Rum & Bones: Second Tide

A pirate MOBA on the tabletop: command up to five heroes and wreck the enemy ship.

Designer: Michael Shinall
Published by: CMON Global Limited
Editions by: Hobby World, Cool Mini Or Not

Pirates, a MOBA and a whole lot of miniatures. Rum & Bones: Second Tide, the 2017 relaunch of Rum & Bones, has two to six players commanding crews of legendary pirate heroes, each with unique powers, as they fight over Davy Jones' treasure. You control up to five heroes at once, moving them across a modular board to destroy key parts of the enemy ship, while deckhands and bosuns run on simple AI and wreak havoc by themselves. Win by wrecking enough of the opposing ship. Along the way you plunder pieces of eight, Davy Jones' mythical treasure, and push the fight forward. Around an hour of loud, silly, tactical pirate combat for a table that likes dice and figures.

Up to five pirate heroes per playerCrew units move on simple AIDestroy the enemy ship to win

Who it's for

You like miniatures and have played MOBA video games, and want a boisterous pirate brawl with plenty of dice and figures.

Not for you if…

You want a quiet or strictly strategic game, or you do not enjoy managing many units. This is a noisy, figure-heavy fight.

Vibe's take

Loud, chaotic and cheerfully over the top. Your heroes do the clever things, your crew does the dumb things, and the table is constantly full of miniatures in motion.