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Mar 7, 2024·How to play·10:48·699·Watch on YouTube

How to play Pirate's Bluff, by James Ernest

James Ernest

James Ernest

Watch “How to play Pirate's Bluff, by James Ernest,” a how-to-play guide for Pirate's Bluff from James Ernest on BoardGameVideo.

Description provided by James Ernest on YouTube:

James Ernest of Crab Fragment Labs explains the rules to Pirate's Bluff, a simple bidding and bluffing game with fast action and no turns. The Pirate's Bluff deck includes eight copies each of ranks 0 through 8. Players receive hands of cards and play a single card face up to start the round. The low card bids first, and then any player may bid or call the existing bid, playing without turns and as quickly as they want. A bid is a number of cards of a certain rank, like three 5's or four 3's. To raise the bid, you must raise either the rank of the cards, or the quantity. If you raise the quantity of cards the rank can drop lower (five ones is a higher bid than four sixes). When someone calls the bid, the round is over, and the winner pays the loser a penalty equal to the size of the bid. Sometimes the bidding is over in just a few seconds. You can download the rules to Pirate's Bluff, and dozens of other unique games, from Crab Fragment Labs. You can also buy two versions of the Pirate's Bluff deck from our friends at DriveThruCards. Crab Fragment on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/crabfragment Crab Fragment Labs: https://www.crabfragmentlabs.com/ Pirate's Bluff Page: https://crabfragmentlabs.com/pirates-bluff

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Pirate's Bluff

Pirate's Bluff

2020·James Ernest

3 - 8 players
20 - 40 min
Light weight: Learn it in minutes

About Pirate's Bluff, from BoardGameGeek:

Pirate's Bluff is a bluffing card game for long sea voyages. It is similar to the traditional game Liar's Dice, in that players start with a random secret hand, and try to guess through bidding what every other player holds. Bidding happens in real time, with no turns, requiring lightning-fast decisions and nerves of pirate steel. The game uses a 72-card deck plus coins or poker chips for keeping score. The Pirate's Bluff deck contains eight copies each of the numbers 1 through 8, plus eight wild cards (rank 0), for a total of 72. Once the action starts, players can call out a bid at any time, escalating the difficulty until someone calls their bluff. When a bid is called, all players show their hands. If the bidder is right, the bidder wins and the caller loses. If the bidder is wrong, then the caller wins and the bidder loses. -description from the publisher

Designer

James Ernest

Publisher

Crab Fragment Labs

Categories

Card Game

Mechanics

Betting & Bluffing
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