As a notorious Pirate, use your Captains to command your
fleet. Gain Notoriety by controlling territory on the board but remember
not to neglect your own secret stash of Doubloons! Gain Doubloons by
smuggling goods for the local islands or for finding treasure. Your Captains
will accept Doubloons as a Bribe to put in extra effort fighting on your
behalf. Careful though, if you become too notorious other pirates may
turn bounty-hunter to increase their own reknown.
A competitive game with direct player interaction and deterministic
combat, it plays in about 1 hour, not including teaching and learning
time. Variations for all player counts between 2-6 players have
been designed and tested.
Pictures
A picture from a recent 5 player play test!
Agonizing over where to place our Captains.
The .png file for the Player cheat sheet.
An online play test using the TTS mod.
An older version of the game during a play test.
Actions
Rules
Hex Influence in Notorious is based on the
number of units a player has in the Hex.
Sloops and Ports count as 1 towards the player's
Influence total while Galleons count as 2. The
player with the highest Influence total in the
Hex is considered to Influence the Hex. If there is
a tie then no Player is considered to influence
the Hex.
During the Notoriety Round each Player gains
Notoriety equal to the number of Hexes they
influence plus any bonuses they may get from
their Captain Powers. Track Notoriety using
the track around the outside of the board.
Other common ways to gain Notoriety are
sinking the Ships of notorious Players
and winning Island Raids.
Doubloons are a VP/currency combo that
are used for paying Bribes to improve the
actions you take, in addition to being
worth points at the end of the game.
Keep your Doubloons in your secret stash
so other players won't be sure just how
much of a hoard of treasure you have.
The best way to gain Doubloons is completing
Treasure Maps and Smuggler Routes.