The Buccaneer Game is a mathematical game of piracy, espionage and chaos. Friendships and rivalries are put to the test as you climb over each other to reach the highest score possible.

The goal is simple: reach the highest score you can. Once the game starts, the shenanigans ensue.

Here’s brief summary of how it works:

Players fill in their grid with Items.
Each round, a cell in the grid is called out.
Players cross out that cell in their grid, and apply the Item they’ve placed in that cell.
Items can increase or decrease a player’s score, affect other players, or pull off all kinds of other wacky effects.
At the end of the game, whoever has the highest score wins!

The Buccaneer Game is a spin-off of the Pirate Game^↗, a game which my maths teachers played with my class at the end of terms. It’s intended to capture the magic of the original while adding more mathematical flair and variety.