Gamehelppiratenkapern

For tips on how to play piraten kapern, see Tips_PiratenKapern

Objective

• The objective is to make sets of identical objects and score points.

Player Turn

• Draw the top fortune card, which affects you for this turn.
• Roll all 8 dice.
• Each die has 6 faces:
  • Coin,
  • Diamond,
  • Monkey,
  • Parrot,
  • Sabre (sword),
  • Skull.
• If you roll 3 skulls, you forfeit your turn.
• If you get 4 or more skulls, you go to the island of the dead.
• You can re-roll any of your dice, except skulls, but you must re-roll at least 2 dice.
• If you get 3 or more skulls after the re-roll, you are disqualified and score nothing.

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.

Game End

• The final round is triggered when a player's score becomes greater than 6000 points.
• The winner is the player with the highest score.

Skulls Island

• If a player rolls 4 or more skulls in their first roll, they go to Skulls Island for that turn.
• They can re-roll as normal, except they can only continue if they roll at least 1 skull.
• If no skulls are rolled, their turn ends.
• Opponents each lose 100 points per skull.
• Other objects have no value on Skulls Island.

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 nothing but the same number of negative points.
• Skulls (1-2): You start with the amount of extra skulls on the card.
• Treasure Island: Place dice on this card if you want.
  • They are protected and must score, even 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 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 get double the 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.