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Gameplay Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbAC33nyIAo

Cast your sails and embark on a journey to Batam! —a high-seas race with a twist where riches, not speed, wins the day!

Featuring exclusive gameplay development by Crafty Games, you’re the captain of a scrappy ship, racing to visit four far-flung islands on your way to Batam. To win, you’ll need to outsmart your rivals to rake in the most rewards- but here’s the twist: You must hire your crew (with bribes, of course), roll your sailors (dice), then assign them to other players’ ships —never your own!

Outsmart the competition by bumping their best sailors and sabotaging their plans. But watch out – you might get seasick crew that refuses to sail!

Navigate the archipelago to drop your markers first, claim island rewards, and charge latecomers for stepping on your turf. Pay your sailors well, manage your moves wisely, and time your return to port just right. First to the bay doesn’t win—richest pirate takes the crown!

In Tonga Bonga, each player pilots a ship around a little group of islands with the goal of visiting four of the five remote islands and returning to Tonga Bonga Bay.

Winning the race does not win the game, however; what matters is having the most money. Each player has room for three sailors (represented by dice) on their ship, and at the start of a round, in order players decide how much money to offer the sailors who will serve as their captain and first mate that round. (The cabin boy always works for free.) Next, in order players roll their dice, then assign one die to each other ship — never their own! If you place a die with an equal or higher pip value on a ship where a die already present, you bump that earlier die to a lesser role. (In short, the ships always end up with the highest die in the captain position.) One side of each die has a seasick sailor, who doesn’t go to sea that round, so not all ships will necessarily be full.

Once all the dice have been placed, in order players move their ship, ideally reaching islands before others and leaving one of your tokens there. Whenever you land on an island, you reach $25 from the bank, but you must then pay $5 to each player who landed there ahead of you. At the end of a round, players collect the wages next to the captain and first mate spots holding their dice.

A player who has visited four islands can return to Tonga Bonga Bay, collecting $10 when they dock there. At the end of that round, the game ends, and whoever has the most money wins.

3-4 players

Ages 10+

45 minutes play time

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