Simple rule, great fun playing!

Port Royal is one of the games where you do not have to struggle through a yard-long rule in advance. The rule is rather relatively short and easy to understand, so you can get started immediately and instantly has a lot of fun. A major advantage of rule also is that it shows how the four groups, the total of 120 cards distributed (ships, people, control cards and contracts) and in particular the frequency with which each card. Thus, at the beginning has an overview and can better assess how best to proceed strategically. The properties of the character cards are summarized on the last page of the rule. The rule you put during the game from the best, so that if necessary everyone can see shortly. After a few rounds of the characteristics of the characters we already know by heart and you have no longer look.

The game mechanism is as simple as it is ingenious: The player's turn may move as long cards and uncover seen by all as he wants. However, he draws the second time a ship of the same color (available in five different colors), then the train is stopped immediately and the next player's turn. The player who reveals the card, may then (if his train is not as described abruptly ends) the first one of the face up cards to select, then are in turn according to certain rules everyone else off. The match winner is the first twelve victory points, which are obtained for acquired character cards or fulfilled orders.

Because actions are possible in each round for all players, there are no long waiting times. We have so far played Port Royal to two, threes and four and in all Konstsellationen we liked very well. The season varies somewhat, we need mostly between 30 and 45 minutes. The playing cards as well as the rule are designed very visually appealing. Unlike is often the case, the package was not artificially inflated - Port Royal comes in a small box, found in the 120 cards plus rule (a German and an English copy) compact space. The price of just under ten euros is absolutely fine. We play Port Royal in the family all very happy and I would buy it immediately!