Loot
1992Reiner Knizia
- Videos
- 6
- Creators
- 4
Mostly reviews and playthroughs. Loot is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 2 reviews, 2 recorded sessions, and 2 unboxings.
2 - 8 players
20 min
Light weight: Learn it in minutes
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In Loot, players send out their pirates to attack and defend trading ships in order to get the most gold coins. The game box contains 78 cards consisting of trading ships, pirate ships, captains, and an admiral. Players send out a trading ship on a voyage in which it must survive a round of attacks from other player's pirate ships. You defend your traders with your own pirates and collect the spoils of your attacks elsewhere. The game ends once the draw deck is depleted and one player is out of cards. The player with the most gold coins wins. Description for the Heidelberger release: Essen release, 2002. In the nice small black box, with embossed lettering. This game has 25 Trade ships worth different amounts of gold (from 2 to 8), 48 Pirate ships, 12 each in 4 colors. The Pirate ships are worth 1-4 skulls (the player with the most skulls played on a trade ship captures it if the lead is kept for one full pass around the table). There are 4 Pirate Captains (1 of each color) to help win the battles and 1 Admiral to help defend the trade ships. The game is playable with 2-5 players individually. With partners it can be played with up to 6 or 8.
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Loot has 6 videos from 4 creators: 2 reviews, 2 playthroughs and 2 unboxings. They date from 2024 to March 2026.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "A Tin Full Of Treasure!! || Loot Review" by Boardgame Buccaneer. To see it played, watch "We say YARG! a lot | Loot" by Critical Hit Games MD, one of 2 playthroughs.
If you like it, try Ra, Rebirth, The Quest for El Dorado and My City, also by Reiner Knizia.
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About Loot
From BoardGameGeek:
In Loot, players send out their pirates to attack and defend trading ships in order to get the most gold coins. The game box contains 78 cards consisting of trading ships, pirate ships, captains, and an admiral. Players send out a trading ship on a voyage in which it must survive a round of attacks from other player's pirate ships. You defend your traders with your own pirates and collect the spoils of your attacks elsewhere. The game ends once the draw deck is depleted and one player is out of cards. The player with the most gold coins wins. Description for the Heidelberger release: Essen release, 2002. In the nice small black box, with embossed lettering. This game has 25 Trade ships worth different amounts of gold (from 2 to 8), 48 Pirate ships, 12 each in 4 colors. The Pirate ships are worth 1-4 skulls (the player with the most skulls played on a trade ship captures it if the lead is kept for one full pass around the table). There are 4 Pirate Captains (1 of each color) to help win the battles and 1 Admiral to help defend the trade ships. The game is playable with 2-5 players individually. With partners it can be played with up to 6 or 8.
Designer
Reiner Knizia
Artists
Haris Bitsakakis, Vincent Burger, Kevin Keele, Gary Locke, Nima Majlesi, Chechu Nieto, Pierre-Louis Puaud, Camila Queiroz and 3 more
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Mechanics
Combat ResolutionHand ManagementTeam-Based Game