Pirates vs. Ninjas Rulebook

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

• Game Includes
• The Dice
• Zones
• Getting Started
  • Heroes
  • Going First
• Game Play
  • Attack
  • Rally
• Special Abilities
• Winning
• Draws
• Variations

Game Includes

• 18 Dice (9 red Pirate dice, 9 black Ninja dice)
• 2 Cups and Lid Attachment
• 4 Interchangeable Battle Guides
• Instructions

Carrying Case: Use the lid included with the game to attach the dice cups together to create a carrying case.

The Dice

The faces of the dice represent the weapons you have at your disposal in your quest for world domination. Each unit has a different rank or value:

Rank	Pirate	Ninja
1	Pirate	Ninja
2	Cannon	Shuriken
3	Ship	Kuji Magic
4	Sea Monster	Dragon
5	Pirate Captain	Ninja Master
6	Jolly Roger	Kuji Shrine

(See Battle Guides on back page, cards, or on the dice cups for additional dice details.)

Zones

There are three gameplay Zones on each side:

• Combat Zone: This is where dice can attack or use special abilities during an Attack action.
• Rally Cup: This is where used dice are placed until they are re-rolled with a Rally action.
• Scoring Zone: When units are destroyed, place them into an area off to the side. Both players share this zone. Be mindful not to change the face of the destroyed dice since they may be used later for scoring.

Getting Started

Separate the dice into Pirate and Ninja factions and place them in the appropriate cups. Randomly determine who will play each faction. Both players roll all 9 of their dice into their Combat Zone. Sort all dice by ranks.

Heroes

Player may only have 1 Hero (Rank 5) in the Combat Zone at any time. If more than one Pirate Captain or Ninja Master is ever in play at any time, change the additional copies to Rank 1 (Pirates or Ninjas).

Going First

The player who has rolled the most Rank 1's goes first. In case of a tie, check the next higher rank to break the tie. Continue checking higher levels until the tie is broken.

Game Play

During each turn, a player MUST perform one action: Attack or Rally. (You may not pass on your turn. If you cannot attack, you must roll at least 1 die.)

Attack

There are 4 ways to attack:

1. Move 1 of your dice with a Rank 1-4 to your Rally Cup to destroy any enemy die of a lower or equal rank. Ex: Pirate Ship (Rank 3) can be used to destroy a Kuji Magic (Rank 3), a Shuriken (Rank 2) or an Ninja (Rank 1).
2. Move a set of 3 matching dice with a Rank 1-4 to your Rally Cup to destroy an enemy die of exactly 1 Rank higher. Ex: 3 Pirate Ship (Rank 3) can be used to destroy a Dragon (Rank 4).
3. Move 1 Ninja Master or Pirate Captain (Rank 5) to your Rally Cup and use their special ability. For more information see "Special Abilities."
4. Move 3 Jolly Rogers or 3 Kuji Shrine (Rank 6) to your Rally Cup and use their special ability. For more information see "Special Abilities."

Move any enemy units destroyed by your units to your Scoring Zone. Your turn is over.

Rally

If you do not want to attack or cannot attack you must rally. To rally, choose any number of your dice in the Combat Zone and all of your dice in your Rally Cup and roll them back into your Combat Zone. Your turn is over.

Special Abilities

Using a special ability is considered an attack.

• Pirate Captain: Force any number of other players to immediately Rally all their dice in their Combat and Rally Cups. To use this ability take your Pirate Captain and place it into your Rally Cup.
• Jolly Roger: Destroy all Rank 6's in ALL Combat Zones. To use this ability, take 3 Jolly Roger dice from your Combat Zone and place them into your Rally Cup.
• Ninja Master: Destroy a Hero unit in any Combat Zone. To use this ability, take a Ninja Master die and place it into your Rally Cup.
• Kuji Shrine: Take all your Ninja dice in the Combat Zone and move them to your Rally Cup. On your next turn you must rally and attack. To use this ability take 3 Kuji Shrine dice from your Combat Zone and place them into your Rally Cup.

Winning

Turns continue back and forth with players rallying and attacking until one player destroys the other player's last die. That player is the winner.

Draws

If 5 turns go by without any dice being destroyed the game is over. The player with the most dice wins the game. If there is a tie, players add up the ranks of the units they have destroyed. The player with the highest total wins. If the totals are equal, the game is a Draw.

Variations

For even more fun, combine your Army VS. Aliens set with other AvA challenger sets. Game variations and multiplayer formats are published by the publisher online.