Sunken Treasure

Object

• • To gain treasure by opening hidden treasure chests while avoiding being attacked by sharks.

Players

• • 1-4

Preparation

• • Separate and shuffle each of the card decks (Item Cards, Attempt Cards, and Treasure Cards) and place them on the board.

  • Give each player one Diver Down card.

  • Leave room for a discard pile above each deck.

  • Leave room below the decks for Shark Cards.

  • All players turn their Diver Card to the “Diver Down” side. This indicates that all players are currently divers in the sea.

Play

• • On your first play, search for an Item (see below).

  • On each subsequent turn, you may:

    • Take an Item Card, or

    • Attempt to open a treasure and collect it, or

    • Play a Safety Card, or

    • Surface/Dive.

  • You may not pass on any turn.

Searching For Items

• • Take an Item Card from deck.

    • If it is a Treasure card or Safety card, keep it.

    • If it is Junk, discard it,

    • If it is a Shark card, place it on the board.

Claiming Treasure

• • If your Item Card has a treasure box, you may attempt to unlock it or open it to discover the treasure inside.

  • If the item is unlocked (Unlocked Box or Unlocked Chest), you can claim the treasure by taking and keeping one or more Treasure Cards.

  • The money bags on the cards indicate how many Treasure Cards can be taken.

  • If the item is locked (Locked Box, Locked Chest or Locked Safe) you must first attempt to break the lock before claiming the treasure (see below).

  • Treasure cards are kept FU in front of the player until they are safely stored on the ship (banked).

  • Any Treasure that is brought to the surface is considered “banked” and cannot be lost for the remainder of the game.

  • Banked Treasure cards are turned FD until the end of the game.

  • Once a treasure is claimed, you collect a number of Treasure cards indicated by the number of bags on the Treasure Card.

    • Box = 1 Treasure Card.

    • Chest = 2 Treasure Cards.

    • Safe = 3 Treasure Cards.

Breaking a Lock

• • You can only attempt to unlock one box at a time.

  • To unlock a locked Treasure item, take one card per turn from the Attempt Cards deck and place it over the item you are attempting to unlock.

  • The cards have the following effects:

    • Open: The lock is opened. You claim the treasure by taking one or more Treasure Cards (see the number of money bags on the card) in the same turn.

    • Cracked: The lock is cracked but not broken. You may attempt again on another turn. If you get a second Cracked Card, the lock is open and you can take a Treasure Card. Keep the Cracked Card until all attempts are complete.

    • Fail: The lock cannot be opened. You must immediately discard the Item Card.

    • Trapped: A secret trap is revealed. You can discard the treasure or make another attempt on another turn but if a second Trapped Card is revealed you must surface under the same rules as a Shark Attack. The Trapped card is kept until all attempts are complete.

    • No Effect: Nothing happens. You can try again on the next turn.

  • After an attempt is complete, all the Attempt Cards used are discarded.

  • When the Attempt Cards pile is depleted, the discards are shuffled and made into a new pile.

Surfacing/Diving

• • Surfacing allows you to bank Treasure or avoid a Shark Attack.

  • You can surface to your boat by flipping over the Diver Down card on your turn.

  • You cannot, however, take any chests or boxes with you and must discard all Item Cards and Attempt Cards after surfacing.

  • Once the card is flipped, your turn is over.

  • While surfaced, you can only dive again, bank treasure, or attempt to steal.

  • To dive again, turn over your Diver Up card.

  • If all players surface, all Sharks currently on the board are discarded.

Stealing Treasure

• • If you are on the surface and another player is still below, you can attempt to break into their safe using the same process as Breaking A Lock.

  • Take an Attempt Card and turn it over.

  • If successful, you can randomly collect one of their face down banked treasure cards.

  • If the diver under attack surfaces before the attacker can successfully steal any treasure, the attempt must be abandoned and all Attempt Cards used discarded.

  • Stealing may only be attempted once per surface.

Banking Treasure

• • Once on the boat, you can bank any captured treasure by turning your Treasure Cards face down. Those cards cannot be lost to Shark Attacks.

  • Banking Treasure completes a turn.

Shark Attack

• • If you pick up a Shark Card, you must immediately put it on the board.

  • If a third Shark Card is placed on the board, divers in the water are under attack and must immediately surface and discard all their cards except any “banked” treasure.

  • If all players surface before the third card, the Shark Cards are discarded.

  • On any turn you can play one Safety Card from your hand and eliminate one Shark Card. Both cards are discarded.

  • Only one Safety Card can be played per turn and completes the turn.

Winning the Game

• • The game ends when a player has $20,000 or more in treasure banked and is proclaimed the winner.