How to play Stomp the Plank, a swashbuckling game of push your luck!
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Read the Rules
The aim of the game
To win, don’t fall off the boat!
To set up
- Turn the box upside down to reveal the deck.
- Attach the magnetic planks and put an elephant on the start for each player.
- Layout the pontoon board, shuffle the treasure cards and put them face down. next to it.
- Put the crate tokens within easy reach and pick a starting player.
To play the game
On your turn, flip the top card from the treasure deck face up into the left-most spot on the board.
Now you have a choice: flip another card, or stop.
You can keep flipping cards until you reveal 2 of the same. If you do, you’ve been caught, you greedy elephant! Move one step along your plank.
If you choose to stop, every other player must place the number of crate tokens shown above the furthest card, onto the edge of their plank.
After you're done, remove the cards from the board and put them face up to the side, now it’s the next player's turn.
Game end
Play continues until either:
- A player covers the crown spot without getting a double - they win!
- OR, someone’s elephant falls into the sea - they lose and everyone else laughs!
That’s stomp the plank, simple family fun, with pirates elephants!
Enjoy!