Treasure Fleet

James | Jan 29, 2010 Games

User rating: (208 votes, average: 3.11 out of 5)
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Ahoy, Landlubbers! Treasure Fleet is a game of bloodthirsty pirates fighting against each other for Spanish treasure ships. That may sound like an out-of-control action game but I assure you, it isn’t. Treasure Fleet is a card game. It’s actually based on a real card game made by the same developer, Ship of Fools Games. In it, the pirates use cards to bid and bluff each other into winning the ships. There is a crazy amount of strategy involved here.

So everyone starts off with the same number of attack cards that vary in strength. The player decides which treasure ship to use their attack cards on, but after you use them, they’re gone forever. Whoever spent the most attack cards on any particular ship, wins the amount of treasure on that ship. You play through several rounds of this and whoever gets the most treasure, wins! It sounds pretty straightforward but there are several things that throw a wrench in your plans. For instance, everyone has a boarding party card which automatically beats all others. If two pirates board the same ship at the same time, though, nobody gets the treasure. Also at the end of the rounds, the card you have left determines if you capture the governor, who is worth a substantial amount of points. Get out your thinking caps people. Or maybe I should say “pirate” thinking caps! Arrr!

Currently, you can only play against computer opponents. This is a bit lame, but it looks like they will be implementing multilayer options at some point. Don’t get me wrong, the computer opponents are pretty difficult to beat. I was playing on the “Cabin Boy” setting and they were still shivering me timbers. The graphics are very well done and the sound effects are decent. It’s the music that really stands out, though. It’s great! Makes you feel like you’re sailing the high seas searching for booty.

Ship of Fools Games has done an outstanding job with Treasure Fleet. If you are looking for a strategy card game with an awesome pirate theme, then look no further.

Nice intro screen
Nice intro screen
Standard title screen
Standard title screen
12 pages of help?
12 pages of help?

That's right, I'm fighting Cabin Boys
That's right, I'm fighting Cabin Boys
Pick your cards for this round
Pick your cards for this round
Bid on those ships
Bid on those ships

Alas, beaten by Benny
Alas, beaten by Benny
Sweet revenge
Sweet revenge
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iTunes Link – Treasure Fleet
Version 1
Reviewed on iPhone 3GS OS 3.1.2


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  • http://www.shipoffoolsgames.com Jonathan Bodey

    Thanks for the review, James. We appreciate your time and we’re glad you enjoyed the game.

  • New England Guy

    This is a great game w/ rich detailed graphics. Enjoy!

  • Matt

    This is a great game guys! Check it out!

  • Rahimosahra

    well … it is amazing try it :-) :-)

  • Jerald

    I like the game but I thing it has a fatal bug. Often when playing the game crashes to the iphone “desktop” and is non-recoverable. The company is without a forum that I could find. Cannot recommend until this is fixed.

  • Soni
  • Pedro

    I spoke with the developers and they say this is fixed with their next build. Once the update goes through, try it again.

  • http://www.shipoffoolsgames.com Jonathan Bodey

    Jerald,

    I hope that the crash you were seeing has been resolved with the latest update. If you continue to have problems, please send an email to support@shipoffoolsgames.com, and we’ll do our best to resolve it with the next update.

    Jonathan Bodey
    Ship of Fools Games

  • http://www.shipoffoolsgames.com Jonathan Bodey

    iPatch 1.1

    Treasure Fleet was just updated. This update includes:

    *Improved the help and game option interfaces to be more user friendly.
    *Fixed a crash that could occur when tapping an open attack slot.
    *Some AI Improvements to make the virtual scoundrels more challenging!

    And if you like our iPhone app, be sure to check out the special offer on the original card game in the app’s help section.

    Thanks again to everyone who has purchased and reviewed Treasure Fleet, we appreciate it.

  • http://maxdoro.nl/services/Mobiele%20applicaties/iphoneapps.aspx Franco

    Great application!

    I love these games about exploring and adventure. I also use some very great applications from a Dutch company that creates very cool and useful iPhone applications.

    I leave the link, in case that someone might be interested: http://maxdoro.nl/services/Mobiele%20applicaties/iphoneapps.aspx

    Greets :P