CHRONO CORSAIRS
Designer: John Brieger, Vincent Hirtzel | Publisher: Tasty Minstrel Games
If I had to be trapped in a time vortex I could think of worse places to be than a tropical island. Fortunately that’s where Chrono Corsairs’ rival bands of pirates find themselves in this latest release from Tasty Minstrel Games. On the downside, the island of Ouroboros does have the slight problem of being cursed, forcing these shipwrecked souls to tackle its many dangers on repeat for the foreseeable future.
That is the exciting premise of Chrono Corsairs; a twisted mash up of Time Bandits and Groundhog Day spilled out across a colourful modular board. At its heart, Chrono Corsairs is an area control game. Players will spend turns attempting to amass groups of pirates within the island’s several regions, with treasures being rewarded to whoever holds the majority. Treasure largely consists of doubloons and time gems – a mysterious resource that presumably holds the key to escape – with the latter being sought for end game scoring. Along the way, traps will be sprung, and game changing artefacts will be unearthed, giving players more options for traversing the island and ambushing their opponents.