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fter the American Revolution, American

merchants lost the protection the British

navy gave to their ships on the seas. In 1785, the

loss of that protection took on real meaning when

the Ottoman regency of Algiers captured two

American merchant vessels and took their crews

into captivity. Over the next decade, American

diplomats tried to establish treaties with the four

Barbary states (Morocco, Algiers, Tunis, and

Tripoli) so that no more American ships would

be captured, though around a dozen more were

captured in the intervening time. In the late 1790s,

all four states agreed to treaties with the United

States, but the demands in those treaties were a

steep price for the United States to pay.

The Barbary states had been operating a protection

racket in the Mediterranean for hundreds of years;

in exchange for leaving a nation’s ships alone, the

Barbary rulers insisted on being paid money and

gifts, sometimes at regular intervals but more often

upon the slightest pretext. The United States had

neither the resources nor the patience to keep up

this system indefinitely. Beginning in 1794, the

federal government made halfhearted preparations

to send a naval force to the Mediterranean to take

care of the problem by force, but undeclared war

with France between 1798 and 1800 got in the way.

When the navy finally left for the Mediterranean in

1801, Tripoli had already declared war.

1801

When the first squadron arrived in the

Mediterranean in July 1801, the United States

was no longer at peace. On May 14, 1801, Yusuf

Karamanli had ordered the flagpole cut down at

the American consulate in Tripoli, a signal that he

had declared war. In response, on July 23, William

Eaton, American consul at Tunis, announced in a

circular that Tripoli was officially under blockade,

anticipating Commodore Dale’s probable strategy.

In principle, Dale agreed with Eaton’s actions,

writing to the Secretary of the Navy, “Should the

United States Determin to carry on the War against

Tripoli it will be highly necessary to keep it closly

Blockaded.”

When the squadron arrived in July, the commodore,

Richard Dale, was surprised to learn that war had

been declared. That change meant the plans that

had been laid had to change. Given the difficulties

of the task, it is not surprising that during Dale’s

command no decisive action occurred. For this first

cruise, there was little that could be done aside from

cruise off Tripoli and convoy merchants from one

end of the Mediterranean to the other. With only

three frigates and a schooner in the squadron, each

ship had more than enough to keep it busy.

THE FIRST

BARBARY WAR

ENTERPRIZE V. TRIPOLI

Once all the ships were assigned to a task, only

one frigate was left to actually do the blockade of

Tripoli. The President was meant to maintain the

blockade along with the Enterprize. As it turned

out, between sickness, bad weather, and ship repairs,

the President spent almost no time before Tripoli.

The one action of any consequence during the first

squadron’s cruise was accomplished not by one of

the frigates, but by the schooner Enterprize on its

way to Malta to get water for the President.

The encounter between the Enterprize, captained

by Andrew Sterett, and the 14-gun, 80-man Tripoli

was a promising start for the American squadron.

On August 1, 1801, while flying British colors, the

Enterprize sighted a ship. When Sterett asked what

the ship was doing, its commander replied that

it was out “to cruise after the Americans.” Upon

hearing this reply, Sterett hauled down the British

colors, which he had been sailing under in order

to deceive any potential threats, and raised the

American flag, firing muskets into the Tripoli. The

Tripoli fired a partial broadside in return.

The fight lasted about three hours, during which

time the Tripolitans attempted to board the

Enterprize three times. Each time the crew and

marines repulsed them. The Tripoli’s captain

also tried a strategy that most sailors considered

dishonorable: striking his colors and then resuming

the fight. The third time the Tripoli struck, Sterett

disregarded the surrender and ordered the vessel

to be sunk. Eventually the Tripoli’s crew “cried for

mercy,” and Sterett ordered their officers to come

on board the Enterprize. He refused to board the

Tripoli with his own officers, lest this cry for mercy

be yet another trick.

After lying about the destruction of their boat, the

Tripolitans eventually came over to the Enterprize

and revealed the extent of the devastation Sterett

and his crew had wreaked. Twenty of the eighty

crewmen had been killed, with another thirty

wounded. The captain and first lieutenant had

been wounded, and the second lieutenant and

surgeon killed. The Tripoli itself suffered so much

damage that it was almost unable to be sailed,

“having received 18 shot between wind and water.”

By contrast, the Enterprize had suffered almost

no structural damage and none of the crew were

injured at all.

Because Sterett’s orders did not permit him to take

an enemy ship as prize, he had to let the Tripoli go,

but not before he cut down its masts and threw all

its guns overboard. In practical terms, this victory

meant little, but it purportedly demoralized the

Tripolitans so much that all the sailors who were

to man other corsair vessels deserted them instead.

On the American side, it helped to throw popular

opinion behind the use of force against the Barbary

states.

STALEMATE

Capitalizing on the Enterprize’s victory proved

impossible. The difficulty of maintaining peace with

the other Barbary states, and maintaining a very

small squadron far from supplies and manpower,

proved barriers too high to overcome.

As winter fell, the American squadron gave up even

the pretense of blockade. Sailors’ enlistments were

coming to an end, and the squadron’s ships one

by one were ordered home. The war with Tripoli

was in stalemate, relations with the other Barbary

states were fragile but holding, and despite the

Enterprize’s victory, the Americans had generally

demonstrated that they were only a lesser power in

the Mediterranean community.

1802

The first few months of 1802 saw little activity from

Dale or his squadron. Hamstrung by ineffectual

orders and serious repairs to his ship, Dale spent

the winter of 1801-1802 in Toulon. Dale himself

prepared to head back to the United States, as his

term as commodore was up. The Secretary of the

Navy prepared to send a new squadron in order to

arrive in time to re-engage with Tripoli once the

winter weather cleared.

However, back in the United States there were

delays in forming the new squadron. When

Dale and the President returned home, the next

commodore had not yet even left the United States.

At least there was a new commodore, though:

Richard Valentine Morris.

With his confidence in the navy’s skill waning,

William Eaton, erstwhile consul at Tunis, began

to take matters into his own hands. He and James

Leander Cathcart, the displaced consul at Tripoli,

came up with a plan to reinstate Hamet Karamanli,

the older brother of the reigning bashaw, Yusuf

Karamanli. Yusuf had deposed Hamet some years

previous, and Hamet had fled to Egypt. Now Eaton

and Cathcart wanted to bring him back.

When Richard Valentine Morris finally arrived in

the Mediterranean, he found that relations with

Morocco were at a breaking point. Several tense

weeks resulted, though consul James Simpson at

Tangier was able to finally talk the Moroccan sultan

into a fragile peace.

