2022 · Card Game
Port Royal: Big Box
Manage a bustling port by hiring ships and crew, taking contracts, and resolving encounters with pirates and merchants. Players draw cards to assemble fleets, recruit specialists, and commit resources to complete missions and earn rewards. The box compiles the base game, two expansions, a promo card, and a standalone variant, and presents updated graphics and artwork for an integrated play experience.
- Players
- 1–5 best 3
- Playing time
- 20–50 min
- Age
- 8+
- Complexity
- 1.8 / 5
About the game
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Full stats in Ludoya- 729
- Plays logged
- 514
- Players
- 29m 29s
- Average play
- 171
- In collections
- 12
- On wishlists
7.7/10
from 56 Ludoya reviews
Garfield7.0 #42 Simple push your luck game with some overpowered cards. [c] Theme: ★☆☆☆☆ <!-- size 7]No --> Gameplay: ★★☆☆☆ <!-- size 7]Reveal random cards --> Interaction: ★★☆☆☆ <!-- size 7]Race for 12 points --> Artwork: ★★★★☆ <!-- size 7]Nice --> Luck: ★★★★★ <!-- size 7]Push your luck --> Strategy: ★☆☆☆☆ <!-- size 7]Almost none --> Components: ★★★☆☆ <!-- size 7]Just cards --> Play duration: ★★★☆☆ <!-- size 7]Ok --> Easy to teach: ★★★★★ <!-- size 7]Very easy --> Rules quality: <!-- size 7]not read --> Setup time: ★★★★★ <!-- size 7]Go, go, go --> No downtime: ★★★★☆ <!-- size 7]Very little downtime --> Replay value: ★☆☆☆☆ <!-- size 7]No --> [/c]
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Rules questions
Answered from the rulebook by Ludoya's rules assistant.
If I draw a ship that's the same color/type as one already in the harbor, does the Discover phase stop right away?
Yes — drawing a duplicate ship immediately stops the Discover phase (the duplicate ship rule ends the draw); see the rulebook p.4–5.
How do cutlasses/repelling ships work — can I remove ships from the harbor or only stop the draw?
You repel (remove) a ship from the harbor by using the Sailor/Pirate (cutlass) effect, which takes that ship out of play so it isn't available to be taken and can affect whether the draw continues; see the rulebook p.5 and professions p.9.
During someone else's Trade & Hire phase, can I take a card from the harbor and what do I pay?
Yes — other players may take exactly one card from the harbor during another player's Trade & Hire phase by paying 1 coin to do so; see the rulebook p.6.
How do I claim an Expedition — do I have to discard a Jack or specific professions?
Certain professions (for example Priest, Captain, Settler and Jack) may be discarded to meet an Expedition's requirements, and you claim an Expedition by discarding the required cards as stated; see the rulebook p.5 and the profession abilities listing p.8.
How many Influence points do I need to win, and are there alternate end conditions?
The standard competitive win condition is 12 Influence (with some variants and options such as 12+Expedition or an 8-Influence shorter game); see the rulebook p.7 (and additional end-game/variant details p.18).
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