choices tend to rely on an aggregate of data and Board Game Quest and Rahdo tend to be my go tos. At Way Too Many Games we feature a transparent review method divided into four segments: Graphics (25% of the final score), Gameplay (25%), Sound (10%), and Fun Factor (40%).

Since the Kraken’s powerful tentacles can easily devastate the players’ crew, it’s only natural they get a few additional tools fight back. Since there are so many mechanics to manage, it might be too much for people who are entirely new to the hobby, but it’s a good next step for anyone who has some introductory board game experience. but it might have been nice to have all new updated player aids with all information on one rather than additional ones. The aim of the pirates is to loot and escape with a number of treasures chests from the burning ship before all pirates are either killed, overwhelmed, cut off and trapped on the ship by the fire, the gold is destroyed, or the ship explodes.

Once the game is set up and each player has chosen their pirate, the game is played with each player taking a turn in the standard clockwise manner. While some pirates abilities are fairly general, many have roles that almost turn them into specialists. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. For the most part, the rule book did a good job explaining the nuances of the mechanics and made learning the game easy. After giving Dead Men Tell No Tales a few plays, I could definitely see an influence from some older cooperative games.