How to Play: Sea Monsters

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If you choose a "place" Kraken or Sea Monster token, that monster will be randomly placed at one of six possible locations on the board. If the sea monster is placed so that it touches a ship, that ship is defeated; all her masts are removed and her owner will have to place her at her home island.

If the indicated sea monster is already on the board when the token is chosen, then that monster is placed at the new location and all its lost parts are replaced.

Attacking with Sea Monsters

At the beginning of each player's turn-before that player gives any actions to his or her ships-any sea monster on the playmat attacks any ships within its range. All attack choices are made by the player whose turn it is.

Attacking Sea Monsters

A sea monster is defeated when all of its parts have been removed as a result of cannon shots. The player who defeated it chooses two random tokens from any wild island. Choose them one at a time, as when exploring. If you choose a gold token, it is placed face down on your home island. If you choose an encounter token, resolve it using the rules for that encounter.

If you defeat a sea monster because of a curse, you don't get to choose two tokens. You get the "Defeat Kraken" or "Defeat Sea Serpent" token instead, and each one is worth 5 gold on your home island at the end of the game.