This is a game of strategy and chance for one to four players based on World War I (1914-1918) naval commerce
raiders - where Imperial German warships and disguised raiders plied the sea lanes in search of merchant ships. In
multi-player games, two to four players command a force of warships and raiders as they try to capture and sink the greatest number of merchant ships while simultaneously attempting to eliminate their opponents’ raiding forces. With four players, they may play as individuals or as two teams. In the solitaire game, a single player battles a “phantom” player for control of the sea lanes.
Contents:
Four different decks of cards
Eight dice
Damage & Limited supply markers
Rules
There are
four different decks of cards. Two are “Ship decks”- there is a deck of 20 German Warships & Raiders and a deck of 60 Merchantmen. The third deck is the “Action deck;” it contains 100 cards. The fourth and final deck is the “Solitaire deck;” it contains 20 cards. This edition also includes 8 additional Action cards originally sold as an expansion set in earlier printings.
The Kaiser’s Pirates includes
eight dice, two white six-sided - “d6”, two green eight-sided - “d8”, and two blue ten-sided - “d10”, plus two red dice which have 8 sides but the numbers 1-4 are listed twice, which we call a “d4” in the rules. These dice are used to determine results.
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