Tabletop Simulator Tortuga 1667

Tabletop Simulator Tortuga 1667 is a pirate game for 2–9 players, with sessions lasting 20–40 minutes. Set in 1667 in the Caribbean, it puts you among pirates plotting to steal treasure from a Spanish Galleon. You may need to work with your shipmates to take the treasure, while secretly intending to keep it for yourself; they may also try to maroon greedy pirates on Tortuga or mutiny to claim the treasure.

Trust and information

The game centers on interactions with other players, whose loyalties are uncertain. You may have to rely on enemies during an attack on the Spanish Galleon, only for your shipmates to turn against you in a mutiny on the next turn.

Players do not hold hands of cards. Instead, they share knowledge and communicate about community Event cards. Almost half of these cards can seriously harm your team, so revealing them at random is unwise unless you are in desperation mode. You can spend an action to view cards or rely on a trusted ally’s knowledge, then use the locations of harmful cards to make an enemy reveal one. Success depends on working out who is on your team and sharing important information at the right moments.

Votes and positioning

Vote cards have three sections: Attacks, Mutinies and Brawls. Your pawn’s location affects how useful your hand of Vote cards is, so you need to position yourself to make the best use of them. For example, you might play Water to make an attack fail so you can save a Crossbones card for a mutiny against your captain.

The game is intended for ages 12 and up.