In June 1802, an American vessel, the Franklin

was captured by a Tripolitan cruiser. The crew

of the vessel was sent to Algiers, where the

Americans had to rely on the good graces of the

British consul in Algiers and the Danish consul in

Tripoli, Nicholas Nissen. Eventually Algiers took

a hand in redeeming the captives, an outcome

that only weakened the American position in the

Mediterranean.

Since Richard Valentine Morris seemed disinclined

to act against any of the Barbary powers with force,

other captains in the squadron stepped up. Morris

spent almost no time on the blockade of Tripoli.

The two who took the lead most frequently were

also the most irascible: Alexander Murray and

Daniel McNeill. Murray and McNeill made no

secret of their disdain for procedure or for their

allies.

As the year 1802 came to a close, relations with

both enemies and allies were more fragile than ever

before. Morris’s apathy did not go unnoticed. In

1803, the commodore was ordered home to face a

court-martial for dereliction of duty.

1803

1803 was a year of considerable diplomatic turmoil

in the other Barbary states as well as Tripoli.

From the very beginning of the year, Commodore

Morris could not keep up a show of strength in

relations with Algiers and Tunis, capitulating to

their demands or putting them off as best he could.

Consul James Simpson believed that Morocco

was colluding with Tripoli to break the American

blockade, and subsequent events gave rather more

credence to that belief.

After an abortive attempt to negotiate with Tripoli,

Morris returned to Malta (where his wife and new

baby were residing). He would not leave Malta

again for any significant length of time during

his tenure. Meanwhile, James Simpson tried

desperately to keep the peace in Morocco.

Commodore Morris’s replacement, Edward Preble,

arrived in Gibraltar on September 13, one day after

Morris received his recall papers from one of the

advance ships in Preble’s squadron. Morris returned

home to face a court-martial for his apathetic

leadership, while Preble had to begin to try to patch

things back together. His first task was to deal with

the Morocco problem. It was increasingly clear that

Morocco was helping Tripoli, and Preble had to

find a way to stop it. It took Preble nearly a month

to restore peace with the emperor.

CAPTURE OF THE

PHILADELPHIA

On October 31, the focus of the war suddenly

shifted from Morocco to Tripoli. While cruising off

Tripoli, the Philadelphia had sighted a Tripolitan

vessel. Pursuing the vessel into Tripoli harbor,

the frigate had run aground four or five miles

east of the town. Despite cutting away anchors,

guns, and even the foremast, the crew could not

lift the Philadelphia off the bar. Four hours of

fire from Tripolitan gunboats and shore batteries

convinced Captain William Bainbridge that he

could not hope to defeat them. Around sunset, the

Philadelphia struck its colors and the ship’s crew

were taken prisoner.

Though several European nations rallied to the

aid of the American prisoners, there was little

Commodore Preble could do. Without diplomatic

representation in the Tripolitan court, he had to

rely on the generosity of others, particularly the

Danish consul Nicholas Nissen, to provide for

the captives. Any retaliatory action would have to

wait until spring when the weather improved. As

the year ended, Preble did get some good news:

the Enterprize and the Constitution had captured

a small Tripolitan ketch named the Mastico. They

renamed the ketch the Intrepid and began to make

plans for it.

1804

Throughout the war, certain consuls became

convinced that a naval war was not going to end

the war on favorable terms for the United States. In

1804, William Eaton increased his work to find a

different solution: reinstate the deposed brother of

the reigning bashaw, and negotiate a more favorable

treaty with him.

Hamet, the deposed older brother of Yusuf

Karamanli, liked Eaton’s plan in principle, but

Eaton found Hamet extremely challenging to work

with. Reports were that Yusuf ’s hold on Tripoli

was loosening, so the time was ripe to bring Hamet

forward. But Hamet, despite requesting money and

supplies repeatedly, could not be convinced to begin

the journey toward Tripoli.

While Eaton worked with Hamet, Commodore

Preble re-evaluated the navy’s strategy. He

concluded that blockading was not sufficient, so

he began to make plans to also bombard the city

of Tripoli. But first he had to take care of the

Philadelphia problem.

On February 16, 1804, a handpicked group of men

under the command of Stephen Decatur took the

ketch Intrepid to Tripoli harbor, accompanied by

the Syren. The Intrepid slipped into the harbor

and up to the side of the Philadelphia. As quietly

and quickly as possible, the sailors boarded the

Philadelphia, set charges and then got off. The ship

burned to a hulk, so brightly that Syren’s crew, miles

away, could see the flames.

This action did little tactically or strategically, but

it improved morale tremendously for the American

sailors in the Mediterranean. But the next course

of action was simply to resume the blockade, a

task Preble intended to perform with much more

stringency than his predecessors. After preparations

for months, Preble was finally ready to take the full

squadron to Tripoli.

On August 3, the squadron engaged the Tripolitans

off the port of Tripoli. The Americans lost no ships

and only one officer, and they took many prisoners.

After the battle, Preble stayed off Tripoli for a

month waiting for the bashaw to communicate

with him. When nothing was forthcoming, Preble

decided to try yet another approach.

The Intrepid once again proved its worth, as

Preble ordered it converted into a fireship, which

Lt. Richard Somers volunteered to pilot into the

harbor and then detonate near the Tripolitan ships.

The next day, after loading the Intrepid with the

explosives, Somers and a small crew began to sail

the ketch into the harbor. The crew was supposed

to light a small fire to distract any Tripolitans who

might try to stop them, but instead, as the Intrepid

reached its destination, the entire ship blew up

prematurely while the crew was still on board.

The entire crew was killed, including Midshipman

Henry Wadsworth, who had been in the

Mediterranean longer than almost any other officer.

Shortly after the Intrepid disaster, Commodore

Preble had to return home. Though the loss of the

ship had been a morale blow, Preble had at least

ratcheted up the pressure on Tripoli. His successor

would have to try to capitalize on some of that

success.

1805

The new commodore who arrived at the end of

1804 was in no condition to capitalize on Edward

Preble’s success. The commodore, Samuel Barron,

was so sick he could barely sail, and the American

ships were scattered throughout the Mediterranean

to make much-needed repairs and find supplies.

Though Barron would not be on board, he ordered

the President, the Constitution, and the Constellation

off Tripoli for a cruise. The Nautilus was to cruise

off Tunis after a quick convoy trip. The Essex was

ordered to Venice, where Captain James Barron was

to try to acquire gunboats from the government

there. Commodore Barron was not sanguine about

Captain Barron’s chances, but since Naples had not

worked out, he felt he had no choice. While the

Essex, Constitution, and President prepared for the

cruise in Malta, they were met by the Nautilus, who

brought in a Tripolitan brig.

