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21 Mutinies

Arrr! Edition

Already presented at Essen in 2011 and now realized as a crowd funding project via Spieleschmiede, 21 Mutinies Arrr! Once again takes us into the midst of pirates doing their usual jobs of drinking rum and looting, but this time there is also mutiny in the offing.

The captain gives his orders, the crew obeys! Or not, and mutinies instead! Pirates want loot, rum and gold coins for further expeditions and, in the long run, for prestige among their peers. First, the captain chooses an action from Raiding on Trade routes, Raiding Beyond the Trade Routes, Tavern, Black Market and Visit the Town; he pays for the action and the actions yields jewel tiles for prestige and gold coins, or treasure tiles for bonuses and rum. Then players can pay and use the action chosen by the captain. If you do not want to do this, you can choose a cabin action or mutiny! Cabin actions earn you prestige or gold coins. When all have chosen the actions are resolved in order. In case of a mutiny the player who paid most for his chosen action spot will be the new captain. The order of play also changes and the new captain draws a mutiny card and resolves it. When the last mutiny card is drawn or the jewel markers have been used up for the second time, the game ends after a final round and you win with most prestige.

A nice game, featuring a mix of familiar mechanisms, for instance taking over chosen actions, but pirate games are always well-liked, this one here probably most by families with a bit of experience in game play; 21 Mutinies plays smoothly and access to the game is rather easy.

Players: 2-5

Age: 10+

Time: 45+

Designer: Perepau Llistosella

Artist: Xavier Carrascosa, Chechu Nieto, Pedro Soto

Price: ca. 35 Euro

Publisher: Asylum Games 2013

Web: www.asylumgameseditorial.com

Genre: Pirates, choosing actions

Users: With friends

Version: multi

Rules: de en es

In-game text: no

Comments:

Harmonious components

Smooth game play

Standard topic and standard mechanisms

Compares to:

San Juan and many others for copying actions, all pirate games for loot

Other editions:

Currently none

Chance (pink): 1

Tactic (turquoise): 2

Strategy (blue): 1

Creativity (dark blue): 0

Knowledge (yellow): 0

Memory (orange): 0

Communication (red): 0

Interaction (brown): 2

Dexterity (green): 0

Action (dark green): 0