Blackbeard Reorganised Rules Summary – V1.
Steven McDougall – Latest developer rules in red
Setup
● Place Merchant Ships
● PirateDisplays to Players:
○ 5 Player Game: 2 each;
○ 4 Player Game: 2 each;
○ 3 Player Game: 3 each;
● Form
○ 2 Player Game: 4 each.
● Determine Player Order
○ Roll 1d6: highest becomes
Player A, then clockwise
around table. Take
corresponding Pirate ID
chits.
● Determine game length and
●4 Event cards face down to each
player
○ No “Play Immediately”
cards (reshuffle into pack if
dealt)
● Place8 Pro-Pirate Governors in
ports by means of d66 rolls
● Players dealt or choose Pirate
Cards:
○ 5 Player Game: 2 each;
○ 4 Player Game: 2 each;
○ 3 Player Game: 3 each;
○ 2 Player Game: 4 each.
● Players deploy Pirates into any
Sea Areas (even if already
occupied)
○ one Pirate deployment per
player mandatory
○ additional Pirates may be
deployed if desired (up to
total # of Pirate Cards in
hand at start of game)
○ place ID marker on
corresponding Pirate Card
and select a ship type (Sloop
or Schooner) for each Pirate
deployed. Place Combat,
Speed, and Loyalty chits on
display at colour-coded
levels (Loyalty on 7 in all
cases).
○ Randomly draw 8 chits:
place face down at ports
using d66 procedure.
draw pools for remaining
chits:
○ the 9 King’s Commissioners
(KC)
○ the 15 Hostages
○ the 16 Anti-Pirate Governors
○ the 15 Warships
carry out Player Turns until
game end
○ Standard: until General
Pardon is played for the 3rd
time
○ Long: go through Event
Deck x2, adding General
Pardon after 1st run
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Objectives
● Earn the most VPs. These come
from:
○ Net Worth of a retired Pirate:
obtained by;
■ in-Port conversion of
Booty (Doubloons) taken
after looting Merchant
Ships or successfully
attacking Ports
○ Notoriety of retired,
eliminated and surviving
Pirates: obtained by;
■ Looting Merchant Ships
■ Torturing Hostages
■ Successful Port attack
■ Successful Port sack
■ Defeating a King’s
Commissioner in battle
■ Defeating a Warship in
battle
■ Surviving an Oust
Attempt by a King’s
Commissioner
○ Being eliminated by a King’s
Commissioner (Pirate
Player)
○ Using a King’s
Commissioner to eliminate a
Pirate (Anti-Pirate Player)
○ Being defeated by a Pirate
after attacking with a King’s
Commissioner
○ Using a Warship to damage
a Pirate
● Score VPs immediately after
they occur
● If a Pirate is eliminated (other
than by a King’s
Commissioner) or is still alive
at game end:
○ he receives 1VP per
Notoriety Point
○ but receives 0VP for Net
Worth (better to Retire if
possible)
The Player Turn
● Crew Loyalty reduced by 1 on
each Pirate Player’s Ship that
has Scurvy
● Pirate Player draws Event
Cards until 4 are in hand
○ resolve any “Play
Immediately” cards and
draw replacement
○ note that Pirate Cards are
considered separate from the
player’s Event Card hand
● Iffewer than 5 Merchant Ships
on board
○ increase number to 6 by
adding face-down to ports
using d66 procedure
■ the AP Players can use
their KCs to React (i.e.
attempt to Intercept and
Attack) during some
Pirate Actions (only 1 KC
can React per Action but
no restriction on # of
different KCs that can
React throughout a Pirate
Player’s Turn)
● CUNNING
○ note that, at any stage of the
game, a Pirate may expend 1
of his Cunning Points to
make a re-roll (the full # of
dice must be re-rolled)

● Pirate Player plays Event

Cards
○ at least 1 card per turn
○ all 4 in-hand cards may be
played but only 1 can be
used for Actions
○ Event must be carried out
first if an “Event AND
Actions” card is played.