Captain John Rodgers felt that the time was

quickly approaching to strike the death blow to

the Tripolitans. Tripoli’s fleet of gunboats had not

increased since the winter, and Rodgers wanted

to strike before the circumstances changed. But

other than infrequent chases, the squadron saw

little activity in their cruise before Tripoli. The

real action was happening nearly 600 miles away,

where William Eaton and a ragtag band of warriors

prepared for an assault on Derna.

WILLIAM EATON AND THE

SHORES OF TRIPOLI

On December 1, 1804, William Eaton and a small

American force of marines arrived in Rosetta,

Egypt, preparing to find Hamet. Successfully

navigating the political landscape in Egypt proved

complicated for Eaton, but eventually he was able

to find Hamet and rendezvous with him outside

Alexandria on February 5. It wasn’t until February

23 that the two came to an agreement about the

plan for the coup and the promised results.

On March 4, Hamet and Eaton’s company, now

numbering about 400 since some local warriors

had joined them, began the march across the desert

to Derna in Tripoli. Derna wasn’t the capital of

Tripoli, but Eaton hoped a victory at Derna would

put enough pressure on Yusuf to turn the tide.

As they marched, the numbers of men waxed and

waned, as various group became disgruntled and

left, or heard about the coup and wanted to join.

After meeting up with the Argus on April 16, the

men were resupplied and began to plan the attack

on Derna.

Eaton’s forces started the attack on Derna around

2:00pm on April 26. By 4:00pm, they had taken

the fort. It was a significant victory for a largely

unorganized and uncooperative group. However,

once Eaton’s company took Derna, their momentum

disintegrated. Eaton realized now that Hamet could

not be trusted to continue the campaign on his

own, so he felt obliged to stay and see the operation

through. The navy felt no such compunction. Barron

and Lear had concluded that Hamet Karamanli

now should be left to his own fate, and the newly

appointed Commodore John Rodgers agreed.

PEACE

Even before the news of Derna’s fall came, Yusuf

Karamanli was putting out feelers for peace. On

May 29, he sent a messenger to negotiator Tobias

Lear with an opening offer. On June 10, the peace

treaty was officially drawn up. After meeting with

the bashaw on June 20, Commodore Rodgers

weighed anchor from Tripoli on June 21 along with

Colonel Lear. Peace with Tripoli had been restored.

—Dr. Abby Mullen

he Shores of Tripoli is my first game design.

I never expected to be a game designer,

but in 2016 I received a copy of Thomas Jefferson

and the Tripoli Pirates (by Brian Kilmeade and

Don Yaeger) and became fascinated by the First

Barbary War. I was shocked that there was not a

game on this episode of Early American history.

I did a little more research and realized that this

topic would make an excellent game.

The Shores of Tripoli was destined to be a card-

driven game. From the classic We the People,

to heavier titles like Sword of Rome and Here I

Stand, to two of my all-time favorites, Twilight

Struggle and 1960: The Making of the President, I

have been enamored with how card-driven games

can convey so much history and yet be so fun to

play. I knew that I wanted The Shores of Tripoli to

be educational—that after two or three plays, a

player would have a good grasp of not only the

history but the choices and challenges for both

the United States and Tripolitania. The best way

to do that was with small individual decks for

each nation—unlike in a game with a shared

deck, where a side may not see some of its most

interesting cards, with individual decks each

player will see their best cards and the crunch is

when and how to best use those cards.

The victory conditions for the United States were

easy to determine. After three years of frustration,

the United States stepped up its blockade and

hatched a plan to replace Yusuf Qaramanli, the

Tripolitan bashaw, with his pro-American brother

Hamet Qaramanli. The pressure convinced Yusuf

to sign a treaty favorable to the United States.

Thus, the Treaty of Peace and Amity and Assault

on Tripoli cards. For Tripolitania, the goal was to

have the American price in blood or treasure too

high so the Americans would capitulate and start

paying tribute again. Thus, the winning conditions

for Tripolitania. With only a maximum of

twenty-four turns, the tension in Tripoli comes

from each side having too much to do and not

enough time to do it. I am very pleased with

the excitement near the end of the game, when

Tripolitania is racing to get its twelfth gold or

sink the fourth American frigate before the U.S.

can play its Treaty card or its Assault card.

In designing the game, I wanted to emphasize

that Tripolitania was a rational actor and that

the First Barbary War was not “the first war on

terror.” It was a state versus state conflict like

so many others of that time. There were some

key episodes in the war that I knew I wanted to

communicate. The initial arrival of the American

fleet into Gibraltar with the Americans not

knowing if they were at war or peace, the rather

dismal partnership with Sweden in blockading

Tripoli, the threat of entry into the war by Algiers,

Morocco and Tunis, the capture and subsequent

burning of the Philadelphia, and the capture of

Derne. I also wanted to make sure the key figures

made their appearance—Qaramanli and Reis for

Tripolitania and O’Bannon, Eaton, Sterett, Preble,

Decatur and Bainbridge for the United States.

I would have liked to have included a card for

Richard Somers, who died while commanding the

Intrepid, but the 27-card limit did not allow.

DESIGNER’S

NOTES

In addition to being educational, I also wanted the

game to be approachable. Nothing pleased me more

during in-person play testing than to see a couple

play against each other or a parent play with an

older child—and everyone having fun. I knew that

the game needed to play in an hour or less and have

simple mechanics. The presentation also needed to

be outstanding—hence, the solid wood pieces and

beautiful map and cards. But at the same time, the

game also needed complex decision-making and

solid replayability. The perfect blend of simplicity

and complexity is a difficult needle to thread, but I

hope we succeeded.

I did have to make some trade-offs between

historical accuracy and playability. For example,

the American fleet consisted of frigates, brigs

and schooners but I treat all the American

ships as frigates. The main Tripolitan fleet was

a hodgepodge of vessels that I standardized as

“corsairs.” Sweden had already declared war on

Tripoli in 1800 and exited the war in 1802, while

in the game the earliest they leave is 1803. I also

had to create some alternate history cards for the

potential assault on Tripoli. General Eaton Attacks

Benghazi, Assault on Tripoli, Marine Sharpshooters,

and Send in the Marines, as well as Constantinople

Sends Aid are all cards from that alternate history.

Similarly, the Algerine, Moroccan, and Tunisian

cards represent the threat that Tripoli’s allies posed

to the United States, but their allies did very little

during the actual war. Finally, to allow each player

a bit more freedom to explore their options and

strategies, the game can go until the end of 1806,

whereas the war itself ended in June of 1805.

Thank you so much for buying The Shores of Tripoli.

