2024Joe Carter
- Videos
- 6
- Creators
- 2
1 players30 - 500 minLight weight

2025Joe Carter
Mostly playthroughs and reviews. Golden Age of Piracy: 1718 is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 4 reviews, 1 how-to-play guides, 5 recorded sessions, 2 unboxings, and 1 other video.
From BoardGameGeek
The Golden Age of Piracy - 1718 is an old-school style Tactical level Solitaire board-wargame of action and adventure, with a bit of wargame and RPG elements mixed in. An open-ended sandbox style game where the pirate captain may choose his own path. Set in the Caribbean Islands during the year 1718, as a pirate captain, you will attempt to build your wealth by attacking merchant ships and selling their goods, by attacking and pillaging towns, kidnapping or assassinating a town governor or his daughter, gambling in a tavern, and by recovering buried treasure from acquired maps. The player moves his pirate ship's game counter across the Caribbean map, traveling around and searching for merchant ships to take attack, visiting the pirate town of Nassau to buy and sell goods, plus repair the ship. The player may also construct a hidden pirate haven where he may store stolen goods and booty, plus repair his ship at no cost. The ultimate goal of the game is to save up enough booty in order to buy your pardon before the Royal Navy invades Nassau. Will you succeed, or be hanged for piracy? -description from the designer
Golden Age of Piracy: 1718 has 13 videos from 9 creators: 4 reviews, 1 how-to-play guide, 5 playthroughs, 2 unboxings and 1 other video. They date from 2024 to May 2026.
To learn the rules, start with "Golden Age of Piracy: 1718 Tactical Ship Boarding Combat Add-on" by Black Cat Wargames, which runs 36 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "First Look and Review of Golden Age of Piracy 1718" by Poultergeist Board Games. 4 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "Golden Age of Piracy:1718 - January. Solo Actual Play" by Northern Invasion Solo Gaming, one of 5 playthroughs.
If you like it, try Dog Boats: Battle of the Narrow Seas, Devil Boats: PT Boats in the Solomons, River Rats: PBRs and PCFs in Vietnam and Schnell Boats: Scourge of the English Channel, also by Joe Carter.
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2024Joe Carter
1 players30 - 500 minLight weight
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1 players15 - 60 minMedium weight
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1 - 2 players180 - 600 minLight weight
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1 players15 - 900 minLight weight
From BoardGameGeek:
The Golden Age of Piracy - 1718 is an old-school style Tactical level Solitaire board-wargame of action and adventure, with a bit of wargame and RPG elements mixed in. An open-ended sandbox style game where the pirate captain may choose his own path. Set in the Caribbean Islands during the year 1718, as a pirate captain, you will attempt to build your wealth by attacking merchant ships and selling their goods, by attacking and pillaging towns, kidnapping or assassinating a town governor or his daughter, gambling in a tavern, and by recovering buried treasure from acquired maps. The player moves his pirate ship's game counter across the Caribbean map, traveling around and searching for merchant ships to take attack, visiting the pirate town of Nassau to buy and sell goods, plus repair the ship. The player may also construct a hidden pirate haven where he may store stolen goods and booty, plus repair his ship at no cost. The ultimate goal of the game is to save up enough booty in order to buy your pardon before the Royal Navy invades Nassau. Will you succeed, or be hanged for piracy? -description from the designer
Designer
Joe Carter
Artist
Bruce Yearian
Publisher
Black Cat
Mechanics