Mayfair Games has announced the pirate-themed card game Booty for August release.

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Booty was designed by Alexander Cobian and features artwork by Frank Reynoso and Aaron Riley.  The action of Booty is not the stuff of adventure films, rather this game focuses on what pirates do after the fighting is done.  Players take turns acting as “Quartermaster”, in charge of dividing the hard-won treasure into more-or-less “fair” portions.  Players then take turns choosing which batch of pirate booty to take as their share.  Hidden cards and cards with special abilities add strategy to the divide-and-pick game mechanic.

The box contains 108 cards, 54 player flag tiles (9 of each color), 6 player turn order tiles, 6 turn selection tiles, 4 stock market markers, 1 quartermaster token, 5 islands tiles, 12 legacy tiles and a rulebook.

The game is for 2 - 6 players, ages 10 and up, and plays in about an hour.  MSRP is $35.00.