I am very grateful for the assistance provided by

the U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command,

the Marine Corps History Division, the Mariners

Museum in Newport News and the U.S. Naval

Academy Museum. I am also extremely grateful

for the hundreds of play testers who took the time

and effort to take the print and play files and build

the game and provide amazing feedback. Finally, I

really appreciate all of the Kickstarter backers who

put their money and faith in our project. Thank you

everyone!

SUGGESTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

In addition to Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli

Pirates, ABC Whipple’s To the Shores of Tripoli:

The Birth of the U.S. Navy and Marines and Joshua

London’s Victory in Tripoli: How America’s War with

the Barbary Pirates Established the U.S. Navy and

Shaped a Nation both provide good overviews of

the conflict. I am also a fan of Osprey Publishing’s

“Essential Histories” series and their The Wars of the

Barbary Pirates by Gregory Fremont-Barnes does

not disappoint.

For more in-depth reading, Chipp Reid’s pair of

books Intrepid Sailors: The Legacy of Preble’s Boys

and the Tripoli Campaign and To the Walls of Derne:

William Eaton, the Tripoli Coup, and the End of the

First Barbary War are both outstanding. Ian Toll’s

Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the

U.S. Navy is a masterpiece on the early history of

the U.S. Navy. Benjamin Armstrong’s Small Boats

and Daring Men: Maritime Raiding, Irregular

Warfare, and the Early American Navy is an excellent

survey of maritime raids and irregular warfare

from the first fifty years of American naval history.

There are plenty of biographies to choose from but

the two I recommend are Edward Preble: A Naval

Biography 1761-1807 by Christopher McKee and

A Call to the Sea: Captain Charles Stewart of the USS

Constitution by Claude Berube and John Rodgaard.

Finally, watch for Abby Mullen’s A Difficult

Undertaking: Conflict and Cooperation in the First

Barbary War, 1801-1805, coming in 2022.

If you are interested in podcasts, “Sea Control” by

the Center for International Maritime Security

(www.cimsec.org) and “Preble Hall” by the United

States Naval Academy Museum (www.usna.edu/

museum/) are both fantastic. “Sea Control” has

some excellent episodes on both naval history

and war gaming. “Preble Hall” has a number of

outstanding episodes, but my favorite is EP3:

The Tripoli War with Dr. Abby Mullen. The two-

episode special collaboration between “Sea Control”

and “Preble Hall” is also not to be missed.

—Kevin Bertram

CREDITS

Game Design and Development: Kevin Bertram

Art and Graphic Design: Cathy Bock, Marc

Rodrigue, Matthew Wallhead

Historical Essay: Abby Mullen, Ph.D.

Naval Advisor: Robert Bishop, USNA ‘64

Executive Producers: Bret Baier, Dan Fellhauer,

Jason Matthews, Ruben Rodriguez, Paige Terrill,

Austin Woodruff

Senior Playtesters: Alison Bishop, Katherine

Bishop, Janice Day, Jason Matthews, Trevor Reed

Playtesters: Martin Akerlund, Bill Allen,

Jonathan Allred, Elizabeth Anderson, Samantha

Anderson, Bob Arhaus, Nathan Arnold, Sandra

Atwater, Noah Ban, Mike Banks, Tom Barbe,

Giorgio Barbero, Andrew Baron, Roy Bartoo,

Doug Bass, Patrick Beben, Kevin Berent, Mark

Biggar, Corey Bishop, Chris Blackford, Marc

Blume, Kristof Bodric, Ray Bonilla, Arno Bomans,

Mik Bonsall, Jackson Boomhower, Steve Boone,

Keeley Bowers, Shawn Bowers, James Brennan,

Chris Brooks, Ryan Brown, Nikolaj Brucker, Neal

Bryan, Harold Buchanan, Gordon Burg, Scott

Burger, Deividas Burokas, Matthew Butler, Grant

Cadenhead, Thomas Cadenhead, Ty Cadenhead,

Randy Callard, James Campanella, Jerry Campbell,

Robert Carroll, Todd Carter, Simona Centola, Sean

Chick, Christine Chilcott, Ross Chilcott, David

Christians, Irwin Cohen, Forest Cole, Gabriel Cole,

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COMPONENTS

Historical Supplement

& Designer’s Notes

Thomas Jefferson

Letter to the Bashaw

2 Decks of Cards

12 Wooden Frigates

(8 blue, 2 red, 2 yellow)

34 Wooden Cubes

(4 blue, 10 white, 20 red)

24 Six-Sided Dice

(8 blue, 8 red, 8 yellow)

21 Wooden Gunboats & Corsairs

(3 blue, 9 red, 9 orange)

2 Turn Markers

12 Gold Coins

11”x34” Game Map

GAME MAP

The game map consists of nine harbors, five naval

patrol zones, and the open sea.

The nine harbors are color-coded circles on the

map. The blue harbors (Gibraltar, Malta, and

Alexandria) are friendly to the United States. The

red harbors (Tripoli, Benghazi, and Derne) are

controlled by Tripolitania. The orange harbors

(Algiers, Tangier, and Tunis) are potential allies

of Tripolitania. Four harbors (Tripoli, Benghazi,

Derne, and Alexandria) also double as cities for

infantry units.

The five patrol zones are the lightly shaded

partial circles adjacent to five harbors (Tripoli,

Algiers, Tangier, Tunis, and Gibraltar). American

and Swedish frigates patrol these zones against

corsairs leaving their corresponding harbor.

The open sea is where corsairs engage in piracy.

Corsairs return to their home ports after pirating,

so no corsairs will end their turn in the open sea.

The map also includes two tracks (a Year Turn

Track and a Seasonal Phase Track) as well as

“supply” boxes where unused ships and infantry

units may be placed.

GAME PIECES

The United States and Allies

American frigates are the workhorses

of the American navy. Each American

frigate fires two dice when rolling in

Naval Combat, Bombardment, or Interception.

American frigates take two hits to sink.

American gunboats provide

additional firepower to the American

fleet. Each American gunboat fires

one die in Naval Combat and Bombardment.

American gunboats take one hit to sink.

Swedish frigates only patrol the naval

patrol zone of Tripoli. Each Swedish

frigate fires two dice when rolling an

Interception. Swedish frigates do not move nor do

they participate in Naval Combat.

Hamet’s Army is the combined

Arab and American infantry force

dedicated to installing the pro-

American Hamet Qaramanli on the Tripolitan

throne. White cubes are Arab infantry and blue

cubes are Marines. Each infantry unit fires one

die in Ground Combat and takes one hit to be

eliminated.

Tripolitania and Allies

Tripolitan corsairs are the pirating

ships of the Tripolitan navy. Each

Tripolitan corsair fires one die when

rolling in Naval Combat or making a Pirate Raid.

