Turbulent Tides

Set sail to the high sea and be the first to reach the treasure island.

Turbulent Tides is composed of 24 terrain cards, 56 Playing cards (40 number cards and 16 special cards) and 4 player pieces, as well as a Starting dock card and a Treasure island card.

OBJECTIVE:

- Be the first player to reach the Treasure island.

SETUP:

Before the game starts, the board is set up, the terrain pieces are placed face down in rows making a diamond shape with the dock on one side and the treasure island on the other. The players are then placed on the dock, the playing cards are shuffled and 10 cards and 4 special cards(one of each) are dealt to each player. (the cards in the end of the diamond shape "map" is equal to the number of players playing, from 2 to 4).

RULES:

- All the players start in the "Starting dock" card and they are differentiated from each other by a respective piece chosen by themselves.

- As the game starts the 1st player in a round is chosen (by any method prefered by the players) then that player plays a card from his hand, the other players, in clockwise order, must follow the symbol of the played card or play a special card, if they can't, they can use other cards.

- The player that wins the round will move first on the board.

- The player can move a card in any direction.

- If special cards are used, the player that played the first one will win but the effects of all of them will still apply, otherwise, the player who played the biggest card that follows the symbol wins. 

- If a special card has been played, it will be activated before any movement; if multiple special cards are played all effects are applied clockwise starting from the player who won the round. 

- After a player moves and lands on a face down ocean card, the card will be flipped and its effects will activate for the player and anyone who lands on the card afterwards. At the beginning of the following round, the player who moved on the previous one, will be the first to play a card.

- If the number cards in a player hand end, all players draw until they have, in total, 10 number cards from the already played cards pile (it needs to be reshuffled first).

- The first player to reach the final card of the map, the "Treasure Island" wins the game.

SPECIAL CARDS:

- Hand cards:

Waves -> Swap the positions of 2 ocean cards, revealed or not, with each other.

Cannon -> Shoot a close by player, they cannot move next turn.

Compass -> Move one extra step in any direction.

Spyglass -> Look at any face down ocean card within 2 rows of you.

- Map cards:

Storm ->Reduces the value of the next card played by 2 and the effect remains until the player leaves that position (if the card as a value 1 then it will remain 0 and not -1).

Warning sign -> Reshuffle all number cards in all players hands and they all draw 10 new cards.

Kraken -> When revealed, the player standing on top cannot move for 1 turn.

Blue Whale -> Protects player standing on it from cannon balls.