2014 · Card Game

Port Royal

Players act as merchants and opportunists in a Caribbean port, drawing cards into a shared harbor and deciding how long to push their luck. Cards represent people (hireable crew with influence and swords), ships (lootable for coins if players have enough swords), expeditions (goals requiring specific people to complete for influence), and events like tax increases. On a turn a player may draw cards one at a time into the harbor, risking ending the turn if a duplicate ship appears; then the player stops and takes 1–3 cards based on the number of ships in the harbor, paying or collecting coins as required. Other players may pay to claim a card as well. The game ends after a player reaches a target influence threshold and the round finishes; highest influence wins.

groupPlayers

2–5 best 4

schedulePlaying time

20–50 min

cakeAge

8+

psychologyComplexity

1.6 / 5