Dread Pirate Signature Edition
by Front Porch Classics
Our Price: $195.00
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Product Summary
Manufacturer: Front Porch ClassicsBrand: Front Porch Classics
Release Date: 2009-04-15
Model: CL01014
Product features:
- Roll The Dice Set Sail And Collect More Treasure Than Your Opponents
- Features Cast Metal Ships Doubloons Glass Jewels And A Cloth Treasure Map
- For 2 To 4 Players
- Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Seal Award 2003
- 2003 Gold National Parenting Publication Award Winner
Toys and Games Reviews of Dread Pirate Signature Edition
Customer Review: Great quality, VERY Boring game.
Summary: 1 Stars
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).
Description of Dread Pirate Signature Edition
Go back in time with the pirates sail the seas, find buried treasure, locate islands, and escape hungry sharks in this family fun Dread Pirate game. The game is a perfect pastime for anyone with an imagination and includes everything an ordinary pirate would need from ships and doubloons, to jewels and maps. In the game you will choose a ship and then take part in an exploration for your treasure along with the other players. At the end, whoever ends up with the most treasure wins! Everything you need to play comes in a handsome dark finish wood pirate chest that can be attractively displayed in any home, office or study. 11" L x 8-1/2" W x 5" HHere?s a new concept: the board game as heirloom. And Dread Pirate, packaged in a gorgeous, thick wooden treasure chest, with sturdy game pieces of metal and glass, has the quality to pull it off. The gold coins you will be competing for in the game have a satisfying heft to them, and clunk with authority when you drop them in a big pile. The game "board" is actually a sea map printed on heavy cloth (you will need a wide flat space to play, the cloth is about 2 by 3 feet), complete with archaic lettering and an authentic-looking sea-weathered appearance. As for the most important aspect, the game itself, its deceptively simple rules call for two to four players to sail around collecting treasure. The first to collect every type of treasure wins. But the possibility of mutiny, plunder, or some other type of disaster, keeps things interesting, and makes for plenty of strategic maneuvering. --David Stoesz
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