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oap3ud
Scattered thoughts after my first couple of plays of this game which is quickly becoming one of my favorites: I think the highest praise I can offer Ahoy is that it feels like the macro power struggle of the Arlong Park arc of One Piece. Controlling certain territories feels so important until smugglers change the economic landscape and suddenly you’re loading your cannons for an assault on the other side of the map. What excites me most about this game is that it somehow hits this sweet spot of being so tightly designed and interesting that I’d love to bring it to the table with my intense 4Xer friends and yet accessible enough that it was easily taught to people at my FLGS who are really only starting in the hobby. Each faction feels so unique and powerful, yet not so different that anyone feels lost when someone takes an action that blows you out of the water. The game didn’t have to be fog of war but I LOVE that it is. The map somehow feels vast and tense all at the same time. The configurations offering completely different landscapes based on a combination of chance and players’ long and short-term goals in the game. Leder’s really landed something special here.
Qnnrad
I love assymetric games, and this one strikes very nice balance of keeping rules simple and having different faction's gameplay styles. If we tuned down the card related luck factor, it would be 8+ for me.
Rontuaru
Ahoy is a light, skirmish(y) game of competing agendas wrapped in a nautical, swashbuckling theme. The theme itself isn’t unique, but the way it is front loaded with no pretense is refreshing--filled with cartoonishly-realized, anthropomorphic characters and factions portraying some trope of buccaneer or seafaring mercenary or smuggler. Mechanically, the game is simple. Roll dice and assign one per turn to conduct actions. You're (generally) firing your cannons, sailing, delivering goods, or deploying units. The pirates fight over island control and attack enemy ships to hamstring them. The smugglers play set-collection/pick-up-and-deliver, and they can secretly bet on the success of the two pirate factions. Depending on how well the pirate(s) perform, smugglers can reap some point benefits at endgame. If none of that sounds novel...well, it isn’t. I could not seize a unique spark from Ahoy. Although the play was interactive enough to keep my attention, the arc was predictable, and I do not see this changing from game to game. The pirates are going to fight over newly displaced islands, spitting out area-controlling pieces in slightly different fashion, and the two smugglers are going to race for newly displaced goods to deliver. I’d say the asymmetry is present, but hardly anything to write home about. Beyond that, I have played this mishmash of area control, map exploration, skirmish, and pick-up-and-deliver a dozen or so times through in other games, often in similar fashion. Granted, Ahoy does not do anything wrong. In fact, it does almost everything right because it emulates tried and true weavings. It just doesn’t feel all that novel nor does it seem to have much legs beyond a handful of romps. I'm certain there's an audience for its evidently whimsical, nautical theme. However, if you are seeking something with longevity, I’d not rush out to buy it.