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Fortunes of Scoundrel Bay

Fortunes of Scoundrel Bay

2025·Vegard Eliassen Stillerud, Eilif Svensson, Åsmund Svensson

Videos
10
Creators
10

Mostly reviews. Fortunes of Scoundrel Bay is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 7 reviews, 2 how-to-play guides, and 1 unboxings.

1 - 4 players
75 - 120 min
Heavy weight: Expect a long teach

From BoardGameGeek

You have finally reached the archipelago of Scoundrel Bay! Here, amidst treasures and dangers, fortune awaits any crew daring - or foolish - enough to seize it. In Fortunes of Scoundrel Bay, players are pirate captains who try to collect the most gold by conquering harbors, seeking hideouts, delivering crates, digging up treasures, and gaining reputation by fighting monsters. During the game, each player builds up their crew to unlock stronger actions such as digging for treasure, invading hideouts, and picking up and delivering crates. On your turn, play one card from your hand and choose one of three actions for it: Recruit Sail and shoot monster Invade You may not pick the same action you took on your previous turn. The deck contains 84 unique, multi‑use cards, and every card works with all three actions. After each of five reefs, you resolve an event and feed your crew. The game ends as soon as a captain crosses the fifth reef. Sailing quickly shortens the game, but racing ahead might leave your engine too weak to claim victory. In the box, you'll find unique player power tiles, asymmetric player boards, screen-printed captain figures, screen-printed pirate ship figures, 108 pirate figures, event cards, and a lot more. Fortunes of Scoundrel Bay is a high interaction game in which players compete to gain area‑majority over lucrative islands, outpace foes in an open draft of crew cards, race to engage monsters before others can, and outwit captains in tense blind bids - all without resorting to negative or take‑that attacks. -description from the designer

Fortunes of Scoundrel Bay

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Learn to play

All the Games with Steph: Fortunes of Scoundrel Bay - Teach & Playthrough2:41:31

All the Games with Steph: Fortunes of Scoundrel Bay - Teach & Playthrough

Steph Hodge

Steph Hodge

Review

Is a pirate life really for me? - Fortunes of Scoundrel Bay Board Game Review22:18

Is a pirate life really for me? - Fortunes of Scoundrel Bay Board Game Review

Board Gaming Ramblings

Board Gaming Ramblings

Which Fortunes of Scoundrel Bay video should I watch?

Fortunes of Scoundrel Bay has 10 videos from 10 creators: 7 reviews, 2 how-to-play guides and 1 unboxing. They date from 2025 to April 2026.

To learn the rules, start with "All the Games with Steph: Fortunes of Scoundrel Bay - Teach & Playthrough" by Steph Hodge, which runs 2 h 42 min.

For an opinion before you buy, start with "Is a pirate life really for me? - Fortunes of Scoundrel Bay Board Game Review" by Board Gaming Ramblings. 7 creators have reviewed it.

If you like it, try Revive, The Magnificent, Bad Company and Trails of Tucana, also by Eilif Svensson.

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Is a pirate life really for me? - Fortunes of Scoundrel Bay Board Game ReviewReview22:18

Is a pirate life really for me? - Fortunes of Scoundrel Bay Board Game Review

Board Gaming Ramblings

Board Gaming Ramblings

Fortunes of Scoundrel Bay Is this going to be your perfect pirate game?Review1:27:04

Fortunes of Scoundrel Bay Is this going to be your perfect pirate game?

Rahdo Runs Through

Rahdo Runs Through

Fortunes of Scoundrel Bay Review: Ye Best Be Feedin' Yer Crew, MateyReview12:04

Fortunes of Scoundrel Bay Review: Ye Best Be Feedin' Yer Crew, Matey

The Dice Tower

The Dice Tower

All the Games with Steph: Fortunes of Scoundrel Bay - Teach & PlaythroughHow to play2:41:31

All the Games with Steph: Fortunes of Scoundrel Bay - Teach & Playthrough

Steph Hodge

Steph Hodge

Fortunes of Scoundrel Bay - Tutorial & PlaythroughHow to play2:23:07

Fortunes of Scoundrel Bay - Tutorial & Playthrough

Gaming Rules!

Gaming Rules!

Fortunes of Scoundrel Bay | Solo PlaythroughReview50:34

Fortunes of Scoundrel Bay | Solo Playthrough

slickerdrips

slickerdrips

Fortunes of Scoundrel Bay - Board Game ReviewReview6:08

Fortunes of Scoundrel Bay - Board Game Review

How I Roll

How I Roll

Fortunes of Scoundrel Bay - How It Balances Speed vs Strategy. Board Game ReviewReview20:55

Fortunes of Scoundrel Bay - How It Balances Speed vs Strategy. Board Game Review

Meeple University

Meeple University

Fortunes of Scoundrel Bay Review - Its time to board the pirate ship!Review13:12

Fortunes of Scoundrel Bay Review - Its time to board the pirate ship!

BoxedMeeples

BoxedMeeples

Fortunes of Scoundrel Bay UnboxingUnboxing9:35

Fortunes of Scoundrel Bay Unboxing

ThisBoardGameLife

ThisBoardGameLife

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About Fortunes of Scoundrel Bay

From BoardGameGeek:

You have finally reached the archipelago of Scoundrel Bay! Here, amidst treasures and dangers, fortune awaits any crew daring - or foolish - enough to seize it. In Fortunes of Scoundrel Bay, players are pirate captains who try to collect the most gold by conquering harbors, seeking hideouts, delivering crates, digging up treasures, and gaining reputation by fighting monsters. During the game, each player builds up their crew to unlock stronger actions such as digging for treasure, invading hideouts, and picking up and delivering crates. On your turn, play one card from your hand and choose one of three actions for it: Recruit Sail and shoot monster Invade You may not pick the same action you took on your previous turn. The deck contains 84 unique, multi‑use cards, and every card works with all three actions. After each of five reefs, you resolve an event and feed your crew. The game ends as soon as a captain crosses the fifth reef. Sailing quickly shortens the game, but racing ahead might leave your engine too weak to claim victory. In the box, you'll find unique player power tiles, asymmetric player boards, screen-printed captain figures, screen-printed pirate ship figures, 108 pirate figures, event cards, and a lot more. Fortunes of Scoundrel Bay is a high interaction game in which players compete to gain area‑majority over lucrative islands, outpace foes in an open draft of crew cards, race to engage monsters before others can, and outwit captains in tense blind bids - all without resorting to negative or take‑that attacks. -description from the designer

Designers

Vegard Eliassen Stillerud, Eilif Svensson, Åsmund Svensson

Artists

Billy Christian, Sylvain Leroy

Publisher

Chilifox Games

Categories

AdventurePirates

Mechanics

Area Majority / InfluenceHand ManagementPick-up and DeliverVariable Player Powers
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