This is a board game concept I came up with where you and up to 5 other people sail across a board in search for treasure! But beware, as some of you pirate comrades might be a sea monster in disguise!

My initial inspiration behind the game was from the idea of a game where everyone controls the same character. From this idea I was then inspired by other hidden role games such as One Night Ultimate Werewolf and Coup and thus Clueless Captains was born!

The aim of the game is to move the ship around the board to find the treasure, without taking too much damage and sinking. As a ship moves across a tile, that tile is flipped and revealed. If a tile is a rock the ship loses one health token, if it is a treasure, it is removed from the board and the pirates are one step closer to winning!

The game consists of three phases. The selection phase, the playing phase, and the discussion phase. First during the selection phase, each player is dealt 3 cards. Each player then selects a card and discards the other two without talking or showing anyone else! 

Next, during the playing phase the cards that weren't discarded are shuffled together and then flipped over one by one. When a card is flipped, perform its action (for example, move north 2, reveal cards around the ship)

Lastly, during the  discussion phase, player may  discuss strategies to move the ship in a certain direction, or to cast suspicion on to players who's card choices seem to be hindering the expedition.