The drowned city

Port Royal, Jamaica, 

June 1692

The sea still spits timber onto the shore. Half-buried in the wreckage lie the bones of Port Royal, once the wickedest city in the Caribbean. Somewhere among the shattered hulls is a chart that could make a pirate king of any man who possesses it. As the tide creeps over the ruins and gulls circle overhead, two rival crews emerge from the wreckage. Pistols are primed. Cutlasses drawn. Fortune waits among the dead city—and only one crew will leave with its secrets.

Port Royal

When the earth shook and half the city slid beneath the sea, fortunes vanished overnight. Yet rumours persist that one of the harbour pilots escaped with a chart showing the locations of several submerged warehouses, merchant strongrooms, and wrecked treasure ships.

Now two pirate crews have arrived at the Graveyard Shore, where wreckage from the ruined city washes in with every tide.

Neither crew knows exactly where the map is hidden.

Neither crew intends to share.

The Crews

The English

Captain Nathaniel "Black Jack" Crowe

A former privateer turned pirate, Crowe claims the map belongs to him by right of discovery.

Crew

Tom Cutter

Old Ben Rooke

Samuel Pike

Will Fletcher

Jack Dawkins

The French

Capitaine Étienne "Le Requin" Moreau (The Shark)

A ruthless buccaneer from Tortuga who has learned of the chart from surviving sailors.

Crew

Pierre LaFitte

Jean Baptiste Rouge

Michel Dupré

Henri Vautrin

Luc Garnier

Objectives

Place three Plunder Tokens on the table.

Token 1 – The Survivor

A terrified harbour clerk named Elias Finch.

He carries a small gold pouch and knows where the map is hidden.

When discovered, place a civilian figure.

A pirate in base contact may escort him.

If Finch reaches a table edge with a crew, that crew gains:

The gold pouch

Information worth 2 Victory Points

If Finch is killed, drop the pouch where he falls.

Token 2 – The Pilot's Chest

Contains navigation papers and valuables.

Worth:

3 Victory Points

Standard treasure value

Token 3 – The Map Case

Contains the chart showing the wreck sites of drowned Port Royal.

Worth:

5 Victory Points

Counts as the primary objective

A figure carrying the map moves at normal speed but may not climb or run.

Special Rules

Shifting Ruins

At the beginning of each turn after Turn 3:

Roll a die.

On a 10: A section of wreckage collapses.

Randomly select a terrain piece.

Black Jack Crowe and his crew on table.

Tom goes after a survivor. The clerk with the map case.

The crews face off.

The French send men after the brandy barrels

Dawkins takes out a Frenchman, knocking him back

And then he gets a second

Tom and the clerk go after more loot, the sea chest, played by a barrel in this movie.  Black Jack's crew are on three points.

Finally Black Jack gets stuck in.

A general melee breaks out.

The wreck shifts under Tom.  He hangs on.

And the French have grabbed the booze.

Black Jack sees off the bulk of the enemy crew.  Capitaine Étienne "Le Requin" Moreau (The Shark) falls.  The French strike.

But beforecthe turn ends the wreck shifts again.  A crocodile come close and snaps at Tom.

Game's end:

Map Case: 1 SP

Pilot's Chest: 1SP (the barrel in this game)

Survivor Escaped: 1 SP

Enemy Captain Down: 1SP

The gold pouch  1 SP

The brandy 1SP