Jolly & Roger

Description

--- Jolly & Roger is a 2-player pirate-themed card game using "I split, you choose" to compete for crew dominance on merchant ships and steal gold. Key mechanics include: - *I split, you choose* Each turn, a player draws five pirate cards, divides them into two sets; opponent picks one, splitter takes the remainder. - *Ship boarding* Players add matching-colored crew members to their side of four merchant ships. - *Captain placement* The player with the most powerful crew on a ship places a captain there, potentially removing the opponent's, then uses extra matching cards to steal gold. - *Round limit* Game lasts eight rounds; final captains capture ships for bonuses. - *Expert variant* Includes special cards—Kraken, Skeleton Pirate, Tortuga—for added complexity. Jolly & Roger is a competitive 2-player card game set in a pirate world where Captain "Red Beard" has vanished, prompting a "Double-Boarding" contest between Julienne "Jolly" Garçon and Jack "Roger" Hummingbird to claim the Pirate King throne. Core gameplay revolves around the "I split, you choose" mechanism: on a turn, a player draws five pirate cards and splits them into two sets, with the opponent selecting one set and the splitter receiving the other. These cards feature colored crew members used to board four merchant ships by placing them on the player's side. The player achieving the most powerful crew on a ship positions a captain there—possibly displacing the opponent's—and leverages additional matching-colored pirate cards to plunder gold from the ship. After eight rounds, the game concludes, with each remaining captain securing its ship as a bonus. Victory goes to the player amassing the most gold. An expert variant introduces three special cards—Kraken, Skeleton Pirate, and Tortuga—to enhance strategic depth. ---