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Sword Weirdos - Pirates!

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I didn’t play a game until May last year, and I was determined not to let 2025 start in the same way.  With a few hours on my hands a game of Sword Weirdos was in order, so I dug out my small collection of small pirates (15mm Peter Pig) and set up a 1ft square jungle board.  Introduction Parts of two rival ships' crews, The Hot Pearl led by Captain Lux and The Meteor led by Captain Pretty  Paul*, encounter each other while looking for lost treasure.  The scenario is based on the Treasure Surprise scenario in the Sword Weirdos rules.  Instead of the Mimic I've opted for deadly spiders that will make one attack and then disperse.  All the other rules are per the scenario with 5 treasure tokens placed on the board.   Each crew works out to 101 points with the full details here . Round 1 Starting positions The Hot Pearl crew to the right Pretty Paul from The Meteor wins the Initiative and uses 2 actions to claim a treasure token.  He doesn't...