The black pirate (game)

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The black pirate
Game data
author Guido Hoffmann
publishing company HABA
Publishing year 2006
Art Board game
Teammates 2 to 4
Duration 15-20 minutes
Age from 5 years

Awards

Children's game of the year 2006

The black pirate is a family game by game designer Guido Hoffmann . The game for two to four players, ages five and up, lasts around 15–20 minutes and was published by HABA in 2006 .

It won the 2006 Children's Game Critic 's Prize .

Theme and equipment

In addition to the instructions, the contents of the game box consist of:

  • a four-part composable game board
  • 5 colored wooden boats with fabric sails
  • two special dice
  • 36 gold pieces in the form of wooden plates
  • a bellows as a windmaker
  • four fabric treasure bags

The players steer ships in an island world , call at ports and salvage treasures . After rolling the dice, each player can decide whether he wants to control his own sailing ship or the black pirate ship with which he can ambush other ships.

Movement of ships

The air movement generated by the small bellows is used to maneuver the ships into the ports and pick up the treasures there in the form of wooden tiles that are put into the treasure sacks so that nobody knows who the richest pirate is. When moving the pirate ship, you try to bump into another ship. With this you can board it and steal a maximum of 3 gold pieces. However, the captain still has the option of keeping the robbery within limits by means of a defense (he takes three gold pieces in two hands, whereby he is free to choose how many are in each hand and lets the pirate choose one hand).

The island world is shown on a 50 × 50 cm playing field, with the islands being raised by a double layer of cardboard opposite the sea and the harbors. The ships are made of wood with small fabric sails and are driven by bellows . If a ship falls over, it is placed back on the starting point.

Profit

When all gold pieces previously distributed by rolling the dice are collected, the bags are emptied and the owner of most gold pieces wins. A tie is possible.

The game is a heavily modified variant of the game Akaba ( German Games Prize 2005 in the Children's Games category) by the same author. It promotes hand-eye coordination and requires some skill when blowing on the ships.

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