Blackbeard

Avast! your only hope to defeat Defeated A fighter at zero health is removed from play. Defeat your opponent's hero to win. the Scourge of the Sevens Seas and his salty sea dogs is to pay him his doubloons!

Special ability Special ability The unique rule printed on a hero's character card. It is always in effect unless the card says otherwise.

PRIVATEER TURNED PIRATE Start the game with 1 doubloon in the treasury, you have the other 2. - At the start of your turn, you may pay 1 doubloon to gain 1 action. - When Blackbeard takes combat Combat The exchange after an attack is declared: both players play a card face down, reveal, resolve effects by timing, then compare values. damage Damage A successful attack deals damage equal to its value, reducing the target's health., pay 1 doubloon. BLACKBEARD'S DOUBLOONS Doubloons that Blackbeard doesn't have are kept in the Treasury. Blackbeard pays a doubloon to the Treasury when he takes combat damage. He may also pay a doubloon at the start of his turn to gain an extra action. The effects on many of Blackbeard's cards can be ignored by paying a ransom. Any opponent can pay the amount of doubloons shown at the end of an effect to ignore that effect. These doubloons are taken from the Treasury and given to Blackbeard.

At a glance

• Starting health Health A fighter's life total, tracked on a health dial. At zero health the fighter is defeated.: 13

• Move value Move value The number on a hero card showing the maximum spaces that fighter may maneuver in one turn.: 2

• Attack Attack An action that pits an attack value against a defense value to deal damage. Can be melee or ranged. type: Ranged Ranged attack An attack that may target any fighter in the same zone, not just an adjacent one.

Sidekicks Sidekick A secondary fighter represented by a token. A sidekick can be defeated without ending the game.

• Seadog ×2: Melee Melee attack An attack that may only target an adjacent fighter., 1 health, move 2.

Set-specific rules

Privateer Turned Pirate

Blackbeard uses 3 doubloons during During combat A DURING COMBAT effect resolves after immediate effects and before attack and defense values are compared. the game. At the start of the game, place Placed A fighter set directly into a space by an effect. Placing is not a maneuver, so it ignores normal movement rules. the treasury token near your opponent and place one doubloon on it; you start with the other two near your character card Character card The card identifying a hero — it lists their move value, starting health and special ability.. When you pay doubloons, place them on the treasury; when an opponent pays or you steal them, take them from the treasury.

Many of Blackbeard's cards have effects in gold text followed by a doubloon icon: the effect only happens if the opponent does not pay that many doubloons. The opponent chooses whether to pay; if the ransom is paid, the effect is ignored, otherwise it resolves as normal.