Port Royal

Yarrr, gather some gold

From BGG:
The merchant players in Port Royal, which won the Austrian Game Designers Competition under the title Händler der Karibik, are trying to earn as much as they can out of the Caribbean Sea, but if they set their goals too high, they might take home nothing for the day. The 120-card deck depicts a coin on the back of each card — with players earning and paying coins throughout the game — and different items on the card fronts. On a turn, a player can first draw as many cards as he likes, one at a time from the deck, placing them in the harbor (an area near the deck). Each card shows one of the following: Person, who stays in a face-up row next to deck. Ship, which the player can attack immediately if he has enough swords on his people cards, after which the ship is discarded; otherwise, the ship stays in the harbor. Expedition, which remains above the harbor until a player fulfills it by discarding people who have the items required for the expedition. Tax Increase, which forces everyone with twelve or more coins to discard half their money, after which the card is discarded. If the player draws a ship with the same name as a ship already in the harbor, he's spent too much time dilly-dallying and his turn ends (after using the ship to attack, if possible), with all the cards in the harbor being discarded. Otherwise, the player can stop whenever he likes, then use/acquire one card if three or fewer ships are in the harbor, two cards if four ships are present, and three cards if five ships are present. Players rob ships, collecting the number of coins shown on them, then discarding the card, while they hire people, paying the number of coins depicted. After the active player takes his 1-3 cards, each other player may pay the active player one coin in order to take one card in the same way. When one player has at least twelve influence points — which are on both people and expedition cards — the game is played to the end of the round, giving everyone the same number of turns, then the player with the most influence points wins. • Port Royal differs from Händler der Karibik in that it includes ten more cards to allow for play with up to five players and players can win without fulfilling an expedition.

Setup

- If playing with less than 5 players, remove the special Expedition that is 5 players only (only card without a coin on the back).
- Shuffle the remaining cards and set them face down.
- Deal 3 "coins" to each player face down from the draw pile. This is their personal display
- Note: Each time a player gains coins, draw the appropriate number of cards from draw pile and place them face down with every coin visible in your display, but don't look at the front of the card. Each card == 1 coin.
- The player who last visited a harbor is the start player.

Gameplay

Players take turns being the active player with each turn consisting of 2 phases, where sometimes the 2nd phase will be skipped. If there's a 2nd phase, then after the active player, each other player may also act in that phase. Then the active player changes.

If the draw pile is ever empty, shuffle the discard to create a new draw pile.
Phase 1: Discover
- - The active player draws a card to place in the middle of the table, forming the "harbor display".
  - The player repeats the draw of cards until they either stop or 2 identically colored ships are in the harbor display.
    - Stopping: Proceed to phase 2.
    - "Busting": Drawing 2 ships of the same color that cannot be repelled will end the player's turn.
      
      Discard all of the harbor display (except Expeditions) and move to the next player's turn.
      
      All players with a Jester in their personal display gain 1 coin.
  - There are 4 different types of cards that behave differently:
    - Person: If you draw a person, it goes into the harbor display (row of cards in the middle of the table). Each person has an ability at the top of the card. It will also have a shield with a number of victory points.
    - Ship: These can be added to the harbor display or repelled.
      
      Repelling: If you have enough Swords on sailors/pirates in your personal display >= the number of swords depicted on the ship, you can repel it. If you do this, put the ship in the discard pile instead of into the harbor display. If you don't have enough swords, it must go into the harbor display.
      
      You may only repel a ship that has just been drawn.
      
      Swords are never spent, they can be used multiple times during your turn.
      
      If you choose not to, or cannot, repel the ship, add it to the harbor display. If this is the 2nd ship of a particular color, you have busted. See "Busting" above for the process there.
    - Expedition: Put these cards in the middle of the table, but separate from the harbor display. These will stay where they are until a player claims it.
      
      To claim an expedition, the player must have people with matching symbols >= to what is shown on the bottom of the expedition card.
      
      The person cards used to take the expedition are discarded.
      
      Take any gold show at the top of the expedition card.
      
      Expeditions may be claimed at any time during a player's turn. Any number of expeditions may be claimed.
    - Tax Increase: If this is drawn, all players that have 12+ coins, lose half (rounded down) of their coins. Put them in the discard pile.
      
      After coins are discarded, resolve the bottom of the tax increase with rewards based on what is shown. Ties are friendly, so all tied players get the reward.
      
      After resolving the bottom of the card, the tax increase is discarded.
Phase 2: Trade & Hire
- In this phase, the active player will take 1-3 cards from the harbor display, then all other players, in clockwise order, will have a chance to take 1 card.
  - The other players must pay for the card as normal (if applicable, see below).
  - Additionally, the other player must pay the active player 1 coin to do this.
  - If a ship is taken, the coin(s) on the ship can be used to pay the active player.
  The number of cards the active player can take is based on ships in the harbor display.
  
  Ships Cards
  
  0-3 differently colored ships take 1 card
  
  4 differently colored ships take 2 cards
  
  5 differently colored ships take 3 cards
  
  Cards are taken 1 by 1, so the ability of 1 card may be available for the next cards.
  - Trade: The player takes 1 ship from the harbor display, puts it in the discard pile, and gains the coins shown at the top of the card.
  - Hire: The player pays an amount of coins equal to the cost in the bottom part of the person card. Then, they put the person into their personal display. The ability at the top of the card is immediately available for use.

Ships	Cards
0-3 differently colored ships	take 1 card
4 differently colored ships	take 2 cards
5 differently colored ships	take 3 cards

End of Game

- As soon as 1 player acquires 12 points in their personal display, the end is triggered. The round is finished such that everyone has the same number of turns.
- If there is a tie in points, the player with the most coins left wins.
- If there is still a tie, the players share the win
End of Game Variant
- The game end is triggered when 1 player has 12 points and at least 1 Expedition in their personal display.
- All other rules are the same.

Person Abilities

(5x each) Settlers, Captains, Priests, and (3x) Jack of all Trades

These will help you claim Expeditions. The Jack of All Trades can be used as any of the others.

(2x each color) Trader

The player will can 1 more coin for each Trader of the matching color.

(10x) Sailor and (3x) Pirate

The active player can you these to repel ships.

(6x) Admiral

During Phase 2, if there are 5 or more cards in the harbor display when it is your turn to take cards, gain 2 coins.

(5x) Jester

If you are not the active player during Phase 2 and it is your turn to take a card, but there are none left, gain 1 coin. Additionally, if the active player busts such that Phase 2 is skipped, any player with a Jester gains 1 coin.

(4x) Governor

When it is your time to take cards during Phase 2, you may take 1 extra card. If you are not the active player, you must pay the active player 1 coin per card taken.

(4x) Mademoiselle

The hire cost of a person is reduced by 1 coin. The cost cannot be discounted to less than 0.