Buccaneer blue box
1960
Waddington's
 
First produced
1930s
Players
2 to 6
Age(s)
8+
             
 

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  The idea of the game is to collect 20 points of treasure in the Safety Zone or in the space marked Docks of the home port.
A player collects treasure by sailing from home port to visit Treasure Island or another port or by attacking an opponent's ship. The draw of a chance card may give treasure or crew. Crew may add fighting value or sailing strength or both, to a player’s ship. On attacking an opponent’s ship, treasure or crew are taken by the player with the most fighting value. Fighting value is therefore important for defence as well as attack.
  Contents Notes
 

1 x playing board

1 x pack of 28 chance cards

1 x pack of 52 crew cards

1 x tray representing Treasure Island

6 x ships

Pieces of Treasure;

- 6 diamonds

- 6 rubies

- 6 bars of gold

- 6 pearls

- 6 x barrels of rum

1 x instruction sheet

1 x laws of the game leaflet

One of the classic Waddington's board games, no longer produced.

The single colour illustration on the inner box packaging is particularly stunning in this edition.

Later editions were for 2 to 4 players.