■ this counts as the Pirate
Player’s Actions Card
■ the Pirate Player may use
the Event for his KC
○ Any Action may be repeated
in the same Player Turn
○ Actions may be split amongst
all Pirate Player’s Pirates
○ diamond icon allows
#Actions=Initiative Rating of
Pirate (cannot split)
○ Anti-Pirate (AP) Actions can
be played by other players
during Pirate Player’s
Action Phase
■ only 1 AP Action per non-
Pirate Player during
Pirate Player’s Turn
■ no AP Action can be
repeated during any
single Pirate Action
■ no AP Action allowed if
Pirate Player is drawing
or deploying a new Pirate

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Pirate Actions ─ (PA)
PA #3 ─ Loot Merchant Ship
PA #1 ─ Move
● Cannot be done by a Pirate
● SeaArea to Sea Area
○ a player’s Pirate may never
● Iffound by a Pirate, a
enter (or stay in) a Sea Area
that contains that player’s
own King’s Commissioner
● Sea Area to Port
○ not into a port containing an
● Roll 1d6 + Merchant Ship
Anti-Pirate Governor unless
in possession of Letter of
Marque for that nationality
○ not into destroyed Port
○ instant recovery from
Scurvy
● IfPirate takes Doubloons:
● Portto Sea Area
○ a player’s Pirate may never
leave a port if the adjoining
Sea Area contains that
player’s own King’s
Commissioner
● Sea Area to adjoining Transit
Box
● Transit Box to adjoining Sea
Area
● Any number of Pirates allowed
in any Sea Area, Transit Box,
or Port
●2Move Actions required to
move if Speed < 0
PA #2 ─ Find Merchant Ship
● Cannotbe done by a Pirate
undergoing D&R
● Roll 1d6 + Pirate Ability Rating
(+1 if Merchant Ship is face up)
○ success if result > 7
○ turn Merchant Ship face up
if successful
● May go on to Loot the ship as
next Action (even if this is on
the next turn)
undergoing D&R
Merchant Ship may be looted
by that Pirate as his very next
Action (even if this is on the
next turn)
Cargo Rating (= Adjusted Roll)
○ cross reference on Merchant
Cargo Table against Region
○ this gives # of Doubloons
that could be looted
○ put into 1 hold of Pirate ship
(if all holds already full, then
Pirate must empty a hold
before loading looted
Doubloons)
○ Crew Loyalty reduced by 1 if
the Adjusted Roll ≤ 3
(Mutiny if Loyalty falls to 0)
○ Crew Loyalty increased by 1
if the Adjusted Roll ≥ 8
○ draw Hostage chit and
either:
■ Ransom (may bring
Doubloons later): put chit
on Pirate Display together ● If a Pirate wishes to convert a
with attack token of
corresponding port
nationality, or
■ Torture: Roll 1d6.
