The year is 1667 & you are a pirate sailing the waters of the Caribbean A Spanish Galleon floats nearby & you’ve talked your crewmates into working together to steal all of its treasure What you haven’t told your fellow pirates is that you have no intentions on sharing the treasure once you have it Your crewmates have told you that they share your loyalty & that they’ll help you maroon the greedy pirates on your ship to the rocky island of Tortuga But you’ve seen your friends’ loaded pistols & heard their whisperings of a mutiny You know that nobody can be trusted Tortuga is all about the interactions you have with the other players In some cases such as when you & your shipmates are attacking the Spanish Galleon you need to rely on your enemies in order to succeed In the very next turn however your shipmates might stab you in the back with a mutiny in order to keep all the treasure for themselves Since nobody holds a "hand" of cards this game is also about knowledge & communication regarding the community Event cards Unless you are in desperation mode it is not wise to reveal Event cards at random Almost half of the Event cards can hurt your team drastically It&s often in your best interest to use an action to view the cards first or to rely on the knowledge of a trusted ally Knowing where harmful Event cards are located means that you can force an enemy to reveal those cards & suffer the consequences The most successful players are the ones who are able to discern who is on their team & then share vital information with them at opportune moments Vote cards also play a key role in the game Each Vote card has three sections
- one each for Attacks Mutinies & Brawls Players must put themselves in the best position to use their Vote cards since their hand of Vote cards may not always be ideal based on their pawn location For example sometimes it may be worth putting in Water causing an attack to fail in order to save a Crossbones card for when you want to Mutiny against your captain For 2-9 Players 20-40 minutes Ages 12