Evil Stevie's Pirate Game

Battle in progress at Gen Con 2003, taken by Frank Filz. image gallery gallery owner (ffilz) From Brickshelf Copyright held by Brickshelf user ffilz.

Evil Stevie's Pirate Game or ESPG is a LEGO gaming system for ship and individual level combat originated by Steve Jackson. It uses plotted movement and has ship to ship combat rules. Mix of a miniatures and RPG.

Game Mechanics

• Players typically start with one small vessel and a limited number of figures, which they place on the vessel
• Turns consist of a sequence of actions carried out in parallel
  • GM reveals wind speed and direction
  • Players plot movement in "LEGO inches" including starting facing and midcourse turns (45 degree resolution)
  • Movement is revealed and carried out. Collisions are resolved
  • Players announce and carry out cannon fire
  • Players announce and carry out crew actions (boarding, exploring islands, recruit castaways, loading treasure, etc)
  • Players announce and carry out small arms fire and hand to hand combat
• When players reach port, they can suttle their treasure and prize ships and possibly upgrade ship size or hire additional crew

External links

• ESPG Steve's site