Walk the Plank: Deluxe Edition

About this board game

Walk the Plank: Deluxe Edition is a 3–5-player pirate game that takes about 20 minutes, challenging players to keep their pirates aboard while shoving opponents into the sea.

You are among the worst pirates in the captain’s crew: lazy, stupid, and suddenly competing to prove your worth. The captain is willing to keep only two pirates, so every player must fight to preserve their own crew member while sending rivals over the end of the plank.

Each round, players secretly stack three cards from their set of ten action cards. They then take turns revealing and resolving those actions one at a time. Plans cannot be changed once play begins, so an action may produce an unexpected result—or still shove a pirate even when the situation has changed completely.

• Secretly program three actions each round.
• Reveal and resolve actions in sequence.
• Use powerful skull cards that remain on the table for the following round.
• Try to be among the owners of the two or fewer pirates left aboard.

The game ends as soon as two or fewer pirates remain on board. The owner, or owners, of those surviving pirates win. However, if every pirate goes into the drink, nobody wins except the sharks circling below.

This deluxe tin edition of Walk the Plank includes a reworked version of the rules, new artwork by Felideus Bubastis, screen-printed meeples, and the Ghost Meeple mini-expansion with its rules. Together, these features give the game a refreshed presentation while preserving its brisk, take-that pirate struggle.