Tiny Epic Pirates is a 45 minute game for 1-4 players, full of adventure on the high seas, using a variable rondel action system and action combinations! In Tiny Epic Pirates you pilot a pirate ship with the aim of burying vast amounts of wealth in secret hideouts on the island. Each turn you move your captain token around your ship's action wheel (rondel) and select which action you want to take... Loot, Trade, Crew, Attack or Search. Each player has a random and unique arrangement of these actions on their rondel. Sail your pirate ship is something that every player can do every time they take an action.
Looting allows you to acquire loot from settlements at a very reasonable price. It's amazing how negotiating changes when your blunderbuss is ready. A box of gunpowder for a promise of no harm? Fair exchange. By trading you can sell your ill-gotten goods for gold on the black market. Each market is only interested in a specific good, so make sure you're heading in the right direction. Timing is everything, you sell a good at the wrong time and it is worth a pittance.
Crew Up adds a new crew member to your growing pirate ship. Crew increases your ship's combat advantage and unlocks new abilities for each spoke of your ship's action wheel, making that action more powerful every time you take it!
By attacking merchant ships and other pirates you increase your reputation. It also happens to be a great way to score some gold and more loot to sell. Be a threat and you might become a Legend of the Sea!
Search the high seas for treasures left behind by the unfortunate souls who came before you. Salvage old ship parts for temporary relief or get lucky and find something worth selling.
The end of the game is triggered once a player has buried three treasures. To do this, a player must first acquire the amount of gold necessary to bury in the various cemeteries on the map. After all players have had the same number of turns, the player who has buried three treasures wins.
The Games Friends: " Tiny Epic Pirates is a strongly thematic game, with a smooth game flow. The turns follow each other quickly and the tactical choices you have to make during the game are very fun. Highly recommended! "