⧫ Result > Cruelty
rating:
1.add Information
Value of Hostage
onto Port Grid
(makes attacks on
that port easier
later)
2.Crew Loyalty
increased by 1
3.gain Notoriety
Points (Hostage
Value Rating)
⧫ Result ≤ Cruelty
rating:
3
1.Crew Loyalty still
increased by 1
2.gain Notoriety
Points (Hostage
Value Rating)
⧫ return Hostage to pool
● IfPirate refuses to take
Doubloons:
○ Crew Loyalty reduced by 1
(Mutiny if Loyalty falls to 0)
● Gain Notoriety Points
regardless of decision to take
Doubloons (# Notoriety Points =
Roll 1d6 + Merchant Ship
Cargo Rating)
● Remove Merchant Ship from
board and put into pool (or
temporarily place on Pirate
card if Pirate plans to Convert
as his next Action)
● Voluntary D&R may be
declared (gain Crew Loyalty
Point(s) after a subsequent
D&R Recovery Action in port)
PA #4 ─ Convert Merchant Ship
● Cannot be done by a Pirate
undergoing D&R
Merchant Ship, this Action
must be done by that Pirate
immediately after the
corresponding Looting Action
(even if this is on the next turn)
○ only red, blue, and green
Merchants can be converted
(i.e. only sloops, schooners,
and brigantines)
● Pirate simply moves his ship-
type marker on the Pirate
Display
○ Combat and Speed settings
are set to maximum
○ all other markers remain in
place
 ○ Doubloons in excess holds
are lost (if converting to a
smaller ship)
○ Crew Loyalty increased by 1
if new ship is bigger (more
holds)
○ Crew Loyalty decreased by 1
if new ship is smaller (fewer
holds)
■ (Mutiny if Loyalty falls to
0)
PA #5 ─ In-Port Activities ─ Note:
ALL of these can be done for only 1
Action TOTAL
● Cannot be done by a Pirate
undergoing D&R
● Any/all must be done in the
following order
(i) Ransom Hostages
● Only possible in:
○ Pro-Pirate ports
○ Anti-Pirate ports if
appropriate Letter of
Marque is held.
○ Safe Havens
○ Neutral ports of same
nationality as Hostage
● Never possible in Arab (green),
Portuguese (white), or Pirate
(black) ports
● Doubloons received = 2d6 x
(Value Rating of Hostage) x 10
● ADD to any hold (no need to
empty a hold first)
● Return Hostage to pool
(ii) Convert Doubloons to Net
Worth
● Possible in:
○ Pro-Pirate ports. Conversion
ratio = 1:1
○ Anti-Pirate ports if
appropriate Letter of
Marque is held.
Conversion ratio = 1:1
○ Neutral ports. Conversion
ratio = 2:1 (1:1 if appropriate
Letter of Marque is held)
○ Safe Havens. Conversion
ratio = 1:1 + 10% (round up)
○ Pirate ports. Conversion
ratio = 1:1 (invokes
involuntary D&R)
● Empty as many holds as
desired
(iii) Refit
● Possible in:
○ Pro-Pirate ports. Remove
1d6/2 Damage (Speed and/or
Combat). Round up.
○ Anti-Pirate ports if
appropriate Letter of
Marque is held. Remove
1d6/2 Damage (Speed and/or
Combat).
○ Neutral ports. Remove 1d6/2
Damage. (Speed and/or
Combat)
○ Safe Havens. Remove (1d6/2
+ 2) Damage. (Speed and/or
Combat)
○ Pirate ports. Remove ALL
Damage hits (Speed and
Combat)
● Never possible in Arab (green)
ports
● Multiple Actions may be used
to continue Refit
(iv) Buy Safe Haven
●A port can only be a Safe
Haven for 1 Pirate at any given
time
●A Pirate can have as many Safe
Havens as desired
● Safe Haven can be bought only
in Pro-Pirate port that is not a
Safe Haven for another Pirate.
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○ Bribe Governor: costs (1d6 x
100) Net Worth
○ Pirate need not proceed once
cost has been calculated
○ if bribe paid, note Safe
Haven location on Port Grid
○ add corresponding
“Governor Bribed” chit to
Pirate Display whether bribe
paid or not. Pirate may not
attempt to bribe this
Governor again for the rest
of the game.
