In Mille Sabords, players must set off in search of treasure, pushing themselves to find as much as possible without losing their heads.
At the start of a turn, the active player rolls the eight special dice. He must set aside any skulls rolled, and his turn ends immediately with no score if he rolls a third skull. The player is free to set aside any number of other dice, rerolling the rest. He may continue to do this until the skulls get him or he stops. He then scores for dice combinations, with a three-of-a-kind earning 100 points, a four-of-a-kind 200 points, and so on all the way up to an eight-of-a-kind earning 4,000 points. Each gold or diamond showing is worth 100 points on its own. A player earns a 500 point bonus if all eight dice score.
If a player rolls four or more skulls on his first roll, he heads to Skull Island for the turn, setting aside those skulls and continuing to roll as long as he sets aside at least one skull each time. Once he stops, all other players lose 100 points for each skull showing.
Before a player starts to roll for his turn, however, he draws a card from the pirate deck, which affects what's possible on that turn: He might score double for the treasure he collects, or need to roll sabers to fight off other pirates, or receive a free diamond or gold coin, or be able to score treasure even if he collect three skulls.
Once a player reaches 6,000 points, all other players take one final turn, then the player with the most points wins.
Theme(s)
Pirates
Language(s)
French
Mechanism(s)
Dice, Combination
Author(s)
Haim Shafir
Artist
Jose Pedro
Overall score
4.8
Editor
Gigamic
EAN
3421272109517
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Mille Sabords est un jeu d’ambiance familial qui a fait ses preuves. Il est devenu un classique du stop ou encore avec une part prépondérante liée à la chance. De part son thème, il donne en outre plus envie d’y jouer qu’un Pickomino.
Ce jeu a le défaut de nécessiter une feuille de score sur-vitaminée : il se joue en 6 000 points avec un « pas » de 100 points. Cela aurait été plus simple de ramener le tout à 60 points.
Dans sa catégorie, Mille Sabords n’est pas loin d’être indispensable. Il lui manque encore des éléments de contrôle du hasard (extension?) pour élargir son public aux joueurs initiés.
