Skeletons are attacking the pirates while their ship is at anchor for the night. The pirates must roll well to stop the skeletons from climbing aboard. The skeletons must roll well to be able to seize the ship.
This game’s main mechanic is a dice-rolling competition scaling from each player rolling a single die up to a scenario similar to what is used in the board game “Risk“.
Educational: Players will learn early math concepts, like how to recognize numbers, to add numbers, and to determine the greater of two numbers.
Ages 4+ 
2 players 
5-10 min.
This is a free print-and-play game. Download here.
New! Use our Pirate Ship Paper Craft as the gameboard to add an additional ‘dimension’ to your gameplay! 🙂
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- The Human Skeleton – a set of activities that will help with learning the basic facts about the human skeleton.
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- Cube-Or-ACK! – if you like games with math concepts hidden inside, try this strategic cube-building game using math manipulatives.