● SafeHaven status ends if:
○ Pirate attacks the port
○ port becomes Neutral
○ Anti-Pirate Governor takes
over port
○ Pirate retires or dies
(v) Enter Involuntary D&R
or Declare Voluntary D&R
● Involuntary if:
○ Pirate converted Doubloons
to Net Worth earlier in this
Action
○ needs 2 D&R Recovery
Actions to clear and gain
Crew Loyalty Point(s) in
port (see D&R Recovery)
● Voluntary if:
○ Pirate decides to take this
Action as part of the current
In-Port Activities Action
○ needs 1 D&R Recovery
Action to clear and gain
Crew Loyalty Point(s) in
port (see D&R Recovery)
PA #6 ─ Attack Port
● Cannotbe done by a Pirate
undergoing D&R
● Done to gain Doubloons (which
may be converted to Net Worth
later) and Notoriety
○ cannot attack destroyed
ports or Pirate ports
● Pirate attacks as follows:
 ○ roll 1d6 + (Ship Combat
Rating) + (Ability Rating) +
(Hostage Information)
○ opponent rolls 1d6 + (Port
Defence Rating)
[2d6 + (Port Defence Rating) if
port has Port Attacked chit on it]
○ Attack Total > Defence Total
■ Doubloons looted = 100 x
sum of (Port Value) x d6
(may put into 1 hold of
Pirate ship - if all holds
already full, then Pirate
must empty a hold before
loading)
■ gain Notoriety = 2 x (Port
Value)
■ Crew Loyalty increased
by 1
■ ship suffers 1 Combat
Damage
■ Pirate automatically
enters port
○ Attack Total ≤ Defence Total
■ ship suffers (Defence
Total - Attack Total)
Combat Damage
■ Pirate stays in Sea Zone
○ either result: attacker places
nationality chit on Pirate
Display
■ all ports of that
nationality are now Anti-
Pirate to him(even Safe
Havens)
■ any Letter of Marque of
that nationality is lost
○ either result: place Port
Attacked chit on port
PA #7 ─ Sack Port
● Cannot be done by a Pirate
undergoing D&R
● Ifa Pirate attacks a port it may
be sacked by that Pirate as his
very next Action (even if this is
on the next turn)
● Piraterolls 1d6 + (Cruelty
Rating)
● Success if result > Port Defence
Rating:
○ gain Notoriety Points = 3 x
(Port Value Rating)
○ Crew Loyalty increased by 1
○ Pirate placed in Sea Area
(and undergoes involuntary
D&R)
○ port destroyed and useless
(place “Port Destroyed” chit
on port and remove any
resident Governor from
game)
● Failed if result ≤ Port Defence
Rating:
○ wasted Action
○ Pirate stays in port and must
leave and re-enter to sack
again
PA #8 ─ D&R Recovery
● Must be in port
● Decrease D&R status by 1
○ remove chit if D&R was
voluntary
○ flip chit if D&R was
involuntary and this is 1st
D&R Recovery Action
played on that Pirate
○ remove chit if D&R was
involuntary and this is 2st
D&R Recovery Action
played on that Pirate
● IfPirate completely recovered
○ Crew Loyalty increased by 1
in non-Pirate port
○ Crew Loyalty increased by 3
in Pirate port
PA #9 ─ Booty Grab
● Cannot be done by a Pirate
undergoing D&R
● Must be in same port as an
opponent’s Pirate undergoing
D&R
○ target player calculates (1d6
+ Ability Rating)
○ grabbing player calculates
(1d6 + Ability Rating + 1)
5
○ result = (grabbing player
total - target player total)
○ if result > 0: grab
1d6 result ×target ' s Dobloons
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grabber increases 1 hold, target
decreases hold(s) by same total
■ if result < 0: grabber
loses 2 Crew Loyalty
Points (Mutiny if Loyalty
falls to 0)
■ if result = 0: Duel:
⧫ each Pirate rolls (Duel
Rating) x d6
⧫ highest total wins
⧫ winner can take over
any/all victim’s
possessions (except Net
Worth); even his ship
⧫ losing Pirate dies
⧫ tied Duel can be re-
fought if both players
agree. Otherwise action
ends.
PA #10 ─ Retire
● Cannotbe done by a Pirate
undergoing D&R
● Usedto maximize VPs from a
Pirate’s Net Worth
● Possible in:
○ Pro-Pirate ports.
■ no cost if appropriate
Letter of Marque is held,
else
■ requires a bribe of (d66 x
100) of Pirate’s Net Worth.
