Asmodee Editions | Jamaica 2nd Edition | Board Game | Ages 8+ | 2-6 Players | 30-60 Minutes Playing Time Various, ASMSCJCA03EN

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Here’s what I do (Gloomhaven): rather than having 1 coin be worth X amount (based on scenario level), I instead put that many there.

Gamer Network Limited, Gateway House, 28 The Quadrant, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 1DN, United Kingdom, registered under company number 03882481. Well, the original game Jamaica came out way back in 2007 – and ten years is a long time to go between the release of the main game and its first expansion! They take the much less interesting route of loading up five gold and then moving forward six spaces into a port they can now afford. Is it better to speed along to the finish line and try to end the race early, or do you plod along hoping to load up on gold? The Crew expansion also adds new treasure cards, including a 12 point treasure card which must be visible to all players.

There is nothing in particular I dislike about Jamaica, but plenty that I’d like to see fleshed out more. Even if you don’t have the right card, much of the tactical depth comes from making the wrong cards do the right things. Players are now able to recruit these characters when they pay the Harbor fee when traveling around the island. If a movement symbol is shown the player must move his ship forwards (green) or backwards (red) the number of spaces shown by the action die.

Personalised advertising may be considered a “sale” or “sharing” of information under California and other state privacy laws, and you may have a right to opt out. I’m going to tell you because it’s the element that elevates Jamaica from clunky roll and move into something altogether more satisfying. Each year, in remembrance of the “good old days,” Morgan organizes the Great Challenge, a race around the island, and at its end, the Captain with the most gold is declared Grand Winner.Then again, we have a high tolerance for dummy players in general and find this to be one of the better implementations of a dummy player.

Or else you’ll have to toss goods overboard to make room for the new, and that’s not very pirate-y – every time you do this, somewhere, the spirit of ‘Calico’ Jack weeps a little. Points are also added for any doubloons in your cargo holds, plus any points from your treasure cards. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.

Each player has the same deck of beautiful, large cards that they shuffle and then draw a hand size of three. This could be worth up to seven points come the game’s end, or it could be ‘cursed’ treasure (worth minus points). When battling, the attacker (player that just arrived) can choose to spend any number of cannon tokens from their hold. Then Henry Morgan (a former pirate, so you know he was trustworthy) became lieutenant governor and promised to clean it all up.

They move backward to the nearest space indicated on the die–either a port (circle), sea space (square), or treasure space (skull and bones). Piracy became illegal and, instead of being a haven for pirates, Port Royal became the place where pirates went to get executed.

Lets say the captain rolls a one and a six at the top of the round, he/she then assigns the one to the morning space and the six to the evening space, looks at his/her cards and decides to put down a card with a gunpowder icon in the top left and a green arrow in the top right. The cards in each character deck show icons in the top left and right corners, as well as beautifully colorful and light-hearted illustrations by Mathieu Leyssene. These treasure cards can be extra victory points (booty), an extra hold for your ship or combat bonuses. The icon in the upper left corner corresponds to the daytime action and the icon in the upper right corresponds to the nighttime action. For a game with such a simple rule-set too it has a frustrating number of grey areas where house-rules will have to reign.