Tripolitan corsairs take one hit to sink.

Tripolitan frigates primarily defend

Tripoli and do not engage in Pirate

Raids. Each Tripolitan frigate

fires two dice when rolling in Naval Combat.

Tripolitan frigates take two hits to sink.

Tripolitan infantry defend the

Tripolitan cities from Hamet’s Army.

Each Tripolitan infantry unit fires one

die in Ground Combat and takes one hit to be

eliminated.

The allies of Tripolitania - Morocco,

Algiers, and Tunis - may join the war.

A Tripolitan ally is considered “active”

or “at war” if there are any corsairs in their harbor.

Moroccan, Algerine, and Tunisian corsairs fire

one die when rolling in Naval Combat or making

a Pirate Raid. Moroccan, Algerine, and Tunisian

corsairs take one hit to sink.

Markers and Coins

The two black cylinders are used to mark the year

and season. The twelve gold pieces start with the

American player but are acquired by the Tripolitan

player through tribute and piracy.

CARD DECKS

There are two decks of cards - the American card

deck is blue-backed with a picture of Thomas

Jefferson and the Tripolitan deck is red-backed

with a picture of Yusuf Qaramanli. Each deck

contains twenty-one event cards and six battle

cards. The Tripolitan deck also includes three

additional cards that are used for solitaire play only.

Event Cards

There are three different types of event cards - core

events, unique events, and common events.

Core event cards begin the game face-up in

front of the player and do not count against the

eight-card hand limit. Core cards may be played for

their event and are removed from the game when

played.

Unique event cards may be played for their

event or may be discarded to take an action.

Actions are discussed in the Sequence of Play

section. If the card is played for the event, it is

removed from the game. If it is played to take an

action, it is placed in the discard pile.

The American deck contains two victory event

cards. These two cards are discussed in the Victory

Conditions section.

Common event cards do not have an icon. They

may be played for their event or may be discarded

to take an action. After play, as an event or for an

action, it is placed in the discard pile.

When an event card is played for the event, it is

considered the active event card for the season. This

is important for the play of certain battle cards.

Some event cards require certain conditions to be

met before being played for the event.

Cards placed in the discard pile are placed face up

and the discard pile is always considered open.

Battle Cards

Battle cards are not played for a player’s

seasonal turn. They are played “out of turn” in

response to certain conditions, such as Ground

Combat or a successful Pirate Raid. They may only

be played as a battle card if the conditions listed on

the card are met. Battle cards may also be discarded

to take an action.

VICTORY CONDITIONS

The American player wins the game by either

forcing the Tripolitan player to sign a peace treaty

favorable to the Americans or by capturing Tripoli

and installing Hamet Qaramanli on the throne.

Both of these conditions are achieved through card

play.

If the American player plays

the Treaty of Peace and Amity,

the game immediately ends

in an American victory. In

order to play this card, the

American player must meet

four requirements, which are

also listed on the card.

1. It must be the Fall of 1805 or later.

2. All three potential Tripolitan allies must be at

peace—meaning there are no orange corsairs in

Algiers, Tangier, or Tunis.

3. The city of Derne must have been captured by

Hamet’s Army.

4. Finally, there must be no Tripolitan frigates in

the harbor of Tripoli.

If all four of these requirements are met, Yusuf

Qaramanli will concede and sign the peace treaty.

The American player may

also win by capturing Tripoli.

To capture Tripoli, the

American player plays Assault

on Tripoli and then must

eliminate the Tripolitan navy

in Naval Combat and then

eliminate the Tripolitan army

in Ground Combat. This is discussed in greater

detail in the Assault on Tripoli section. Assault on

Tripoli may not be played prior to the Fall of 1805.

The Tripolitan player wins by making the cost in

blood and treasure too high for the United States

and thus forcing the United States into submitting

to Tripolitania and paying tribute. The Tripolitan

player can achieve this result in one of three ways.

First, if the Tripolitan player acquires twelve gold,

the game ends immediately. The Tripolitan player

gains gold by receiving tribute and engaging in

piracy. Gold acquired by Tripolitan allies counts

toward this goal.

Second, if the Tripolitan player sinks four

American frigates, the game ends immediately.

The Tripolitan player can sink American frigates in

Naval Combat and by play of the Storms and The

Philadelphia Runs Aground cards.

Finally, if the Tripolitan player eliminates Hamet’s

Army, the game ends immediately. Because the

Tripolitan infantry are stationary, this happens

while defending Derne, Benghazi or Tripoli.

If neither player has achieved victory by the end of

1806, the game ends in a draw.

GAME SETUP

1. The American player (north side of the map):

• places three frigates in the harbor of Gibraltar,

• places one frigate each on the 1802, 1803, and

1804 spaces on the Year Turn Track, and

• takes the three American core cards (Thomas

Jefferson, Swedish Frigates Arrive, and Hamet’s

Army Created) and places them face-up in front

of the player.

2. The Tripolitan player (south side of the map):

• places two corsairs in the harbor of Gibraltar,

• places four corsairs in the harbor of Tripoli,

• places four infantry in Tripoli, two infantry in

Benghazi, and two infantry in Derne,

• takes the three Tripolitan core cards (Yusuf

Qaramanli, Murad Reis Breaks Out and

Constantinople Sends Aid) and places them face-

up in front of the player, and

• removes the three solitaire cards (Second

Storms, Five Corsair Check, and Raid or Build)

from their deck and returns them to the game

box.

3. Each player shuffles their remaining twenty-four

cards to create their own draw pile.

4. The remaining ships and infantry are placed

on the respective supply boxes on the board. The

twelve gold coins are placed off the board on the

American player’s side.

5. One turn marker is put on 1801 and the other

turn marker is put on Spring. You are now ready to

begin!

Note: The American frigates and Tripolitan

corsairs peacefully coexist in the British-controlled

harbor of Gibraltar.

SEQUENCE OF PLAY

The Shores of Tripoli is played over six years. Each

year consists of a “Start of Year” phase and then

four seasonal rounds.

START OF YEAR

At the beginning of each year, the seasonal marker

is reset to Spring. The American player takes any

American frigates from that year on the Year Turn

Track and places them in the harbor of Gibraltar.

The Tripolitan player takes any Tripolitan frigates

from that year on the Year Turn Track and places

them in the harbor of Tripoli.

At the start of 1801-1804: each player draws six

cards from their draw pile.

At the start of 1805: each player shuffles their

discard pile to create a new draw pile and then

draws six cards from their draw pile.

At the start of 1806: each player draws all of the

cards remaining in their draw pile.

