Merchants & Marauders: Broadsides
Expansion of: Merchants and MaraudersXVII century, Caribbean Sea. At the helm of your mighty vessel, revisit the golden age of piracy with Merchants & Marauders: Broadsides, a game in which you and your opponent are engaged in a deadly battle hoping to sink each other’s ship.
45m
2 - 4 Players
Ages 13+
lord_erkenbrand
Fun and thematic PvP. Need to try with the Reputation and Dirty event cards. Might have to try a couple of the variants to reduce the random factor and speed up the endgame.
Firebird4Life
The game (even not playing with Dirty Tricks) can be somewhat complex for someone that doesn't game very much. It can be over in literally two turns if you are lucky/unlucky enough for the cards to fall right. I feel like the Evade & Sheer mechanics are too limited since it blocks you from using the same number in the straight more than once per game per maneuver so its really quite easy to win quickly. I also don't like how there are a large number of little wooden pieces but there are no extras given in case of lost/damaged parts. Even just one of each of the little planks or discs would be helpful. If this game was $30, I'd have been a lot happier but MSRP is $45. Maybe we'll play it again soon, but its definitely going to the bottom of the pile for a while.
punkin312
Actually, I didn't get a full play in but just the first many rounds. I wonder how much the 1st player has the advantage in this game. It seemed pretty strong. A bunch of back and forth and seems tug of war like. I liked the targets, I thought that was interesting but it could totally just be luck of the draw since you need cards to line up with the targets. I would be winning to play the full game.