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Merchants & Marauders

Merchants & Marauders lets you live the life of an influential merchant or a dreaded pirate in the Caribbean during the Golden Age of Piracy. Seek your fortune through trade,... (read more)

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Reviews

mixed, 69% of all reviews are favorable

Playtime

180 minutes

Published

2010

Age

13+

Publisher

Z-Man Games

Players

2 to 4 players

Designers

Christian Marcussen and Kasper Aagaard

Playstyle

Involved

Game's Categories

Strategy Game, Dice Rolling, Variable Player Powers, Z-Man Games, Action Points, Filosofia Éditions, and Nautical

Merchants & Marauders

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Description

Merchants & Marauders lets you live the life of an influential merchant or a dreaded pirate in the Caribbean during the Golden Age of Piracy. Seek your fortune through trade, rumor hunting, missions, and of course, plundering.

The game features a unique trade system and a thematic combat system, allowing for critical decisions and intense excitement. Modify your ship, buy impressive vessels, load deadly special ammunitions and hire specialist crew members.

Will your captain gain eternal glory and immense wealth or find his wet grave under the stormy surface of the Caribbean Sea?

Contents:

26 plastic miniature ships (5 different ship types)

16 unique captains

over 250 cards

over 190 die cut tokens

4 die cut treasure chests

rules

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Kasper Aagaard

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