Rules

The object of the game is to be the first to seize the treasure from the middle of the board and bring it back to your character's stronghold.

1.       Set up game board:

• Shuffle game board card decks
• Place turquoise game board cards in a 6x4 card area
• Place black game board cards in an outer ring around the turquoise
• Use the compass/wind vane as a reference for the cardinal directions of the board.
• Place a Treasure Chest on to the middle of the board·        **Place 2 chests for a longer game/Place 1 chest for a shorter game

2.       Each player can hold a maximum of 5 cards at a time and will initially get 5 cards at the start

• Each player will be given a card at the start of their turn, unless they already have 5 cards
• Players can choose to discard a card to make room for a new one each turn
• Initial wind cards in the player’s deck (start of game) do not need to be immediately played, but any other wind cards retrieved later on in the game must be played immediately

3.       Players can only traverse land as their character (character bust side) and water in their ship (ship side)

4.       Each player has three actions per turn. The actions they can take are:

• Move on land (one tile in any direction, but not diagonally)
• Launch boat/disembark boat (Flip Token)
• Move in water (one tile in a direction, but not diagonally)
• Play card from hand
• Place a resource on a tile
• Build a Stronghold
• Attack Kraken, Serpent, Stronghold or another player once (must be adjacent to target) ** In case of attack on another player, coin flip to determine if Raid is successful; winner steals 1 Resource

5.       Each player has a die that is used as their HP counter. Each player starts with 4 HP. If they run out HP during the game, they are moved back to their base (either their starting point, or the stronghold they construct with their resources

• Combat: Reduce target player’s HP by 1 and immobilize them as written on the card. Normal attacks deal 1 damage (1 damage = -1 HP) **The Privateer deals 2x the damage (-2 HP)

6.       Special Tiles: Have effects when landed on

• Kraken: traps you in a "fight", must attack twice to continue moving or use a card to escape/destroy it (If the Kraken is the same colour as the player who lands on it, that player is not trapped) **Kraken pieces can be summoned using the “Summon Kraken” cards in the deck.
• Teleportation: white swirls on land and orange in the sea, allows the player to teleport to another swirl of the same colour on another part of the board.
• "X": Pick up a card from the deck
• Flying Fish: If a player lands on a School of Flying Fish they are pushed back 5 tiles away from the treasure. (i.e if another player has a treasure, it would be away from that player)
• Sea Serpent: If a player is on a Sea Serpent tile, reduce their HP by one once per turn. Sea Serpents have a 2 damage pain tolerance and can be bypassed if a player attacks them twice.

7.       Treasure Chests:

• Treasure Chests can be carried one at a time
• A Treasure Chest can be dropped when: (When dropped the Treasure Chest will land on a tile adjacent to the player) **Attacked by a Kraken of a different colour (often Summoned by another player) ***Attacked by another player

8.       Resources:

• Trade in one of these cards for a Resource that you can carry on your ship  **You need to be on at a land mass to do this place 3 Resources on an Island to establish a Stronghold. ***To reiterate, this must be on the Interior Cards. This can act as an alternative Home Base Strongholds can be destroyed by an opposing player if hit 2 times. (The attacking player can steal 1 resource, so the defending player must rebuild the Stronghold by finding the missing resource)
• If you are on an adjacent tile from another player, you can Raid their ship for a resource when you attack them. Flip a coin. Winner gets a resource of their choice from the other player.

9.       **Cards must be followed**

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