Buccaneer
1983
Waddingtons
 
First produced
1930s
Players
2 to 4
Age(s)
8+
             
 

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 The idea of the game is to collect 20 points of treasure in the Safety Zone or in the space marked Docks of the home port.
A player collects treasure by sailing from home port to visit Treasure Island or another port or by attacking an opponent's ship. The draw of a chance card may give treasure or crew. Crew may add fighting value or sailing strength or both, to a player’s ship. On attacking an opponent’s ship, treasure or crew are taken by the player with the most fighting value. Fighting value is therefore important for defence as well as attack.
  Contents Notes
 

1 x playing board in four interlocking parts

4 x coloured plastic ships each made of a hull and a white combined mast and sail

5 x diamonds

5 x rubies

5 x pearls

5 x gold bars

5 x rum barrels

1 x pack of 36 crew cards, 18 red and 18 black

- 6 three-crew cards, 3 red and 3 black
- 14 two-crew cards, 7 red and 7 black
- 16 one-crew cards, 8 red and 8 black

1 x pack of 28 chance cards

4 x treasure chests

4 x treasure chest lids

1 x Treasure Island centrepiece

1 x rules leaflet

  This has been a popular game since its launch in the 1930s.
It is no longer in production.

New to this edition;
- a single moulded plastic white mast and sail piece. This is perhaps a better design as the individual sail and mast pieces were notoriously easy to lose and damage.
- the chance cards have brown backs with white print. The backs of the crew cards remain red.