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Description:
Dread Pirate is an elegantly presented family game. The best pirate wins by accumulating the most treasure. This is accomplished by engaging in legitimate trading at foreign ports, or by attacking and plundering jewels and coins from opposing captains. The game is packaged in a wooden treasure chest and includes a board in the form of an aged treasure map, three knuckle bones (dice), four treasure sacks, four diecast metal ships, one wind cube, forty-eight Dread Pirate cards, four map cards, fifty replica doubloons, 120 treasure jewels, rulebook, and captains log.
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If you want it, get it nowOct 04, 2008 When my game arrived, one of the wooden dividers between the ship pieces was broken loose - probably during shipping. (The ships are heavy duty, let me tell you!) The seller sent a replacement, and it had two broken dividers! One can be glued back in place, but the other is split (like they used tiny nails to hold it, but they couldn't hold. Why was one only glued and the other nailed?) So, my assessment of the high quality of the game is that I'm more than a little bit disappointed.
I also have to mention that about 1/2 of the red glass "ruby" pieces are orange, not red!
When I called the seller (again), they said that the game is not being manufactured anymore. Since they probably couldn't even get a hold of a third game to send me, they let me keep both games for the original price (quite a wonderful seller, I have to say).
Thus my purpose in writing this review: If you want the game, I suggest you get it now. And be prepared for broken dividers.
You won't be dissappointed!!Jan 04, 2008 BUY IT BUY IT BUY IT!!! You will absolutely LOVE this game! I have 6 nieces and nephews ranging from 8 to 17, and EVERYONE ABSOLUTELY LOVES IT! I carry this game around in my car with me for house visits. With a little imagination you can add some of your own treasure challenges to it as well!
This game can bring the FAMILY back to the table for some quality time, something I think most people need a bit more of now-a-days (ahem video game junkies...hahahah).
4 of 8 found the following review helpful:
The BEST and most BEAUTIFUL game I have ever playedJul 31, 2006 This game absotutley beautiful and definently worth the price.
DO NOT have doubts about buying this game. buy it buy it buy it buy it buy it!!!
24 of 36 found the following review helpful:
Great quality, VERY Boring game.Jan 21, 2006 If one good thing can be said about Dread Pirate, it's that the physical game components reek of quality. The cloth game board, glass jewels, metal coins, wooden dice and pewter game pieces all come together to give an overall sense of realism to the game. It's a pity, however, that the game itself isn't nearly as exciting as the pieces.
Dread Pirate relies entirely on random dice rolls to determine every single outcome of the game. To move from place to place, you roll dice. To challenge another player to a "skirmish" (which is how you steal their treasure), you roll dice. To steal jewels from an enemy's port, you roll dice. To trade for jewels at a port, you roll dice. There's absolutely no semblance of any real strategy in this game. You win by accumulating the most treasure, and the amount of treasure you accumulate depends entirely on how lucky you are in your roll of the dice.
This game is not fun, and can even be frustrating, especially for a young child who keeps rolling low numbers. There's SOME thinking involved... you need to judge for yourself who you should attack and when, but even if you make the best possible strategic decision, you can still lose the die roll and end up empty-handed.
I would recommend Dread Pirate only if your family is specifically looking for a game where you don't have to think, and only if your children are mature enough to deal with bad luck (as good/bad luck is the only way to win/lose this game). If you're looking for an enjoyable family game that everyone can play, I would very much reccommend Cranium over this. It's less expensive, there's ALOT more to it, and it will have your family getting up, being active, and laughing out loud (instead of sitting around and rolling dice to determine the number of jewels you can take).
14 of 16 found the following review helpful:
From the Board Games Editor at BellaOnline.comDec 12, 2005 Dread Pirate (Second Edition), by Front Porch Classics, is one of the most attractive and interesting games I've ever come across. It's not a game for the casual game-player, but for a real collector, this game is perfect. Front Porch Classics calls its games "coffee table games", meaning that they're attractive enough to leave on display while they're not being played.
The game does not come in a cardboard box, rather, it is in a beautiful wooden treasure chest. The game "board" is actually a large pirate's map, printed on a piece of fabric. Each player gets a solid metal ship (which are large-about 2 inches tall and an inch and a half wide from stem to stern!) which they move around the playing board by rolling the wooden dice or drawing a pirate card.
The object of the game is to collect doubloons and treasure by moving around the board, raiding other pirate's ships and ports. The treasures are small jewels, much like those which often come with mancala sets. The doubloons are real (and heavy!) golden metal coins which look quite like what one might imagine pirates' booty would actually look like. Each player keeps their collected treasures in gorgeous velvet bags as they play the game.
In addition to being a beautiful and fun game, Dread Pirate is also informative. The instruction booklet includes excerpts from the 1691 journal of Captain Arthur Howell, and each "Dread Pirate" card lists a fun fact about pirates.
Any avid game collector who appreciates attractive games that incorporate real materials and who enjoys clever strategy games will love Dread Pirate.
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