The Bottom Line
You and your brother are competing pirate leaders, trying to dig up the most buried treasure on a remote island while eliminating your opponent's crew.
Pros
- Fast-playing strategy game.
- Pirate theme.
- Optional rules add strategy.
Cons
- Action cards can cause unbalanced game.
Description
- For 2 players, ages 12 and up.
- 30 minutes.
- Designed by Bruno Cathala, published by EuroGames.
Guide Review - Drake and Drake
Players begin with a hand of eight cards. The first goal of Drake and Drake is to have your pirates land on the island; the yellow landing cards allow this. The orange action cards permit a variety of other actions and become more important as the game progresses. To play cards, you must have a set of one of the following: four yellow, two yellow and one orange, or two orange cards.
The 6x6 board has 31 spaces which can be occupied. At the end of the game, you want to control spaces with treasure and rum; they're more valuable than empty spaces. Also important is occupying adjacent spaces. With Drake and Drake, you're in for more fun than a bottle of rum.
