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I wanted to take time to spread the word about a board game called Privateers that are currently doing a Kickstarter. It has been through several years of playtesting on conventions here in Sweden and is now finally setting sail for publishing.

Privateers! is a cooperative / team / solo pirate adventure board game on an alternate Earth overrun by monsters, magic, Atlantean relics, aliens, demons and cultists of the Old Gods. Players control privateer captains with ship and crew. They fight each other, or the game with its numerous ships and supernatural allies. Captains explore old ruins, battle enemy ships, raid settlements, trade and generally have a good time in the port cities of the New World. The better ship, crew and equipment they get, the more powerful they become, but sooner or later they will have to face the best the enemy can muster!


A few highlights:

- One to six players, and the game plays equally well regardless of the number of players.

- The possibility to play solo, in teams or cooperative makes the game appeal to different types of players. Make it your goal to beat the game at ever increasing difficulty. Band together with your friends or family to defeat a nasty AI opponent. Or use your wit against your gaming buddies.

- Exciting game mechanics, designed to engage players and make it possible to win through numerous strategies. Viable game styles include trading, piracy, colony raids, adventuring and warfare.

- Modular map tiles allows for countless game board combinations. Explore a new part of the Caribbean every game.

- Modular game structure allowing for endless expansion and development, both by us and hobbyists.

- All this leads to extreme replayability where each game is unique.

- Beautiful high quality art by award winning RPG illustrator Tina Engström.

Sounds like a nice board game, right? You can find more information about Privateers and how it looks on the Kickstarter-page. It's on that page you can choose to back the project to get your own copy of the game. You can also ">read the official pressrelease from Myling Games itself on this link.