Shipwrights of the North Sea: Redux (2024)

“It's one of the best games of 2024, and now this might be controversial: as far as I'm concerned it is the single best game in the entire [Garphill] catalog of all games [Garphill] has ever published.”(1:04:40)

“I think my rating would be really good, but the solo play pumped it up to Fantastic.”(9:52)

The reviewer highlights that the game offers accessible engine building and drafting with fast-paced simultaneous actions, though it can slow down if played with slow players.

“I'm a huge fan of Shipwrights. I didn't when I first read the rules, I'm like, let's see how this will work, but when we played it, I wanted to play it again and again and again.”(14:47)

“For me this is just it's another hit from Garfield games like this is I've liked every game in their Compass series or whatever they're called I think that's what they're calling it now I've liked every game and I'm really really glad to see this uh Redux treatment it makes me want to play shipwrights more”(15:36)

“Overall I'm still giving rights on the North Sea an 8 out of 10 it could maybe go up to a nine overall as time goes by uh but you know the multiplayer aspect and the luck of the draw is what kind of drags the game down a bit”(19:04)

“I think just in general compared to other Garphill games, this is the, I think, the easiest one to like get on board with. Like the, there's symbols and stuff as there is with any of them, but I feel like this is the easiest to teach.”(1:32:06)

“I would say it's a really fun game, it takes the, I'd say, the mechanics that he has perfected over the years in different games, especially Legacy of you and some of the other games where you're trading cards for things and using them, and put it into a nice little package and it's fun.”(15:26)

Shipwrights of the North Sea: Redux was released in 2024 along with Ezra & Nehemiah from designer Shem Phillips. And to my mind, they are his two best games.

“Nevertheless, Shipwrights of the North Sea: Second Wave remains an excellent choice for fans of fast and strategic games. The card drafting mechanic offers interesting depth, and the learning curve guarantees many games to master all the subtleties of the game.”

“I thought this was quick, I thought it was fun. This is probably not the kind of game that I'm going to when I'm in the mood for a bigger worker placement game. This is probably not the what I'm reaching for.”(9:44)

“I enjoyed Shipwrights of the North Sea, and will willingly play it at any time.”