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A sailing ship surrounded by a giant red kraken
Our first voyage · 2014

Pirates!
Card Game.

Before we crossed the galaxy, we ruled the ocean. A fast-moving card game of adventures, expanding fleets and deeply unnecessary naval battles.

Visit the original campaign
The game that started it all

From the seven seas
to deep space.

Pirates! is a competitive card game for 2–6 players. Captains embark on adventures, expand their fleets and battle to become ruler of the ocean.

496backers
£16,555pledged
206%of its goal

Successfully funded on Kickstarter in 2014. Pirates! became the first chapter in the story that eventually led to Space Pirates.

Painting the original Pirates ship artwork by hand with watercolour
Painted by hand.The original ships and seas were built with ink, watercolour and a very small brush.
The Pirates card game box, custom dice and three playing cards
The finished game.Box, cards and custom dice from the original Kickstarter edition.
The next horizon

The ocean was
not big enough.

The spirit of the original game lives on in Space Pirates—rebuilt as a much larger adventure among strange factions, improbable ships and one legendary planet.

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