■ if declined, Crew Loyalty
reduced by 1 (Mutiny if
Loyalty falls to 0)
■ add corresponding
“Governor Bribed” chit to
Pirate Display whether
bribe paid or not
○ Anti-Pirate ports if
appropriate Letter of
Marque is held
■ no cost
○ Safe Havens
■ no cost
 ○ Neutral ports if appropriate
Letter of Marque is held
■ no cost
● NOT possible in a Pirate port
● Gain 2VPs per Notoriety Point
● Gain1VP per 100 Net Worth
(ignore fractions)
PA #11 ─ Draw and/or Deploy
New Pirate
● Cannotbe done by a Pirate
undergoing D&R
● May only have the following
maxima at any one time
○ 5/4 Player Game: 3 Pirate
Cards in-hand and 2 Pirates
in play
○ 3 Player Game: 3 Pirate
Cards in-hand and 3 Pirates
in play
○ 2 Player Game: 4 Pirate
Cards in-hand and 4 Pirates
in play
● Notethat these cards are
considered separate from the
Event Card hand
PA #12 ─ Form Pirate Alliance
● Cannotbe done by a Pirate
undergoing D&R
● Possibleif player has several
Pirates in same port
● Only2 of a player’s Pirates can
form an Alliance at any one
time
● They must stay together at all
times if alliance is to be
maintained
○ movement and actions taken
together as one
○ Alliance Combat Rating =
highest individual value +1
○ Alliance Speed Rating = Pirate eliminated
■
lowest individual value ■ score 1VP/Notoriety Point
○ Alliance Loyalty Rating = ■ deploy new Pirate to take
lowest individual value over mutinied ship (reset
○ Alliance Pirate Rating = Crew Loyalty to 6)
either individual value ○ Roll = Leadership Rating:
(player choice) ■ Crew Loyalty reduced by
1
● Split the following evenly ○ Roll < Leadership Rating:
between the two Allied Pirates ■ no effect
as they arise:
○ Doubloons (Pirate with Duel
higher Leadership gets any
remainder) ● Each Pirate rolls (Duel Rating)
○ Net Worth (Pirate with x d6
higher Leadership gets any ○ highest total wins
remainder) ○ winner can take over any/all
○ Combat Damage (player victim’s possessions (except
assigns any remainder) Net Worth); even his ship
○ losing Pirate dies (score 1VP/
● Both Allied Pirates Notoriety Point)
○ suffer any Speed Damage ○ tied Duel can be re-fought if
incurred both players agree.
○ have Crew Loyalty Otherwise action ends.
increments added or
subtracted as they arise
○ suffer any Scurvy outbreak
● Playerassigns Refit points
between Allied Pirates
● No Letters of Marque can be
obtained or used by the
Alliance
● Alliance broken:
○ voluntarily
○ if D&R card played against
it (each Pirate then suffers
effects)
○ if Mutiny Conspiracy card is
played and a Mutiny occurs
Mutiny
● Can occur due to an AP Event,
or
● Whenever Crew Loyalty Rating
falls to 0 or is 0 prior to an
Action
● Rolld6 and compare with
Leadership Rating
○ Roll > Leadership Rating:
6
Anti-Pirate Actions ─ (APA) APA #2 ─ Move a King’s
● An AP Action can only be
announced by an Anti-Pirate
Player after the Pirate Player
has announced his latest Action
● The AP Action interrupts the
current Pirate Action
● Ifa Pirate loses a battle during
an AP Action, that Pirate
Action ends
● Only 1 AP Action can be
attempted by each Anti-Pirate
Player per Pirate Player Turn
○ Note, however, that Anti-
Pirate Players may also use
their KCs to React to some
Pirate Player Actions (see
later)
APA #1 ─ Attempt to Deploy a
King’s Commissioner (KC)
● Roll 3d6
