''Key Largo'' is a

German-style board game A Eurogame, also called a German-style board game, German game, or Euro-style game, (generally just referred to as board games in Europe) is a class of tabletop games that generally has indirect player interaction and abstract physical componen ...

Paul Randles Paul Joseph Randles (December 16, 1965 – February 10, 2003) was an American game designer who designed German-style board games. Early life Paul Randles was a native of Seattle, Washington. Career Randles began his career in game development ...

with

Mike Selinker Mike Selinker is an American game designer, puzzle maker, and the founder and president of Lone Shark Games. Credits Selinker's design credits include ''Pirates of the Spanish Main'' and ''Fightball'' with James Ernest, ''Axis & Allies Revised E ...

and

Bruno Faidutti Bruno Faidutti (born 23 October 1961) is a historian and sociologist, living in France, who is best known as a board game designer. Early life and education Bruno Faidutti studied law, economics, and sociology, eventually earning a doctorate in H ...

. It was published in 2005 by Tilsit Editions and in 2008 by

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. The game takes place in 1899 in the

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area of

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, where treasure-hunting companies seek

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and artifacts from

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s before the hurricane season. The players hire divers, buy equipment, and search wrecks throughout the game. The game has a simultaneous action sequence which lets players choose locations for their ships to go twice per day, in the course of a ten-day game sequence. Though not published by the same companies, in many ways it is a thematic sequel to Randles' game ''

Pirate's Cove ''Pirate's Cove'' (German: ''Piratenbucht'') is a board game designed by Paul Randles and Daniel Stahl, originally published in Germany in 2002 by Amigo Spiele, illustrated by Markus Wagner and Swen Papenbrock. In 2003, Days of Wonder repub ...

''. The cover of the French edition, by artist David Cochard, is a parody of an illustration in ''

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'' comic ''

Red Rackham's Treasure ''Red Rackham's Treasure'' (french: link=no, Le Trésor de Rackham le Rouge) is the twelfth volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. The story was serialised daily in , Belgium's leading francophon ...

''. Hurricane Katty is named for Randles' widow, Katty Pepermans. The faces on the money are caricatures of Randles, Faidutti, Selinker, Cochard, and game editor Nicolas Anton.

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