Cryptic Cardboard | PORT ROYAL

Publisher: Cryptic Cardboard (in India)

Ages: 8+

No.of players: 1 to 6

Duration: 20 mins 

Overview:

The merchant players in Port Royal try to earn as much as they can out of the Caribbean Sea.

The card deck depicts a coin on the back of each card — with players earning and paying coins throughout the game — and different items on the card fronts:

-Person, who stays in a face-up row next to deck.

-Ship, which the player can attack immediately if he has enough swords on his people cards, after which the ship is discarded; otherwise, the ship stays in the harbour.

-Expedition, which remains above the harbour until a player fulfills it by discarding people who have the items required for the expedition.

-Tax Increase, which forces everyone with twelve or more coins to discard half their money, after which the card is discarded.

If the player draws a ship with the same name as a ship already in the harbor, he's spent too much time dilly-dallying and his turn ends!

When one player has at least twelve influence points — which are on both people and expedition cards — the game is played to the end of the round, giving everyone the same number of turns, then the player with the most influence points wins.