Sky Pirates-Whatever happened to “We Raid, We Pillage?”- A Libertalia: Winds of Galecrest Review

In previous reviews of Stonemaier games, I've mentioned their passing resemblance to a company known as Working Designs. Working Designs was a Video game publisher who specialized in localization of games and in creating deluxe (and collectible) versions of those games. Later in their life cycle, WD began tweaking those games (with the blessing of the original creators) to provide a better gaming experience. Of course, this came with the praises of some gamers and the spewing of bile by others who claimed the original vision was compromised. I hope Stonemaier is ready for the same type of reaction to Libertalia: Winds of Galecrest (Despite them having Libertalia creator Paolo Mori collaborating for all of the changes). At risk of spoiling my thoughts on the modifications implemented in this release, I think Winds of Galecrest has been taken from a borderline great game and evolved it into one that firmly resides in the “Cutthroat Classic” category.