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Pirate 21

Pirates play blackjack, too

24 gold coins are the loot that needs to be divided, fought over with six times each of Captain 2-2-4-4-6-6, Mate 3-3-5-5-7-7, Pirate 1-1-3-3-5-5 and Gunner 4-4-6-6-8-8, two Princesses 8-8 and two Kings 5-5 as well as one Black Spot 0: The Black Spot cannot win the round, but receives a coin for the lowest total at the end of the round or if eliminated; the Captain can discard any open card on the table including himself but not the Princess and replace it with a new one. The Gunner draws two cards, keeps one openly and discards the other. A Mate swaps two face-down cards between any two players, also his own. The Pirate attacks an opponent by guessing the value of one his face-down cards; if hi is correct the player is eliminated; the pirate wins a coin and knocks instantly. The Princess, face-up or face-down, deflects a Pirate attack and gets a coin from the Pirate. The King wins the game if he wins a round with the exact total of 21.

You are dealt two cards at the start of the round and display one of them openly, one is laid out face-down. The active player either draws a card and displays it or uses the effect of one of his open or face-down cards or passes or knocks to trigger the end of the round, which happens after his next turn. Whoever then has a total under 21 and nearest to 21, wins the round and gets a coin; if you did knock and win you get an additional coin. In case of a tie, all players in the tie get a coin. Whoever has four coins first, wins.

Well, pirates don’t have Casinos or croupiers for Blackjack, but their version is lots more fun, it is cute and surprisingly tactical!

Players: 2-6

Age: 14+

Time: 15+

Designer: Jeremy Commandeur, Franklin Kenter

Artist: Stephanie Gustavsson, Jarek Nocoñ

Price: ca. 15 Euro

Publisher: Indie Boards & Cards 2017

Web: www.indieboardsandcards.com

Genre: Cards, limit on value total

Users: With friends

Version: en

Rules: en

In-game text: no

Comments:

Cute, funny Blackjack variant

Card memory helpful

Surprisingly tactical

Compares to:

Blackjack

Other editions:

Currently none

Chance (pink): 2

Tactic (turquoise): 2

Strategy (blue): 0

Creativity (dark blue): 0

Knowledge (yellow): 0

Memory (orange): 1

Communication (red): 0

Interaction (brown): 3

Dexterity (green): 0

Action (dark green): 0