Drawn cards are added to any cards that remained

in hand from the prior year.

Each player has a hand limit of eight cards. If

after the card draw their hand exceeds the limit,

each player discards down to eight cards. Any

cards discarded are placed face up in the discard

pile. Remember that the core cards in front of each

player do not count toward the eight-card limit.

SEASONAL ROUNDS

Each seasonal round consists of:

1. American play

2. Tripolitan play

3. End of Season

The American player may do one of the following:

• Play a card as an event

• Discard a card to move up to two frigates

• Discard a card to build a gunboat in Malta

The Tripolitan player may do one of the following:

• Play a card as an event

• Discard a card to Pirate Raid with the

corsairs from Tripoli

• Discard a card to build a Tripolitan corsair

in Tripoli

A player may not pass unless out of cards in hand.

Core cards may never be discarded to take an

action.

After four seasonal rounds, the year is over and a

new year begins.

AMERICAN PLAY

When a card is played as an event, its event text is

read and resolved. This card is considered the active

event card for the American turn. Core event cards

and unique event cards are removed from the

game if played as an event.

When a card is discarded to move up to two

frigates, the card is placed in the American discard

pile. The American player may choose to move

zero frigates but still must discard a card. For

details on moving frigates, see the American Naval

Movement section.

When a card is discarded to build a gunboat in

Malta, the card is placed in the American discard

pile. The American player takes one gunboat from

the Supply and places it in the harbor of Malta.

The American player is limited to a maximum of

three gunboats.

The American player may pass ONLY if no cards

remain in hand—otherwise, a card must be played

either for an event or an action.

TRIPOLITAN PLAY

When a card is played as an event, its event text is

read and resolved. This card is considered the active

event card for the Tripolitan turn. Core event cards

and unique event cards are removed from the

game if played as an event.

When a card is discarded to Pirate Raid, the

card is placed in the Tripolitan discard pile. The

Tripolitan player raids with all corsairs from the

harbor of Tripoli. Frigates do not go on Pirate

Raids. The Tripolitan player may not discard a card

to raid from the harbor of one of its allies - only

specific Algerine, Moroccan or Tunisian cards

allow for Algiers, Morocco (Tangier), or Tunis

to Pirate Raid. For details on pirate raids, see the

Pirate Raid section.

When a card is discarded to build a corsair in

Tripoli, the card is placed in the Tripolitan discard

pile. The Tripolitan player takes one corsair from

the Supply and places it in the harbor of Tripoli.

The Tripolitan player may not build Algerine,

Moroccan or Tunisian corsairs in this manner. The

Tripolitan player is limited to a maximum of nine

corsairs.

The Tripolitan player may pass ONLY if no cards

remain in hand - otherwise, a card must be played

either for an event or an action.

END OF SEASON

If the seasonal marker is on the Spring, Summer,

or Fall space, advance the seasonal marker to the

next season. If the seasonal marker is already on

the Winter space, the year is over. If it is the end of

1806, the game ends in a draw. Otherwise, advance

to the next Year.

MOVEMENT

& COMBAT

AMERICAN NAVAL MOVEMENT

The board consists of fourteen locations—nine

harbors and five naval patrol zones—where the

American player may move frigates. Unless

moving to a location specified in the event

text, the American player may move from any

location(s) to any location(s).

If American frigates are moved to a friendly harbor

(Gibraltar, Malta and Alexandria), no further

action is needed. If American frigates are moved

to a naval patrol zone, no further action is needed.

American gunboats in Malta may never be moved

to another friendly harbor or a naval patrol zone.

If American frigates are moved to a harbor that

has enemy ships (Tripoli, or Algiers, Tangier, or

Tunis) then a naval battle commences. For details

on naval combat, see the Naval Combat section. If

the American active event card is Assault on Tripoli,

also see the Assault on Tripoli section.

If American frigates are moved to a harbor

that does not contain enemy ships but the city

does contain Tripolitan infantry (Derne and

Benghazi, and on very rare occasion Tripoli), a

naval bombardment commences. For details on

naval bombardment, see the Naval Bombardment

section.

If the American player is moving frigates to

bombard a Tripolitan city or engage a Tripolitan or

allied fleet in a harbor, any gunboats from Malta

may be also be moved (and not count against the

number of frigates being moved). If American

frigates are moving to multiple locations, the

gunboats may be allocated as the American player

wishes.

NAVAL COMBAT

Naval combat occurs when American ships move

into a harbor containing enemy ships. The two

exceptions are the harbor of Gibraltar (where

American frigates and Tripolitan corsairs coexist

peacefully under the watchful eye of the British)

or if the American active event card is A Show of

Force or Tribute Paid (where the text will direct the

removal of the Algerine, Moroccan or Tunisian

corsairs). American gunboats from Malta may join

the battle in a harbor.

Naval combat also occurs if the Tripolitan active

event card is Tripoli Attacks and there are American

frigates in the naval patrol zone of Tripoli. Any

Swedish frigates in the naval patrol zone of Tripoli

do not take part in the naval combat. Additionally,

naval combat occurs if the Tripolitan active event

card is Algiers/Morocco/Tunis Declares War and there

are American frigates in the corresponding harbor

when the three Algerine/Moroccan/Tunisian

corsairs are placed. In either of these cases, the

American player is not the active player and may

not move gunboats to take part in the naval battle.

1. Players announce if any battle cards will be

played. (Preble’s Boys Take Aim for the Americans

if the battle is in a harbor and The Guns of Tripoli

for the Tripolitans if the battle is in the harbor

of Tripoli, with the American player announcing

first.)

2. Each player rolls their dice. Each frigate rolls

two dice and each gunboat or corsair rolls one die.

The active player (whoever’s turn it is) rolls first and

counts the number of hits. Then the second player

rolls and counts the number of hits.

3. Players allocate hits to their own fleets, starting

with the active player.

Each roll of a 6 is a hit. Any other result is a miss.

A gunboat or corsair takes one hit to sink, so each

hit allocated sinks the gunboat or corsair. Sunk

gunboats and corsairs are returned to the Supply.

A frigate takes two hits to sink. If a frigate has one

hit allocated to it, it is considered “damaged” and

put on the following year of the Year Turn Track (if

it is 1806, then the frigate is returned to the Supply

and is not considered sunk). If a frigate has two hits

allocated to it, the frigate is sunk. Sunk Tripolitan

frigates are returned to the Supply, but sunk

American frigates are collected by the Tripolitan

player—and if it is the fourth American frigate

sunk the game ends immediately in a Tripolitan

victory.

