Does this sound familiar? You’re standing in your favorite, well-stocked fantasy specialty store and just can’t take your eyes off a certain box of miniatures. Most of the time, you end up not buying it because you don’t know the rules of the game, and there’s no one around to explain it to you. And we all know that a pirate is reluctant to jump in at the deep end.

The Game

In Freebooter’s Fate , two or more players compete against each other in scenario-based tabletop battles with a team of 4–12 characters. Each team has a leader and a varying number of specialists—experienced, highly talented, or unique individuals—as well as numerous followers.

An average game lasts about 2 hours and is divided into several rounds, during which players take turns acting with one of their characters.

All without dice

Unlike most tabletop games, *Freebooter’s Fate* doesn’t use dice. Instead, combat is resolved using hit zone and fate cards.

The attacker secretly selects a certain number of targets from the six target zones—head, torso, lower abdomen, legs, and the left and right arms—and the defender tries to guess which ones using his cards. Different winning strategies ensure that the battle here is not merely a game of chance; rather, due to psychological effects, they favor “skill” over chance.

Of course, the usual element of chance is still present in the form of fate cards, each with different numerical values and special symbols, which are used to determine damage and resolve other random effects.

Ever-changing gaming experiences

Freebooter’s Fate isn’t just about “Charge!”-style combat. A constantly growing pool of scenarios ensures that our game is more than just a wild brawl. Treasure hunts, rat and dodo hunts, mystical summoning rituals, and, of course, stopping a flood of zombie octopuses are just a few of the scenarios that make Freebooter’s Fate so special.