Cover art for Pirateer

Pirateer

1978 · BGG
Avg rating
5.55
Bayes rating
5.49
Weight
1.46 (Light)
Players
2-4
Playtime
15 min
Ratings count
1,327

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Description

The object of the game is to steal the treasure with one of your ships and get it to your home port or to capture all your opponents 3 ships using movement restricted by dice rolls (two six-sided dice), obstacles, trade winds, and currents.

The theme of the game is for each player to assume the role of a different band of three ships, with their own port and flag.

Nine extra scenarios are included - from "Shipwreck" to "Nuke-A-Teer"(!) - including one for up to 8 players (requires two games).

1996 Mensa Select

20th anniversary edition by Mendocino Games (2016) was released in a long tin box with Twentieth Anniversary edition added, mimicking the original cardboard packaging of the earliest versions.

Created by Scott Peterson in 1978. The game was originally named Privateer before being published by the Mendocino Game Company in 1995.



Mechanics

Pick-up and Deliver Roll / Spin and Move

Themes

Nautical Pirates

Publishers

(Self-Published) Discovery Games Mendocino Game Company Reveal Entertainment, Inc. Tactic

Designers

Scott Peterson