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Welcome to Seas of Havoc!
Seas of Havoc is a naval skirmish game for 1-5 players where you captain a ship and engage in battle through the use of a deck of cards that dictate your ship’s movement and cannon fire. Each player begins with a unique deck of movement options defined by the ship they’ve chosen and special abilities dictated by the captain they’ve selected to command it. Players than compete to gain the most Infamy by recovering shipwrecks and battling it out on the high seas.
Seas of Havoc was originally conceived in 2013 (as Sloops) before garnering recognition at the Cardboard Edison Awards and winning the Canadian Game Design Award in 2016. Rock Manor Games signed the game 4 years later at Nonepub 2020 and has been working to bring the game to life (and Kickstarter) ever since. If you’re interested, checkout the designer diaries on BGG that lay out the development process and journey of this game.
Seas of Havoc is a tactical naval combat game where you command the movement and actions of your ship with a deck of cards that you can modify and improve over the course of the game. The game starts with the Island Phase where you place skiffs to gain resources and claim cards. The game moves to the Sea Phase next where players take turns playing a card to maneuver their ship and fire at their opponents to gain Infamy. The player with the most infamy when the damage cards run out is victorious.Seas of Havoc Rulebook Draft
Kickstarter is THE best place to make deluxified, artistic and thematic games, chock full of special cards, exclusive characters and surprises. Seas of Havoc is presented to you already fully upgraded with wooden engraved components, a solo mode, characters and more from the very beginning. We are offering Kickstarter backers some truly incredible limited rewards with the Buried Treasure deluxe expansion, but there will be no traditional stretch goals.
At Rock Manor Games, we dream of games like Seas of Havoc. We can’t do it without YOU and through crowdfunding. We appreciate every single backer that joins us on this adventure. As a thank you, we are giving every backer of the core game a FREE copy of the Sea Monster expansion filled with tons of supplemental content. Check back regularly as we unveil all the gameplay goodies that await you inside. The Sea Monster expansion will add a bunch of variability and replayability to the core game, so don’t miss out on this incredible value!
- Feb 3rd at 8:30PM EST: Tantrum House LIVE Stream
- Feb 6th at 1PM EST: Man vs Meeple LIVE Stream
- Feb 13th in the afternoon PST: Live Stream with the Designers
In this section, you can catch playthroughs and previews of Seas of Havoc!
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- Game published by Rock Manor Games, owned and operated by Mike Gnade.
- Game Design by Sébastien Bernier-Wong & Peter Gorniak
- Illustrations by Nabetse Zitro
- Graphic Design by T.L. Simons
- Marketing and Community Management by Matt Cangialosi
- Video Production by Ori Kagan
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