[Board/Tactical Game]: Pirate's Cove, reviewed by ShannonA (5/4)

http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/9/9903.phtml

Shannon Appelcline's Summary:

An enjoyable and well-themed pirate game, great for casual play.

Go to the full review for more information.

Post originally by Valandil at 2003-12-03 11:54:20
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Just wanted to say thanks for this series of reviews. They are excellently written and illustrated.

This game sounds fun. I saw it laid out at the Oakland Endgame get-together and it looked great. It's a shame I missed out on playing it.

--V

Post originally by Valandil at 2003-12-03 11:58:48
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From your review it seems ships just hop from island to island. So is the grid on the board used for anything?

--V

Post originally by Shannon Appelcline at 2003-12-03 12:56:00
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Nope. Pure aesthetics. (And, in fact, there was no grid on the previous German version.)

As I commented to my wife, the map is largely unnecessary. It serves as an organizer for the various markers primarily. Using cards or something to match up locations for players would have worked equally well.

(Though, I have no objection to the board. It's a beautiful and cohesive element in the game.)

Shannon

Post originally by ScottM at 2003-12-03 13:28:25
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I'd like to add my thanks as well. I look forward to your reviews every Wednesday.

Post originally by Shannon Appelcline at 2003-12-03 13:53:12
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I've been quite happy to write these as it's been giving me an excuse to play through large batches of board & card games and really think about how they work.

Of course I eventually need to do something even more useful, like write a book or design some board games of my own, but that can wait a bit.

Shannon

Post originally by Von Ether at 2003-12-03 20:46:51
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I concur that your nice reviews and added pictures have been apprciated, in fact I have been sore tempted to get into board games a lot more based on your reviews.

Post originally by Tadeusz at 2003-12-04 15:40:40
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I should show these reviews to my wife since she's a big board game player, and it might encourage her to stop doing useful things and play some more games.

Tadeusz