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Scalawag! Box Cover
Scalawag! English Allegiance Card
Scalawag! Sailor Crew Card
Scalawag! Griffon Ship Flag Card
A round of Scalawag! on Talk Like a Pirate Day.

Scalawag! (2014)

Players
3–8
Best: 5, 6
Playing time
15–40 min
Age
13+
5.97
Average rating
76
Ratings
1.63/5
Weight
#22562
BGG rank
Outside top 5,000
Designer:Steve Nix
Artist:Peter Gifford, Jeffrey Thompson
Publisher:Troubadour Games
Average rating, ratings count, weight and rank are sourced from BoardGameGeek (BGG).
Game DNA
  • This game: Strategy 5, Luck 5, Interaction 10, Complexity 3.3, Theme 6
Strategy5.0
Luck5.0
Interaction10.0
Complexity3.3
Theme6.0

This game's strategy, luck, interaction, complexity and theme.

Card GameNauticalBluffingDeductionFightingPiratesVariable Player PowersTeam-Based GameHand ManagementPlayer Elimination

Overview

Cannon smoke drifts heavily across your bow, obscuring your view of the battle strewn across the seascape. Several ships are locked in a fight for naval supremacy. Sailors climb the rigging as you command your pilot to steer windward, taking the weather gage on the closest ship- gaining superior position. As your gunners open fire with cannon, you call out to your marines to prepare for boarding!

Scalawag! is a competitive card game for 3-8 players. Each player is the captain of their own warship with the goal of eliminating all other players (or teams during Allegiance Play). Game play consists of a player issuing one Captain’s Order each turn, generally allowing them to either gather additional Compass Points (the game currency) or spend Compass Points to attack their opponents.

Players support their Captain’s Orders by declaring Crew. As a player’s Crew Cards are kept hidden from others and bluffing is allowed, knowing when to bluff and when to call a bluff (by calling out Scalawag!) is an important element to successful play.

Expansions

Scalawag! Duels at Sea
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