4. All surviving American gunboats and

undamaged frigates are moved to Malta. If the

naval combat occurred in the naval patrol zone

of Tripoli, the surviving Tripolitan corsairs and

undamaged frigates return to the harbor of Tripoli.

NAVAL BOMBARDMENT

Naval bombardment occurs when American

ships move into a harbor containing no enemy

ships, but the city has Tripolitan infantry. This

primarily happens in the cities (harbors) of Derne

and Benghazi, but on rare occasions can occur in

Tripoli.

Naval bombardment lasts one round. Each frigate

rolls two dice and each gunboat rolls one die.

Each roll of a 6 is a hit. Any other result is a miss.

For each hit, a Tripolitan infantry is eliminated

and returned to the Supply. It is possible for a

bombardment to eliminate all of the infantry in a

city, but the city is still Tripolitan-controlled until

Hamet’s Army moves into the city.

After the bombardment, all of the American

frigates and gunboats are moved to Malta.

GROUND COMBAT

Ground (land) combat occurs when the American

player moves Hamet’s Army to Derne, Benghazi,

or Tripoli or if the American player plays Assault

on Tripoli and attacks Tripoli with only the three

Marine infantry from Send in the Marines. Unlike

naval combat, ground combat lasts until one

force has been eliminated.

1. The American player may bombard with any

frigates and gunboats that have joined the attack.

After the bombardment, the frigates and gunboats

are moved to Malta.

2. Players announce if any battle cards will

be played, starting with the American player

(Lieutenant O’Bannon Leads the Charge, Marine

Sharpshooters, and if the battle is in Tripoli, Send

in the Marines for the Americans and Mercenaries

Desert for the Tripolitans).

3. Players each roll dice, starting with the

American player. Each infantry unit rolls one die.

Each roll of a 6 is a hit. Any other result is a miss.

4. Players allocate hits to their troops. The

American player has the choice of removing an

Arab unit or a Marine unit with each hit suffered.

Eliminated units are removed to the Supply.

5. Check to see if one force has been eliminated.

If not, repeat steps 3 and 4. If the Tripolitan forces

in the city have been eliminated, the Americans

have captured the city. If the city captured is

Tripoli, then the American player immediately

wins the game. If the American forces in the

city have been eliminated, the Tripolitan player

immediately wins the game. If both forces are

eliminated on the same roll, it is considered a

Tripolitan victory.

ASSAULT ON TRIPOLI

The assault on Tripoli features unique naval

combat followed by ground combat. Unlike

normal naval combat, this naval combat is fought

until one fleet has been eliminated. At the end of

each round of combat, sunk American frigates are

taken by the Tripolitan player, and all other sunk

ships are removed to the Supply. Damaged frigates

are turned onto their side to indicate that they have

suffered one hit, but still continue to roll two dice

in combat. If a fourth American frigate is sunk

during combat, the Tripolitan player immediately

wins the game. If both fleets remain, naval combat

continues until one fleet has been eliminated.

If the American player wins the naval combat,

any damaged American frigates are removed to

the Supply. Any surviving American gunboats

and undamaged frigates may make a one-round

bombardment of the Tripolitan ground forces.

Then the American fleet is moved to Malta.

Ground combat then begins (and ground combat

cards may be played).

PIRATE RAIDS

A Pirate Raid occurs when the Tripolitan player

has discarded a card to raid with corsairs from the

harbor of Tripoli, has played a specific Algerine/

Moroccan/Tunisian Corsairs Raid to raid with

corsairs from Algiers/Tangier/Tunis, or has played

Yusuf Qaramanli to raid with the corsairs from

the harbor of Tripoli and from every allied harbor

that has Algerine/Moroccan/Tunisian corsairs.

If raiding from multiple harbors from the play of

Yusuf Qaramanli, the Tripolitan player determines

the order for resolving each raid.

1. If there are American and/or Swedish frigates

in the naval patrol zone outside the harbor of the

raiding corsairs, the American player makes an

Interception Roll. The American player announces

if a battle card will be played (Lieutenant Sterett

in Pursuit, which only benefits American but not

Swedish frigates). The American player rolls two

dice for each American frigate and each Swedish

frigate. Each roll of a 6 is a hit and a corsair is

sunk. Sunk corsairs are removed to the Supply.

2. The Tripolitan player announces if any battle

cards will be played (US Signal Books Overboard

and, if the raid is from Tripoli, Happy Hunting) and

then moves the surviving corsairs into the open

sea. Each corsair rolls one dice and captures a

merchant ship on a roll of a 5 or 6. The Tripolitan

player receives a Gold Coin for each merchant

ship captured. (Please note the merchant ships

are not represented by actual pieces on the board.)

The Tripolitan player may also play Merchant

Ship Converted if at least one merchant ship was

captured.

3. The corsairs return to their homeport (harbor).

The American player does not get to make an

Interception Roll on the corsairs’ return home.

If the Tripolitan active event card is Murad Reis

Breaks Out, there is no Pirate Raid after the

Interception Roll. The surviving corsairs move to

the harbor of Tripoli. Only the frigates in the naval

patrol zone of Gibraltar make an Interception Roll.

Any frigates in the naval patrol zone of Tripoli do

not also make an Interception Roll.

BASIC STRATEGY

As the American player, the early years of the

war can be very frustrating, particularly if you

draw a handful of ground combat cards. Your goal

in the early years is to try to limit the Tripolitan

player’s piracy and to build up your fleet. And if

you can bombard Derne a few times, the Marines

will thank you later. Keep in mind that Hamet’s

Army Created can be played in 1804 but needs an

American frigate in Alexandria, so try to slip one

over in late 1803. Although you will see all of your

discarded cards again after the reshuffle, try to

hang on to General Eaton Attacks Derne so it can

be played in 1804. You have some very powerful

cards—A Show of Force and Constantinople Demands

Tribute in particular, both of which can be retrieved

from the discard pile by the play of Bainbridge

Supplies Intel.

As the Tripolitan player, your priority is to get as

much gold as you can before the American fleet

overwhelms you. At some point in the game, you

will need to assess if you can realistically get to

twelve gold or not. If not, you may want to start

preparing the defense. In the last two years of

the game, be mindful of the requirements for the

American player to play The Treaty of Peace and

Amity. Also, keep in mind that the threat of some

of your cards may be more powerful than the actual

cards. The Guns of Tripoli can do some serious

damage to an American fleet attacking Tripoli,

but once that card is played the American player

has a lot more flexibility to take the attack to you.

And don’t sleep on US Signal Books Overboard—

that card can upset the perfectly laid plans of the

Americans.

