{"id":76690,"date":"2022-05-16T14:00:05","date_gmt":"2022-05-16T13:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/18.134.249.59\/?p=76690"},"modified":"2022-05-15T14:37:32","modified_gmt":"2022-05-15T13:37:32","slug":"libertalia-winds-of-galecrest-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigbossbattle.com\/libertalia-winds-of-galecrest-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Libertalia: Winds of Galecrest is a sky-high remake"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5><strong>It can be a bit of a challenge to review games that are subject to a remake. Sometimes I have a strong opinion, or on other occasions I\u2019ve never even heard of a particular game. In some cases, I didn\u2019t like the original game, or at the very least I risk annoying or upsetting dedicated fans by suggesting that a new take is better than the original. Where <i>Libertalia: Winds of Galecrest<\/i> (which remakes <i>Libertalia<\/i>) is concerned, I have no prior knowledge of the original, but I\u2019m also confident enough that the new version is so different that I shouldn\u2019t fear too much backlash.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Libertalia: Winds of Galecrest <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is more or less a \u201cground up\u201d remake, with completely different visuals, an entirely new theme, more characters, new mechanics and rules and very different components. The core mechanics and the flow of the game have similarities, for sure, but I think it\u2019s completely valid to say that the new ruleset plays a lot more cleanly, and arguably the character cards are more varied (there are ten more, and some are different) and balanced (some tweaks increase card strength, whilst some have been nerfed).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-76697 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-b3bucket.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/06154016\/thumbnail_IMG_6791-e1651848415929.jpg\" alt=\"Libertalia: Winds of Galecrest\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3-b3bucket.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/06154016\/thumbnail_IMG_6791-e1651848415929.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/s3-b3bucket.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/06154016\/thumbnail_IMG_6791-e1651848415929-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/s3-b3bucket.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/06154016\/thumbnail_IMG_6791-e1651848415929-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/s3-b3bucket.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/06154016\/thumbnail_IMG_6791-e1651848415929-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/s3-b3bucket.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/06154016\/thumbnail_IMG_6791-e1651848415929-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/s3-b3bucket.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/06154016\/thumbnail_IMG_6791-e1651848415929-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/s3-b3bucket.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/06154016\/thumbnail_IMG_6791-e1651848415929-86x64.jpg 86w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because I haven\u2019t played it, I\u2019m not going to suggest whether you should consider choosing one version over the other for any particular reason, and instead I am just going to go ahead and review <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Libertalia: Winds of Galecrest <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">as a standalone product \u2014 after all, you can\u2019t get hold of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Libertalia <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">new anymore anyway. If I were to hazard an opinion about why you might prefer the older version, it would likely only be because you prefer the \u201crealistic\u201d art style (featuring pirates and similar) of the original, rather than the anamorphic cartoon-style of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Libertalia: Winds of Galecrest.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, jumping right in, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Libertalia: Winds of Galecrest <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a light to medium weight game in which each of up to six players play character cards and then use the abilities printed on them to take actions in a very particular order across three phases (Day, Dusk and Night) and spanning three separate voyages, which in turn will each have a set number of days.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-76698\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-b3bucket.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/06154018\/thumbnail_IMG_6792-e1651848462468.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3-b3bucket.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/06154018\/thumbnail_IMG_6792-e1651848462468.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/s3-b3bucket.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/06154018\/thumbnail_IMG_6792-e1651848462468-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/s3-b3bucket.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/06154018\/thumbnail_IMG_6792-e1651848462468-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/s3-b3bucket.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/06154018\/thumbnail_IMG_6792-e1651848462468-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/s3-b3bucket.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/06154018\/thumbnail_IMG_6792-e1651848462468-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/s3-b3bucket.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/06154018\/thumbnail_IMG_6792-e1651848462468-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/s3-b3bucket.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/06154018\/thumbnail_IMG_6792-e1651848462468-86x64.jpg 86w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During setup, the players will draw a specific number of tokens (equal to the number of players, or three, in a two-player game) from a blind bag and place them onto the spaces representing the days of the current voyage. The first voyage spans four days, the second spans five and the third and final voyage, six days. One player then shuffles their deck of forty cards and deals themself six cards. The other players then all choose the same six cards (based on their name and number) and then everyone shuffles their deck independently.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When the game starts, everyone will review these cards and choose one to play for the first round of the game. When each player has chosen (by placing their card face down in front of them) the cards will be placed on the board in ascending order \u2014 with the lowest ranked card to the left, climbing to the highest. In a one or two player game, there are additional components to dictate how this works, but I won\u2019t cover that in too much detail here \u2014 you should know however that both solo and two player modes here are well thought out.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-76699 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-b3bucket.