Notorious

El Grande and Root set sail!

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.

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A picture from a recent 5 player play test!
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Agonizing over where to place our Captains.
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The .png file for the Player cheat sheet.
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An online play test using the TTS mod.
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An older version of the game during a play test.

Actions

Sail

Rules

Hex Influence and Notoriety

  • 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.

Charts and Doubloons

  • 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.
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