Party Panda Pirates Game Review

Mario Party enthralled my family when it was originally released on the Nintendo 64 back in 1998. It became an instant hit, inundating us in the roll-and-move minigame franchise for years to come. Because of its success, it's no surprise that a designer would come along and convert the concept to the tabletop gaming scene. Enter Party Panda Pirates, a game whose most difficult feature is pronouncing its p-alliterative title in the correct order. Does it serve as a passable homage to its inspiration? Read on to find out.

Party Panda Pirates Overview

In Party Panda Pirates, players assume the roles of panda pirates sailing their turtle ship, scouring the seas for parties. Over the course of six rounds, players compete in an assortment of minigames, gaining coins and chests in their goal to accumulate the most Chests and win the game.

Each turn, players will take one of their pirate panda meeples and send it through the turtle ship which doubles as a chute. You point the ship towards an island that has minigame cards that you might want to play. Whichever island receives the most meeples will be the one that the Captain—the last player to have attended a kids' party—chooses the minigame from. Additionally, any meeples lying in the center circle of an island receive a…

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