2021 · Pirates
Shiver Me Timbers
Players take on pirate captains in a modular Golden Age of Piracy sandbox where each session reveals five of ten possible victory conditions. Each player secretly selects two of the revealed conditions as personal goals, then helps arrange a modular map to best support those hidden agendas. Players outfit customizable ship miniatures, pick starting abilities and equipment, and use a tactical card-based combat system to fight, raid, and explore. Actions include naval combat, attacking forts, trading, looting, hunting for treasure and dealing with special threats like sea monsters. Achievements award victory points throughout play; the game ends when all five revealed conditions are completed and final scoring rewards players who met their secret objectives.
- Players
- 2–4 best 3
- Playing time
- 90–150 min
- Age
- 13+
- Complexity
- 3.3 / 5
About the game
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Full stats in Ludoya- 7
- Plays logged
- 21
- Players
- 3h 17m
- Average play
- 2
- In collections
- 3
- On wishlists
- 1
- Pre-ordered
2.4/10
from 2 Ludoya reviews
Garfield2.0 The ship miniatures are a great idea. But I'm not sure if I ever want to play it again. It took us 4 hours with 4 players! And at some point it gets repetitive like every game, but if you have to rinse repeat for 4 hours it gets boring. I would prefer to play Dead Reckoning. [c] Theme: ★★★☆☆ <!-- size 7]Good --> Gameplay: ★☆☆☆☆ <!-- size 7]Way to repetitive --> Interaction: ★★☆☆☆ <!-- size 7]Fights are possible, but don't happen much --> Artwork: ★★★☆☆ <!-- size 7]Ok --> Luck: ★★★☆☆ <!-- size 7]Random tiles on the board --> Strategy: ★★☆☆☆ <!-- size 7]Fulfill your goals? --> Components: ★★★★★ <!-- size 7]Great, if deluxe --> Play duration: ★☆☆☆☆ <!-- size 7]Way too long --> Easy to teach: ★☆☆☆☆ <!-- size 7]Too long (50min) --> Rules quality: <!-- size 7]not read --> Setup time: <!-- size 7]can't remember --> No downtime: ★★★☆☆ <!-- size 7]Ok --> Replay value: ★★☆☆☆ <!-- size 7]Different goals, but nothing else --> [/c]
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Free, on web, Android and iOS
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