Skull King
Does the order in which a Pirate, Mermaid or Skull King is played matter for capture bonus points?
The publisher's 2021 scoring answer says order of play is not a factor, and it matches the rulebook's Captain's Log.
- Skull King rulebook · Rulebook · Character Cards
- grandpabecksgames · Publisher · 2021-08-25
- johnpnewman · Community · 2021-12-04
- curtc · Community · 2021-08-22superseded
- johnpnewman · Community · 2018-01-02superseded
- steckman · Community · 2025-08-28superseded
No. Order of play does not matter: a Pirate that takes a Mermaid scores 20, the Skull King that takes a Pirate scores 30 for each one, and a Mermaid that takes the Skull King scores 40, whichever card was played first. The older rule, which counted only pirates played before the Skull King, is superseded.