Shiver me timbers! Our ship has docked early for Treasure Hunt Day but the sleepy pirate crew are still having breakfast in their PJs! Who will be the first one dressed and ready to plunder?
Collect cards, use the compass spinner and avoid Pesky Polly Parrot to build your pirate, fill your treasure chest and win!
PJ Pirates is an award-winning children’s card-collecting board game with pancake-eating, eye-mask-wearing, teddy-bear-cuddling pirates all racing to get dressed ready for Treasure Hunt Day! With 3 levels of play to introduce children to strategic thinking, PJ Pirates will entertain the whole family time and time again!
Winner of the Silver Medal in the Board Games Category of the Independent Toy Awards 2021!
All levels are for 2-4 players. Level 1 is ideal for children age 3+, with Levels 2 and 3 designed to be introduced as they grow.
In a nutshell, the basic gameplay is to pick up the top card from the draw pile and place it on the correct space on your board until your pirate is built...
...If only it was that simple!
The first player to build the correct ‘Dressed Pirate’ required for the level being played instantly wins the game and places the treasure piece on their treasure chest!
Once a player has built the correct ‘Dressed Pirate’ required for the level being played, they spin the compass spinner on each subsequent turn…
As seen on the Treasure Map card, the treasure is buried on the north of the island, so the first player to land the spinner on Red North [N] finds the treasure, places the treasure piece on their treasure chest and wins the game!
You each have your own game board, used to collect your cards and build your pirate.
'Dressed Pirate' cards always replace 'PJ Pirate' cards on the game board in Levels 1 and 3.
'PJ Pirate' cards replace 'Dressed Pirate' cards on the game board when playing Level 2's extended rule (see below).
Shout out "PESKY POLLY!" and take any one card from any player's board to use on your own board!
Spin the compass spinner to try to find your way...
...Will the compass help you on your treasure hunt? [Take 2 cards; take 1 card; discard 1 card; end of turn]
Ahoy there me hearties, ye found the treasure!
[See '2 Ways to Win' above for how this piece is used to win the game!]
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The first player to build a complete ‘Dressed Pirate’ on their board wins the game!
Important: The colours of the outfits do not need to match in Level 1.
The first player to complete a ‘Dressed Pirate’ wins the game (again, the colours of the outfits do not need to match in Level 2). However, if a player firstly builds a complete ‘PJ Pirate’, they swap their entire board with any player of their choice. By choosing the player with the most ‘Dressed Pirate’ cards on their board, they effect
The first player to complete a ‘Dressed Pirate’ wins the game (again, the colours of the outfits do not need to match in Level 2). However, if a player firstly builds a complete ‘PJ Pirate’, they swap their entire board with any player of their choice. By choosing the player with the most ‘Dressed Pirate’ cards on their board, they effectively leapfrog into the lead!
This level encourages children to be aware of how the game is developing and make decisions based on this; a player decides during the game whether to personally play the ‘PJ Pirate’ strategy or not and it is only going to be useful if they find themselves picking up lots of ‘PJ Pirate’ cards towards the beginning of the game.
The first player to build a complete ‘Dressed Pirate’ of a certain coloured outfit on their board wins the game (each player’s colour must be different).
This level encourages children to think ahead to the consequences of their moves as lots of strategies to hold back other players from completing their pirates before you complete yours w
The first player to build a complete ‘Dressed Pirate’ of a certain coloured outfit on their board wins the game (each player’s colour must be different).
This level encourages children to think ahead to the consequences of their moves as lots of strategies to hold back other players from completing their pirates before you complete yours will become apparent as you play!
Will you try to trap someone’s much-needed card within the discard pile? Or even trap it on your own board? How about using Pesky Polly Parrot to take away someone’s green treasure chest even though you’re collecting the blue outfit?
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