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Pirate Cove

Pirate Cove

2022

1 - 2 players
20 - 40 min
Medium weight: Teach it in one sitting

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solo/cooperative deck builder in a mint tin. Play cards to complete quests before you and the other pirates run out of morale in Pirate Cove. Players will plan to either attempt a quest solo, together, or not at all and stay at Pirate Cove. When attempting a quest, play cards to meet the quest requirements. If players take damage while questing, they will become stranded and lose morale. Any quests not completed in a turn, will have rumors of cursed quests by your crew. If you do not pay them off with the gold you earn from completing quests, you will lose morale. Lose all your morale and you lose the game. During the game you will earn gold from quests to spend on upgrades to your ship and hiring crew member cards. Upgrades to your ship give you a permanent ability while adding cards to your deck. Crew member cards go right into your deck and have abilities you can use when you draw them. Become the pirate legend by completing all the quests, maintaining the morale of your crew, and managing your gold correctly.

Pirate Cove

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Learn to play

Pirate Cove6:56

Pirate Cove

Scottronics

Scottronics

Watch it played

Pirate Cove playthrough39:50

Pirate Cove playthrough

Individual Adventures

Individual Adventures

Which Pirate Cove video should I watch?

Pirate Cove has 3 videos from 3 creators: 1 how-to-play guide, 1 playthrough and 1 unboxing. They date from 2022 to March 2024.

To learn the rules, start with "Pirate Cove" by Scottronics, which runs 7 min.

To see it played, watch "Pirate Cove playthrough" by Individual Adventures.

If you like it, try God of War: The Card Game, Dungeon Crawler Carl: Unstoppable, Dark Souls: The Card Game or Bohemians, which share several of its mechanics.

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Pirate Cove playthroughPlaythrough39:50

Pirate Cove playthrough

Individual Adventures

Individual Adventures

Pirate CoveHow to play6:56

Pirate Cove

Scottronics

Scottronics

Unboxing Pirate Cove: A Swashbuckling Adventure in a Mint Tin!Unboxing5:51

Unboxing Pirate Cove: A Swashbuckling Adventure in a Mint Tin!

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About Pirate Cove

From BoardGameGeek:

solo/cooperative deck builder in a mint tin. Play cards to complete quests before you and the other pirates run out of morale in Pirate Cove. Players will plan to either attempt a quest solo, together, or not at all and stay at Pirate Cove. When attempting a quest, play cards to meet the quest requirements. If players take damage while questing, they will become stranded and lose morale. Any quests not completed in a turn, will have rumors of cursed quests by your crew. If you do not pay them off with the gold you earn from completing quests, you will lose morale. Lose all your morale and you lose the game. During the game you will earn gold from quests to spend on upgrades to your ship and hiring crew member cards. Upgrades to your ship give you a permanent ability while adding cards to your deck. Crew member cards go right into your deck and have abilities you can use when you draw them. Become the pirate legend by completing all the quests, maintaining the morale of your crew, and managing your gold correctly.

Publisher

Self-published

Categories

Pirates

Mechanics

Cooperative GameDeck BuildingSolo / Solitaire Game
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