Buccaneer

Slam your chips onto someone else's pile, own the lot — and pray it survives one full turn.

👥 3–5 players⏱ approx. 30 min🪄 Rules in 5 min8+

SdJ 2006 · nominated★ 5.8 · BGG #4,528

Who it's for

Groups who enjoy taking things from each other and laughing about it, with about half an hour to spare.

Not for you if…

You take losses personally — being robbed right before you cash in is the core experience, not a hiccup. The scoring is fiddlier than in its predecessor Die Safeknacker and the pirate theme is pure paint.

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Vibe's take

Gleefully mean and a bit anxious: you sit on a fat stack for a whole round, watching everyone eye it, and half the time you don't get to keep it.

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About this game

A stack-grabbing game in pirate clothing. Everyone starts with chips; you can dump your chip or stack onto someone else's and instantly own the whole pile — but you can't spend it until your next turn, by which point someone may have done the same to you. Spend stacks to claim ship cards for points.

Stacks change owner constantly — nothing is safeRemembering whose chips are buried where is half the skillBest with four or five

Get it

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