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I’m not referring to the Styx album but the coin game with the name Pieces of Eight. It from Atlas Games. With coins you make up your ship. There is one captain to your ship. You can have mates, cannons, even a monkey.

The last person standing with their captain wins the game. There is some strategy as to how to stack your coins. You hold the coins in one hand while your other hand serves as the crow’s nest. You have place one coin in the crow’s nest. Your opponent can see that coin and the first coin in your other hand. You can play either of those coins or the coin in the back of the stack.

The rules explain what each coin does. It’s a lot of fun. It’s a little pricey at $19.99, and each player will need their own set of coins to play. Pieces of Eight is a great game to play when you are waiting at a convention for a game to start or some other setting.

Being fans of anything pirate, we are hooked on it after playing it once. Now we just have to wait for our favorite local gaming store to get in the game.