○ result < Notoriety Points of
active Pirate (not in port or
Transit)
■ place randomly drawn
KC in same Sea Area as
Pirate
■ deploying player
continues to control the
KC until it is eliminated
■ the KC is immediately
available to React to
certain Pirate Actions
● Only 1 KC can be controlled by
a player at any one time
● Only 1 KC in total can be used
for an AP Action against a
Pirate during his Player-Turn
○ no restriction on the # of
KCs that can React during
the Turn, but:
■ only 1 KC at a time can
React to each Pirate
Action
Commissioner (KC)
● Anti-Pirate
Player moves his
KC into Sea Area or in/out of
Transit Box
● KC may never enter a port
APA#3 Use a KC to Attack a
Pirate Port
●A KC may attempt to destroy a
Pirate Port if in the adjoining
Sea Area
● May be used at any time during
a Pirate’s Action
● KC rolls 1d6 + (Combat
Rating)
● EACH Pirate in the target port
does the same (1d6 + (Combat
Rating))
○ -2 modifier to any Pirate
undergoing D&R
○ KC Score ≤ ANY Pirate
Score
■ Attack fails and AP
Action ends
○ KC Score > EVERY Pirate
Score
■ all Pirates forced into
adjoining Sea Area
■ all Pirates suffer 1
Combat Damage
■ port destroyed and useless
(add “Port Destroyed”
chit)
APA#4 Use a KC to Oust Pirate
from Port
● Carriedout against a Pirate in
port who announces any Pirate
Action associated with that port
(includes Safe Haven but not
Pirate Port)
● Anti-Pirate
Player rolls 1d6 +
(Combat Rating of KC)
7
● Pirate Player rolls 1d6 +
(Combat Ratings of ALL
Pirates in the port)
○ -2 modifier to any Pirate
undergoing D&R
● KC Score > Pirate Score
○ ALL Pirates in port move to
Sea Area and discontinue
Actions
● KC Score ≤ Pirate Score
○ Oust fails and EACH Pirate
gains 1 Notoriety Point
● Note that placement of an Anti-
Pirate Governor automatically
displaces all Pirates into the Sea
Area
APA #5 ─ Use Any On-Station
Warship or
─ Add New Warship and
Use if Desired
● This AP Action can be done
during a Pirate Player’s:
○ Find Merchant Ship Action
○ Loot Merchant Ship Action
○ Convert Merchant Ship
Action
○ Attack Port Action
● New Warships can only be
added via “Warship Sighting”
Event Cards
● Only 1 Warship can be placed
in each Sea Area
● Pirate may not be attacked if in
port or Transit Box
● Once this AP Action is
announced, the Pirate Player
must decide whether to try to
Evade or move straight to
Battle-stations
● IfPirate decides to Evade:
○ both players roll 1d6 +
(Speed Rating)
■ -2 modifier to Pirate if
undergoing D&R
 ○ Warship Score > Pirate
Score
■ Pirate intercepted and
Battle follows immediately
○ Warship Score ≤ Pirate
Score
■ Pirate successfully Evades
but his Action is over
■ Any Merchant Ship
involved in the Pirate
Action is removed from
play (Pirate keeps any
Doubloons/Hostage
already looted)
● IfPirate decides to Battle (or
was intercepted by the
Warship):
○ Pirate rolls 1d6 + (Combat
Rating) + (Ability Rating)
■ -2 modifier to Pirate if
undergoing D&R
○ Warship rolls 1d6 +
(Combat Rating)
○ Warship Score ≥ Pirate
Score
■ Pirate Action ends
immediately
■ Pirate suffers Combat
Damage = (Warship
Score) - (Pirate Score)
■ Pirate Crew Loyalty
decreased by 1 (Mutiny if
Loyalty falls to 0)
■ AP Player gains VPs =
(Warship Score) - (Pirate
Score)
○ Warship Score < Pirate
Score
■ Pirate suffers 1 Combat
Damage
■ Pirate gets Notoriety
