Gamehelppiratenkapern

For tips on how to play piraten kapern, see Tips_PiratenKapern

Objective

• The objective on each turn, is to make sets of 3 or more identical die faces, collect diamonds and coins, and score points.
• The overall game objective is to score 6000 points or more, and end with the highest score.

Player Turn

• Draw the top Action Card, which affects you for this turn.
• Roll all 8 dice.
• Each die has 6 faces:
  • Coin,
  • Diamond,
  • Monkey,
  • Parrot,
  • Sabre (sword),
  • Skull.
• You may stop rolling at any time, and collect your points, or press your luck and re-roll any number of additional times, for more.
• You can re-roll any of your dice, except skulls, but you must re-roll at least 2 dice.
• If you get 3 skulls on your first roll, or 3 or more skulls after any re-roll, your turn ends and you score nothing.
• If you get 4 or more skulls during your first roll, you go to Skull Island (see below).

Scoring

Scoring

# dice in set	3	4	5	6	7	8
Points	100	200	500	1000	2000	4000

• Each diamond and coin is worth an additional 100 points.
• If the player generates points with all 8 dice, they score an extra 500 points.
• With some Action Cards and Skull Island, it is possible for a player's score to be negative.

Game End

• The final round is triggered when a player's score becomes greater than, or equal to, 6000 points.
• All other remaining players are permitted one final turn.
• If during one of the remaining player's final turn, the triggering player's score goes below 6000, play continues as normal until a player reaches 6000 again.
• The winner is the player with the highest score.
• If the score ends in a tie, ...

Skull Island

• If a player rolls 4 or more skulls in their first roll, they go to Skull Island for that turn.
• They can re-roll as normal, except their turn only continues if they roll at least 1 skull.
• As soon as no skulls are rolled, or they cannot roll at least 2 dice, their turn ends.
• Opponents each lose 100 points per skull.
• Other objects have no value on Skull Island. The player scores nothing.

Action Cards

• Animals: Monkeys and parrots are grouped together and counted as a type.
• Diamond: You start with 1 extra diamond.
• Gold Coin: You start with 1 extra gold coin.
• Guardian: Once during your turn, you can re-roll a skull.
• Pirate: Double all points (positive or negative) in this turn.
• Pirate Ship (2-4): If you roll at least the number of sabres on the card, you get bonus points (2:300, 3:500, 4:1000).
  • Otherwise, score the same number of negative points.
• Skulls (1-2): You start with the amount of extra skulls on the card.
• Treasure Island: Place the dice on this card that you want save.
  • They are protected and will score, even if you roll 3 or more skulls.

Promo cards

• If you are playing with the promo cards the following also appear:

After the Storm

• You are only allowed to re-roll your dice once.
• You only score, and receive double points, for diamond and coins.
• If you visit Skull Island, you can only re-roll once.
• If you roll 3 skulls, your turn ends but you score according to Skull Island rules.

Peace

• You have to end your turn without any sabres, or you score -1000 per sabre and your other dice are worth zero.
• If you succeed, you score your normal points.
• You are allowed to go to Skull Island, but you are not allowed to roll sabres there or your opponents will not lose points.