Libertalia: Winds of Galecrest Reviews

4.6 Rating 8 Reviews

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“Easy to set up and quick to learn, fun at multiple player counts as well - a great game to add to a growing collection.”

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Posted 3 weeks ago

“Whilst the first ed of the game was quite fun, it didn't really lean much into the piratical theme aside from the art, oddly, so we were keen to see how the new edition - with its Fantasy Sky-pirate theme - shaped up. At its heart, it's a collect and assign hand management game, but the new edition adds in a reputation mechanic, as well as ten new crew (on top of the original 30) to add variety to the experience. Each turn, you select characters by rank to form your crew, and reveal simultaneously: everyone's abilities trigger in ascending order (the 'Day' phase). Then you gather loot in descending order (the 'dusk' phase), and finally count up your doubloons and bonuses at the end of turn ('night'), before assembling a new crew for the next day. I must admit I'm not crazy about the Crew mechanic - or rather, it's fine mechanically, just not thematically. My loyal crew! We have plundered! Now, I'm off to get a new crew... Eh?! You DO get to keep some from turn to turn in your hand, so there is that side of it, but it still feels a bit... Odd. Comparing the two editions, the tiles in the new edition are much chunkier, and the board layout of an island to plunder (as oppose to the ship itself) is definitely more accessible. I like the double-sided board, with its more interactive, aggressive Stormy side for something more competitive than the usual Calm side. The cutesy art style is... fine I guess, I'm not one to complain about anthropomorphic pirate animals (I quite enjoyed the My Little Pony movie) but I was hoping for something that either felt MORE piratey or MORE fantasy (because Sky Pirates to me mean Stardust, Spelljammer and the works of Paul Stewart & Chris Riddell). The best moments in the game come when you grab a sabre and get to off a member of the other crew - it feels proper nasty and piratical. But there's not enough yelling of Yarr! and not a drop of grog in sight. As a game, it's great fun; as a theme, I'm not sure it quite rings true. Don't get me wrong, it is a really enjoyable, accessible, family game (playing in well under an hour) and is a decent gateway drug for the younger (8+) or casual player - and I'm all for that. It's just not quite the solid, middle-weight aeronautical gaming experience it claims to be.”

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Posted 1 year ago

“this has amazing components and it is quick to pick up and play, involves quite a lot of thinking about what others might do in order to do well”

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Posted 1 year ago

“Great reskin and tweak of a classic. Easy to teach; sort of a programming, bluffing, party, piratey mash-up. Beautiful production. Lots of fun for a varied audience.”

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Posted 1 year ago

“Fun game to play with friends, easy to learn and very accessible to play with people who are not keen on board games. Component quality is very high and colorful. Would recommend if you want a party game, that has a bit of strategy and a bit of chaos.”

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Posted 2 years ago

“Libertalia was one of my favourite games, and this new edition adds more of what I loved. We have 10 new crew, taking us up to 40, with the existing crew tweaked to improve gameplay. A new reputation system which is much cleaner than the old version and actually has some involvement with the card play other than breaking ties. And we now have a double-sided board, alternate tile powers, the ability to mix and match, a robust2 player and solo gameplay modes and new artwork and production, which gives the game a much-needed breath of life. Fans of the original should like this, if you are a gritty pirate fan, you may miss the original theming, but this game gives you more of what the original game had to offer.”

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Posted 2 years ago

“game componants excellent,this is another notch up on the first edition,easy to learn rule book.”