first play, learned game, second play, hard mode, 8 turns to finish, even tho pirates destroyed 6 ships in one turn, all enemys were dead by 7th. Great game, maybe add grape shots, to do crew damage if you like to board. boarding should have small change to capture ship, or replace if you had lost a ship during battle. on my second game, i had no need to build a castle or trade ships, as i just moved forward. maybe make map bit more clustered and defenetly work on AI. theese one ship suicide missions are destined to fail. hope to see battle sails 2