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Piratendukaten

Pirates vs. Raffi the Monkey

At long last the pirates have located the treasure of gold, and now they must cope with Raffi the Monkey who snatched away the treasure from under their nose. And thus a wild chase for the gold coins starts, of course.

Raffi the Monkey and the pirates race each other along the beach, Raffi swings along the lianas and the pirates down on the sand. To annoy the pirates Raffi again and again throws single coins down from the palm trees into the sand.

You roll the die and then move either your pirate for the total number of steps or divide the steps any way you want among your pirate and Raffi the Monkey. The pirate must take at least one step! Of course several pirates are allowed on a spot, you simply stack them; the last one that arrives goes on top. When Raffi reaches the last liana he throws a coin down from the tree. If a pirate stands directly underneath the tree, he picks up the coin and takes a coin directly from stock. When there is no pirate beneath the tree a coin from stock is placed there and stays in place until a pirate arrives and picks it up. Should more than one pirate be stacked under the tree the top pirate gets the coin. Now all change direction; pirates turn on the spot and run again in the same direction as does Raffi. At the end of the track surplus points are forfeit, if you are already there, you must move Raffi. When your pirate collects the third coin you win.

Piratendukaten is a cute little race game that also allows first tactical considerations; it is not always the best move to be the fastest, pirate, sometimes one who arrives later collects the coin.

Players: 2-4

Age: 5+

Time: 15+

Designer: Miriam Koser

Artist: Miriam Koser

Price: ca. 7 Euro

Publisher: Haba 2011

Web: www.haba.de

Genre: Race and collecting game

Users: For children

Version: multi

Rules: de en es fr it nl

In-game text: no

Comments:

Pirate topic of perpetual interest

Simple rules, allowing for first tactic considerations

Easy and fast to play

Attractive components

Compares to:

All race games with splitting of dice results

Other editions:

Currently none

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