Powder and Plunder is a pirate-themed deck-building, tabletop game. Each player controls a ship, trying to be the greatest pirate captain on the high seas. Players use their deck of cards to control their ship throughout the game. There are five types of cards including; order, loot, damage, raid and liar defence. The game includes ship pieces of the players. This is a 2-to-5 player game, with the goal generating both wealth and renown achieved via card play.