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/06154021\/thumbnail_IMG_6793-e1651848493444.jpg\" alt=\"Libertalia: Winds of Galecrest\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3-b3bucket.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/06154021\/thumbnail_IMG_6793-e1651848493444.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/s3-b3bucket.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/06154021\/thumbnail_IMG_6793-e1651848493444-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/s3-b3bucket.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/06154021\/thumbnail_IMG_6793-e1651848493444-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/s3-b3bucket.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/06154021\/thumbnail_IMG_6793-e1651848493444-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/s3-b3bucket.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/06154021\/thumbnail_IMG_6793-e1651848493444-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/s3-b3bucket.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/06154021\/thumbnail_IMG_6793-e1651848493444-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/s3-b3bucket.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/06154021\/thumbnail_IMG_6793-e1651848493444-86x64.jpg 86w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With the cards on the table and in order (any ties resolved by a reputation track which is also a new addition to <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Libertalia: Winds of Galecrest<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> over the original) players will resolve the day. First, any daytime abilities (those with a sun icon) resolve from left to right \u2014 and this might include removing your own card and taking some other benefit, or it might mean having first pick of the loot placed on the day space further down the board. Some cards even remove or otherwise interfere with other player cards, which is just one of many ways in which the rank order in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Libertalia: Winds of Galecrest <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is hugely important.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After this, you\u2019ll perform the Dusk phase, in which each character from the rightmost to the leftmost will take a token from the display for that day \u2014 bearing in mind that some characters might have been removed or affected by other characters during the Day phase, and on some occasions, there may be no tokens left\u00a0 if some other effect has removed them.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-76701\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-b3bucket.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/06154027\/thumbnail_IMG_6795-e1651848506586.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3-b3bucket.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/06154027\/thumbnail_IMG_6795-e1651848506586.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/s3-b3bucket.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/06154027\/thumbnail_IMG_6795-e1651848506586-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/s3-b3bucket.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/06154027\/thumbnail_IMG_6795-e1651848506586-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/s3-b3bucket.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/06154027\/thumbnail_IMG_6795-e1651848506586-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/s3-b3bucket.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/06154027\/thumbnail_IMG_6795-e1651848506586-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/s3-b3bucket.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/06154027\/thumbnail_IMG_6795-e1651848506586-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/s3-b3bucket.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/06154027\/thumbnail_IMG_6795-e1651848506586-86x64.jpg 86w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At this point, the player performing the Dusk phase will check both their character card and the token they took, and if either shows the Dusk (sundown) symbol, then the ability will activate as described. Character cards are then removed and placed in front of the player who played them, face up, and once the last character has acted, any remaining tokens (if present) will go back in the bag.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finally, to end the current day, the players will perform the Night phase. During this phase, each player can simultaneously perform any Night actions as shown on the cards which are now in front of them. Players can choose to resolve the Night phase actions in any order they like, and in general this will allow them to gain coins or perhaps mess with their discard pile.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-76700 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-b3bucket.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/06154024\/thumbnail_IMG_6794-e1651848499168.jpg\" alt=\"Libertalia: Winds of Galecrest\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3-b3bucket.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/06154024\/thumbnail_IMG_6794-e1651848499168.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/s3-b3bucket.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/06154024\/thumbnail_IMG_6794-e1651848499168-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/s3-b3bucket.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/06154024\/thumbnail_IMG_6794-e1651848499168-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/s3-b3bucket.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/06154024\/thumbnail_IMG_6794-e1651848499168-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/s3-b3bucket.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/06154024\/thumbnail_IMG_6794-e1651848499168-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/s3-b3bucket.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/06154024\/thumbnail_IMG_6794-e1651848499168-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/s3-b3bucket.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/06154024\/thumbnail_IMG_6794-e1651848499168-86x64.jpg 86w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After this, the players then choose their next card to play and repeat the process until all days of the current voyage are complete. At the end of each voyage, players then resolve Anchor abilities in a similar way to Night abilities \u2014 and these can again generate coins, change reputation, bring characters back from the dead and so on. With forty cards in each deck, there are quite a few variations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the end of each voyage, any coins you have are added to your doubloon counter (represented by a treasure chest) and discard the coins back to the supply \u2014 these coins (in the chest) are now permanently banked, and the player with the most at the end of the game will win. Any crew members now in front of you will also be placed face down in your discard pile \u2014 effectively removing them from the game. Assuming there is another voyage to come, players then draw six cards to add to the few cards they have left, and then gain gold equal to their standing on the reputation track.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-76702\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-b3bucket.