OPTIONAL RULE &

TOURNAMENT PLAY

For advanced players, play with a hidden discard

pile. When a player plays a card for an event, show

the card and either remove it from play (core or

unique events) or place it face down in the discard

pile (common event). If a card is discarded to take

an action, get down to the eight-card hand limit, or

because of US Signal Books Overboard, it is always

done face down into the discard pile. Players may

not look through their own or their opponent’s

discard piles except for if the American active event

card is Bainbridge Supplies Intel.

Playing with a hidden discard pile significantly

increases the fog of war and makes for a more

strategic game. But be very careful to keep the draw

pile and the discard pile separate.

In tournament play, we recommend playing with

a hidden discard pile as well as the awarding of

points to help rank players with the same win/loss

record. The Tripolitan player receives three points

for each American frigate sunk and one point for

each Gold Coin. The American player receives

thirty points less the Tripolitan player’s score. It is

possible for the winning player to have fewer points

than the losing player. This is referred to as a “low-

point win.”

SOLITAIRE RULES

SOLITAIRE SETUP

In the solitaire version of The Shores of Tripoli, the

solo player takes on the role of the United States

and plays against the Tripolitan-bot (henceforth

referred to as the T-bot). The American setup is

exactly the same, although the player may wish to

sit on the south side of the map. The American

player places three American frigates in the harbor

of Gibraltar, a frigate on each of 1802, 1803, and

1804 spaces of the Year Turn Track. The American

player takes the three “core cards” and puts them

face up and then shuffles the remaining twenty-

four cards to create the draw pile.

The setup of the T-bot forces varies slightly from

the two-player game. The T-bot places two corsairs

in the harbor of Gibraltar and five corsairs in the

harbor of Tripoli. The T-bot places four infantry

in the city of Tripoli, four infantry in the city of

Benghazi, and four infantry in the city of Derne.

The T-bot sets up two rows of cards. The first row

of cards is the “event card line.” The T-bot sets out

the following cards in this order: Murad Reis Breaks

Out, Constantinople Sends Aid, Yusuf Qaramanli

and Sweden Pays Tribute. This is the end of the

event card line. The T-bot leaves a small space

and then sets out Five Corsair Check and Raid or

Build. The second row of cards is the “battle card

line.” The T-bot sets the six battle cards out in any

order, although the recommended order is: Happy

Hunting, Merchant Ship Converted, Uncharted

Waters, Mercenaries Desert, US Signal Books

Overboard and The Guns of Tripoli.

The T-bot takes the remaining eighteen cards

(including the Second Storms card) and shuffles to

create a draw pile.

SOLITAIRE PLAY

The American player draws cards and takes turns

as if playing a human opponent. The T-bot uses the

following decision making on its turn.

The T-bot checks each card sequentially in the

event card line to see if the requirements for the

card have been met. If the requirement has been

met, the T-bot plays that card for its turn. If the

requirement has not been met, the T-bot moves to

the next card. If none of the event cards from the

event card line can be played, the T-bot performs

the Five Corsair Check—if there are at least five

corsairs in the harbor of Tripoli, the T-bot pirate

raids without discarding a card. If the T-bot does

not have five or more corsairs in the harbor of

Tripoli, then the T-bot draws a card from the draw

pile and consults the card requirements.

The T-bot will never reshuffle the discard pile. If

the T-bot draw pile is finished and the T-bot needs

to draw a card, the T-bot will perform a Raid or

Build action without discarding a card.

T-BOT STRATEGY NOTES

In naval combat in 1801-1804 and in the Winter

of 1805 or if the American active event card is

Assault on Tripoli, the T-bot will allocate the first

hit suffered to its frigate (and the second hit on a

second frigate, if available). Then the T-bot will

allocate hits to its corsairs and only sink a frigate

when there is no other option available.

In 1805 or 1806 (except the Winter of 1805), the

T-bot will allocate hits to its corsairs first and only

take hits and then sink a frigate when there is no

other option available.

T-BOT EVENT CARDS

Murad Reis Breaks Out: Play if there are no

frigates in the naval patrol zone of Gibraltar OR if

it is Winter of 1801.

Constantinople Sends Aid: Play if Derne has been

captured by Hamet’s Army.

Yusuf Qaramanli: In 1801-1804, play if two allies

of Algiers, Morocco or Tunis are active (have

corsairs in their harbor). In 1805-1806, play if one

ally is active.

Sweden Pays Tribute: Play if it is 1803.

Algiers/Morocco/Tunis Declare War: Play

immediately.

The Philadelphia Runs Aground: If there is a

frigate in the naval patrol zone of Tripoli, play

immediately. Otherwise, add to the end of the

event card line and draw another card.

Storms and Second Storms: If there is a naval patrol

zone with at least two American frigates, play

immediately. Otherwise, add to the end of the

event card line and draw another card.

Tripoli Acquires Corsairs: If there are at least two

Tripolitan corsairs available in the Supply, play

immediately. Otherwise, add to the end of the

event card line and draw another card.

Tripoli Attacks: If there is exactly one American

frigate in the naval patrol zone of Tripoli and

there are at least five dice worth of Tripolitan ships

(corsairs count as one, frigates count as two), play

immediately. Otherwise, discard to perform a Raid

or Build action.

Troops to Tripoli: Play immediately.

Troops to Benghazi: If Benghazi is controlled by

Tripoli, play immediately. Otherwise, discard to

perform a Raid or Build action.

Troops to Derne: If Derne is controlled by Tripoli,

play immediately. Otherwise, discard to perform a

Raid or Build action.

US Supplies Run Low: If there are exactly two

American frigates in the naval patrol zone of

Tripoli, play immediately. Otherwise, discard to

perform a Raid or Build action.

Algerine/Moroccan/Tunisian Corsairs Raid:

Discard to perform a Raid or Build action. Please

note that it is possible for the T-bot to raid with,

for example, Algerine corsairs by discarding

Tunisian Corsairs Raid to Raid or Build.

T-BOT BATTLE CARDS

Happy Hunting: Play on the first Tripolitan Pirate

Raid.

Merchant Ship Converted: Play on the first

successful Tripolitan Pirate Raid.

Uncharted Waters: Play if The Philadelphia Runs

Aground is the T-bot’s active event card.

Mercenaries Desert: Play if General Eaton Attacks

Derne is the American active event card.

US Signal Books Overboard: Play on the first

Tripolitan Pirate Raid in 1805 or 1806.

The Guns of Tripoli: Play in any attack on Tripoli

in 1805 or 1806 except for the Winter of 1805

(unless the American active event card is Assault

on Tripoli). Always play if the American active

event card is Assault on Tripoli.

SOLITAIRE CARD PLAY REQUIREMENTS

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