If, however, you own Port Royal and are hoping that this will break new ground for you then it most probably won’t. The inevitable campaign version of Port Royal where players can work competitively or cooperatively to complete missions in ‘Story mode’. Extra characters and items that are only used in this expansion fill out the contents and bring new ideas to the gameplay. A lot of games are getting the ‘campaign’ treatment lately, this one isn’t one of the best! Final Thoughts It’s an interesting expansion. Often, I judge expansions like this with a simple rule. Would I ever play the game without it now? And with Port Royal Just One More Contract I would. I regularly do play Port Royal without it. It is such a simple and fast game, sometimes that is all I want. But crucially with Port Royal Just One More Contract I feel this game needs to be judged not on its essential status, but more how it changes the game. If an expansion is not considered a must-have every time you play, I believe it needs to change the game to make it feel different enough to warrant a place on my shelf. Well, there we have it… Port Royal Big Box certainly gives you a lot of gaming for your money! If you love Port Royal and want to increase your options or simply gain all the available content at a great price then this is definitely worth investing in. Play Port Royal either competitive or co-op with this expansion. Adding new Professions, Ships and the introduction of contracts into the mix, there is lots of content in just this expansion alone! This will definitely increase the difficulty level. It may not be everyone’s cup of tea but it really gives you value for money! Port Royal: The Gambler – Promo Card

For your first completed contract in the game, your reward will be in the form of coins from the bank. For your second completed contract, you will get 1 victory point. And if you manage a third, you get a second victory point. You can never complete more than three contracts. So as much as this is a race to get in their first, one player cannot dominate all four available contracts. There is also a cooperative variant where player team up to try and complete a certain amount of contracts within a set amount of time. The time is not ‘real-time,’ more a separate card pile that when exhausted, ends the game. There are very simple rules to adapt this from one to five players, and easy ways to make it easier or harder by changing the size of the time pile. There are also score targets in the rules which I always like, showing you how well you have done. This is a very smooth and welcome addition.This makes the game a little more engaging but can be a distraction for some. I do enjoy the purity of the base game. But sometimes it is nice to have this added focus and goal. It feels different enough to warrant having this expansion, despite it not being a must use expansion. And it is simple enough to bring in and out of play without adding too much complication of confusion for new players to be interchangeable in this way. You think you know me? Let’s just emphasize that the art is by no means bad, I simply feel that the original was great and didn’t really need updating. Contents Since its release in 2014, there have been three main expansions made for this. One offering a campaign-style experience, some with just extra cards, and this one we are looking at here, which brings in more cards, a cooperative and solo option and the main event, contract cards. Time to staff up! Port Royal Just One More Contract offers the chance for players to compete for contracts. Added smoothly into the base game, both thematically and mechanically, the contracts add a new dimension to the game.

This one seems a little odd to me, we have always found Port Royal a pretty easy game to learn and explain to new players. However, reducing the amount of Influence points needed to win the game and eliminating the expeditions means that play time can take as little as 15 minutes. For us personally the biggest draw of this variant is that it includes new cards that can be added to the base game… so that’s something. Port Royal: Just One More Contract – Expansion As this is a Port Royal Big Box edition, we won’t be doing a review of the gameplay but rather this edition and what it brings to the table when compared to the original version. First ImpressionsIncluded within this expansion, you will also find new ship cards which bring you three money like before, but now another player of your choice gets one extra money too. A nice little extra choice to make. There is also, three new character cards. Clerks, Gunners and Vice Admirals. All of which offer powers that enhance your trade and hire abilities. The expansion is giving you more money and more hiring skills to suit the Contracts element. They all work well together.