Game Equipment:4 ships (clear plastic tiles w/pictures of ships) Pieces of Eight (cardboard tiles) 16 Treasure Cards (cardboard tiles) 32 Trading Cards (cardboard tiles) 1 d6 1 Pirate Spinner 1 Gameboard 4-page instruction bookletA player's turn consists of moving his or her Ship (choice of French, British, Spanish or Pirate) one space on a map of the North Atlantic. When a player's Ship is in Port, the player may do any one of three things:Draw 1 Treasure Card Draw 1 Trading Card that belongs to the Port's continent Spin the SpinnerPieces of Eight are accumulated by cashing in Trading Cards and discovering Treasure with the Treasure Cards.Naval battles are decided by rolling a d6. The winner of the battle receives all Trading Cards from the defeated ship.The winner is the player who has the most Pieces of Eight at the end of the game. - BoardGameGeek