[RPG]: Pirates!, reviewed by Andrew Hind (4/5)

http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/9/9628.phtml

Andrew Hind's Summary:

Avast ye! If ye be wanting to run amok on the Spanish Main look no further. Ye'll not be set adrift, I promise ye!

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Post originally by Pteryx at 2003-08-20 10:05:58
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The next time you review a d20 product, please say "d20" somewhere in the review, preferably in the summary. That way, those of us expecting a review of a new RPG, not a d20 supplement, don't have to puzzle it out. (The mention of prestige classes was what finally made it clear for me.) -- Pteryx

Post originally by Thoth Amon at 2003-08-20 13:18:47
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Are there any good, non-d20 Pirate games (not including 7th Sea?)

TA

Post originally by Wombat at 2003-08-20 22:27:30
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I don't know of any, per se, but then again a "good pirate game" can cover a lot of territory.

Does one wish cinematic piracy, a la Errol Flynn and The Prirates of the Carribean? Or does one wish a "realistic" pirate game, where death is more common and most treasure is gotten on land rather than at sea?

Ah, the basic dichotomy of pirate games

But once again, I think there are a lot of systems out there that /could/ be adapted for piracy (GURPS, Rolemaster, Over the Edge, Pendragon, Tri Stat); it's mainly a matter of taste and work.

Post originally by greg hallam at 2003-08-21 06:47:38
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Deep 7 do a pirate rpg as part of their 1PG quick-playing games.. Bloode Island.. it had a good review here on rpgnet ..

http://www.deep7.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=deep7&Product_Code=D71PG0 04&Category_Code=1PG

.. and its certainly cheap enough !

Post originally by greghallam at 2003-08-21 06:54:43
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actually, Deep 7 do 2 versions of Bloode Island - the 1pg quick-playing version, and the XPG version which is a larger game at double the price, meaning that you pay (gasp!) $7.95 instead of $3.95 ... the rpgnet review was of the latter...