28mm Pirate Ship Coming Soon

stingray20166, it looks very promising. The production values are strong – lots and lots of color photograhps illustrating line of sight, movement, etc.

I have only read part of it, but movement and shooting are very similar to Mordheim, if you are familiar with that game (one of my favorites). The hand-to-hand combat, though, is significantly different than Mordheim. I never played GW's LotR games, but my impression is that the h-to-h is similar to that game. You determine who "wins" the combat, and the loser is pushed back an inch and the winner gets to make a "to hit" roll aginst the loser. There are fame and fortune points too, but I have not read that bit of the rules. As I recall from skimming the LotR rules, there is something similar. I think fame points let you modify die rolls. Not sure about fortune points.

Just looking over the campaign section, it seems very closely modeled on the Mordheim rules, also used in Legends of the Old West. I think the Mordheim campaign rules are VERY strong, so the similarity here is a Good Thing.

There is also a chapter on ship-to-ship combat. I haven't read it yet, though.

Hope the above helps. If you have any specific questions, I can have a look and see if I can find an answer. I am going to finish reading the rules in the next few days, I hope, and try to play a test game or two. I am planning on writing a review after that, if no one has done a thorough one yet.