Skull Queen

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Skull Queen

510.2Trick-Taking & Ladders

Players
2–6
Time
30 min
Complexity
Rating

Pirate captains race to earn the richest haul by timing their boarding crew for the biggest plank payouts.

Gameplay

You choose for each suit whether you plan to win or avoid captures, place pirates onto plank spaces, then play cards to take or dodge cards and score where your pirates stand. The tension is predicting what others will do so you don’t get pushed into costly wins or missed chances.

ThemeAbstractThemedImmersive
RandomnessLuck-ishTacticalSkill
InteractionMinimalIndirectDirect
LearningIntuitiveModerateHeavy
TempoLightThoughtfulIntense
BoardGameGeek Ratings:7.31.69BoardGameGeek

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