In the first Cartagena game, the players, as pirates, attempted to flee prison by making their way through a tunnel to a boat waiting for them at the end of the tunnel. But simply reaching the boat does not mean they have escaped as re-capture is always possible, perhaps, even likely. They will not be really safe until they reach their Pirates Nest on Tortuga.



Each player leads a group of pirates to Pirates Nest on Tortuga.The path leads the pirates through wild jungle and across the waters of open ocean to the island of Tortuga. In addition to the innate perils of the trip are the other pirates, as each group wants to be the first to arrive at Pirates Nest and will do what they can to slow the others progress. As soon as one player has all his pirates in Pirates Nest, he can raise the Jolly Roger and win the game.