Points = (Warship
Combat Rating)
■ Anti-Pirate Player earns
1VP (for the damage
inflicted)
■ Warship returned to pool
■ Pirate must proceed with
his Action
APA #6 ─ Play an Anti-Pirate
Event Card
● Just do what the Event Card
says
KC Reaction (Attempt to
Intercept and Attack a Pirate) ─
May be attempted when in the
same or an adjacent Sea Area for
free
● The AP Players can use their
KCs to React (i.e. attempt to
Intercept and Attack) during
some Pirate Actions
○ no restriction on the # of
KCs that can React during
the Turn, but:
○ only 1 KC at a time can
React to each Pirate Action
● KCs intercepting from an
adjacent Sea Area modify their
KC Speed Rating by -1 for the
rest of their Reaction
● Interceptions and Attacks can
be attempted during a Pirate
Player’s:
○ Move Action
○ Find Merchant Ship Action
○ Loot Merchant Ship Action
○ Convert Merchant Ship
Action
○ a failed Attack Port Action
● Pirate may not be intercepted
and attacked if in port or
Transit Box
● Once the attempted intercept is
announced, the Pirate Player
must decide whether to try to
Evade or move straight to
Battle-stations
● IfPirate decides to Evade:
○ both players roll 1d6 +
(Speed Rating)
○ -1 modifier to KC if it has
moved to intercept
○ -2 modifier to Pirate if
undergoing D&R
○ KC Score > Pirate Score
8
Pirate intercepted and
■
Battle follows immediately
unless he decides to hand
over a Letter of Marque
(any nationality) and
Retire
■ if Pirate retires, he scores
2VPs/Notoriety Point and
1VP/100 Net Worth
○ KC Score ≤ Pirate Score
■ Pirate successfully Evades
but his Action is over
(unless it was a Move
Action)
■ Any Merchant Ship
involved in the Pirate
Action is removed from
play (Pirate keeps any
Doubloons/Hostage
already looted)
● IfPirate decides to Battle (or
was intercepted by the KC):
○ Pirate rolls 1d6 + (Combat
Rating) + (Ability Rating)
■ -2 modifier if undergoing
D&R
○ KC rolls 1d6 + (Combat
Rating)
○ KC Score > Pirate Score
■ Pirate eliminated
■ Pirate scores
1VP/Notoriety Point
■ KC scores half of this
total
○ KC Score ≤ Pirate Score
■ KC eliminated (remove
from game)
■ Pirate gains Notoriety
Points = 2 x (KC Combat
Rating)
■ Pirate’s Crew Loyalty
increased by 1
■ Pirate sustains 1 Combat
Damage
■ KC gains 1VP (for
affecting the damage)
■ Pirate may proceed with
his Action
 Blackbeard Actions (ii) Convert Doubloons to Net Anti-Pirate Actions ─ (APA) [NB
Worth AP Players may also React to certain
Summary – V1.0 (iii) Refit PAs for FREE]
(iv) Buy Safe Haven
Pirate Actions (v) Enter Involuntary D&R or APA #1 ─ Attempt to Deploy a King’s
Declare Voluntary D&R Commissioner (KC)
Note: only PA#1 and PA#8 available to a PA #6 ─ Attack Port
Pirate undergoing D&R APA #2 ─ Move a KC

PA #7 ─ Sack Port APA #3 ─ Use a KC to Attack a Pirate

PA #1 ─ Move
Port
PA #8 ─ D&R Recovery
PA #2 ─ Find Merchant Ship
APA #4 ─ Use a KC to Oust Pirate from
PA #9 ─ Booty Grab Port
PA #3 ─ Loot Merchant Ship
PA #10 ─ Retire APA #5 ─ Use Any On-Station Warship
PA #4 ─ Convert Merchant Ship
or
PA #11 ─ Draw and/or Deploy New ─ Add New Warship and Use if
PA #5 ─ In-Port Activities ─ ALL for Pirate
one Action TOTAL Desired

PA #12 ─ Form Pirate Alliance APA #6 ─ Play an Anti-Pirate Event

(I) Ransom Hostages
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