High Seas (Flashing Blades)
{{Short description|Supplement for Flashing Blades}}
High Seas is a 1985 tabletop game supplement published by Fantasy Games Unlimited for Flashing Blades.
Contents
High Seas is a supplement in which New World and maritime adventures are allowed. It introduces six New World character backgrounds (rogue, gentleman, soldier, marine, sailor, pirate) with new skills and mechanics. Rules cover shipboard combat, ranks, piracy, trade, and shipbuilding, including a Ruthlessness rating that affects crew morale and reputation. The supplement also features a mini-campaign with four adventures: "Scavenger's Daughter" (forced into piracy), "Pike's Trove" (treasure hunt), "Guede-Je-Rouge" (voodoo curse), and "Portobelo" (Spanish treasure raid).
High Seas is supplement which provides rules usable with pirate and privateer characters, covering shipbuilding, trade, and naval combat, as well as adventure conditions on the Spanish Main. The supplement includes four short adventure scenarios.
Publication history
High Seas was written by Mark Pettigrew and published by Fantasy Games Unlimited in 1985 as a 40-page book.{{cite book|last=Schick |first=Lawrence|title=Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Games|publisher=Prometheus Books |year=1991|isbn=0-87975-653-5 |page=267}}
Reception
Sean Holland reviewed High Seas for Different Worlds magazine and stated that "I am quite impressed with High Seas as the author has managed to put so much useful information in such an inexpensive book. So if you play Flashing Blades, and you wish to expand your game, hoist the Jolly Roger and buy High Seas."{{cite journal | last = Holland |first = Sean | title = Game Reviews | journal = Different Worlds | issue = 46 | pages =32 |date=May–June 1987}}
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