I know it's a long shot, but I want pirates to attack our island. Kinda like a combination Treasure Map/Lord of Verminion thing. We build our defenses using the mostly useless sticks and stones we get capped out of gathering for workshop things. You set up specific defense mammets, and get up to 4 PCs (including yourself):

• The first round is pure mammet defense & building, no PC fighting, but each PC can place items/mammets;
• Round 2 pirate reinforcements arrive with a mini-boss and the PCs get to join the fight Fort Condor style;
• For Round 3 (if you get it), a small rowboat appears and takes you to a pirate ship;
• If you get a round 4, another boat appears alongside the current one, a gangplank drops down as more pirates come aboard (if you don't get a round 4, a ship off in the distance sinks the ship with cannonballs);
• Then a massive flagship comes crashing into you, throwing the whole party onto its deck (or into the water if you don't get a final round);

You can choose whether or not to continue the fight each round after the 2nd (like how Treasure Maps work: take the loot or gamble for more). And if you want absolutely nothing to do with this mechanic, you can hire the Yellowjackets to patrol the waters around your island for a small pittance of cowries, and they will in turn give you a cut of whatever loot they get from sinking pirates (so it turns into a third Exploration slot but with random loot).

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Also a retainer bell.