ShanghaienSKU: shanghaien

More than one sailor would wander into a Shanghai harbor tavern for a drink, only to wake up in the cabin of a rusty old tramp steamer: this recruitment technique, favoured by unscrupulous Captains, came to be known as being "Shanghaied'. Two Captains roll to see who will have the better crew - and don't mind using dirty tricks to get it.

At the start of each round, six cards are lined up between the players with each card corresponding to the numbers 1-6 on a die. The cards show sailors of different nationalities or special actions with which the players can influence the die results or enlarge their team. The player take turns rolling dice and assigning one of them to a card until a player wants to get out and start shanghaiing, at which point the cards are distributed to whoever has more dice on their side. At the end of the game, the stronger nationality score victory points equal to the value of the weaker team. Having a monopoly causes you to score the value of your own team.

Designer - Roman Pelek and Michael Schacht

Publisher - Abacus Spiele

Players - 2

Play Time - 20 minutes

Ages - 8+

CAD$32.95

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