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/06154029\/thumbnail_IMG_6796-e1651848518262.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3-b3bucket.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/06154029\/thumbnail_IMG_6796-e1651848518262.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/s3-b3bucket.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/06154029\/thumbnail_IMG_6796-e1651848518262-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/s3-b3bucket.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/06154029\/thumbnail_IMG_6796-e1651848518262-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/s3-b3bucket.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/06154029\/thumbnail_IMG_6796-e1651848518262-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/s3-b3bucket.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/06154029\/thumbnail_IMG_6796-e1651848518262-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/s3-b3bucket.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/06154029\/thumbnail_IMG_6796-e1651848518262-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/s3-b3bucket.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/06154029\/thumbnail_IMG_6796-e1651848518262-86x64.jpg 86w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Obviously, these preparatory steps don\u2019t need to be taken when you are finalising the third and final voyage, and instead, the game ends after the anchor abilities are resolved. The winner is the player who has the most coins banked in their treasure chest at the end of this step, with their standing on the reputation track acting as a tie-breaker.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first thing to note about <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Libertalia: Winds of Galecrest<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is probably the art style, which as I mentioned earlier features a cartoon art style depicting semi-human\/animal hybrid characters in bright, colourful scenes. The art itself is definitely good, and the only question will be whether or not it appeals to you. Honestly, I don\u2019t love it, and some of the characters seem more or less human than others \u2014 which might just be because that\u2019s the narrative of the game world \u2014 but overall it failed to fully immerse me into a cohesive fiction.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What I do love however is the gameplay in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Libertalia: Winds of Galecrest. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beginning with the range of options; there is just so much to do here. The board is double-sided and features both a calm and a stormy side (which causes different abilities to trigger when tokens are taken) and Stonemaier Games has even included card tokens to cover the spaces on either side to create what it calls the \u201cUncharted Waters\u201d variant. On that note, whilst <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Libertalia: Winds of Galecrest <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is clearly designed for three to six players, both solo and two-player variants feel well thought out and fun \u2014 increasing versatility quite a bit.<\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-76703 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-b3bucket.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/06154032\/thumbnail_IMG_6797-e1651848526757.jpg\" alt=\"Libertalia: Winds of Galecrest\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3-b3bucket.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/06154032\/thumbnail_IMG_6797-e1651848526757.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/s3-b3bucket.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/06154032\/thumbnail_IMG_6797-e1651848526757-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/s3-b3bucket.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/06154032\/thumbnail_IMG_6797-e1651848526757-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/s3-b3bucket.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/06154032\/thumbnail_IMG_6797-e1651848526757-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/s3-b3bucket.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/06154032\/thumbnail_IMG_6797-e1651848526757-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/s3-b3bucket.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/06154032\/thumbnail_IMG_6797-e1651848526757-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/s3-b3bucket.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/06154032\/thumbnail_IMG_6797-e1651848526757-86x64.jpg 86w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The actual gameplay is also very enjoyable, with play flowing freely enough as soon as the players adapt to the phases of a turn (which sound more cumbersome than they are). Choosing to go early or late is key, but of course to access more powerful abilities you will often have to risk going later in the resolution order. This can even lead to your character being removed or somehow affected and so there can be tremendous tension and excitement around the table.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The difference between the calm and story sides of the board (or the variable option) also offers flexibility for the needs of different groups. On the purely calm side, the players will interact with each other less, and when they do, it will be less damaging. On the stormy side, interaction and sabotage is the key focus and the feel of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Libertalia: Winds of Galecrest <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is entirely different, even though the flow, structure and overall objective is the same.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whilst definitely not as good at two players as it is at three (or especially four) or more, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Libertalia: Winds of Galecrest <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is still a very comprehensive, very enjoyable package that I think appeals to both casual and experienced gamers. The art style may be slightly divisive, but it is still very striking and original, and at the very least it is unlikely to offend anyone and can simply be ignored. With these minor caveats, I have no trouble recommending <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Libertalia: Winds of Galecrest <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">generally \u2014 it\u2019s a unique and flexible experience that offers fairly deep gameplay at higher player counts, and it is fun and engaging at all counts, including solo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>You can find Libertalia: Winds of Galecrest <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/39nCsCL\">on Amazon<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bigbossbattle.com\/the-big-boss-battle-best-50-board-games-weve-ever-reviewed-2018-edition\/\"><b>Love board games? Check out our list of the top board games we\u2019ve reviewed<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It can be a bit of a challenge to review games that are subject to a remake. Sometimes I have a strong opinion, or on other occasions I\u2019ve never even heard of a particular game. 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