Swashbucklers: Blue & Grey,Swashbucklers: Blue VS Grey Review

By Chris Hudak

Yo ho ho and a bottle of sour mash.

Set against the (pseudo-)historical backdrop of the American Civil War in general and the Union Blockade in particular, Swashbucklers: Blue vs. Grey is a conflicted little genre mash-up of a game that almost – almost – works as well as it should. Mechanically,…

  • Some RPG aspirations
  • Nice at-sea map and sea-battle visuals
  • Mix of mission and freeform play
  • Interesting premise
  • Thin
  • Empty-calories gameplay
  • Repetitive
  • Some weird restrictions

2

Chris Hudak
Chris Hudak

Chris Hudak is a writer, former San Francisco Zoo penguin recorder, frequent-flyer junkie, self-proclaimed lucid dream expert, poolshark-in-minnow’s-clothing, “student” of all things Japanese, borderline alcoholic (see “writer”), video-gamer-with-a-life, and moonlighting, kinda-sorta actor in his copious spare time.  He writes weird fiction, and contributes articles to Playboy, Wired, The Toronto Star, and whoever else has money.  Chris is the protagonist of the Harlan Ellison short story “Keyboard”—no, really—and someday wants a house in Walt Disney World.

Share article

Upcoming Releases
Death Stranding 2: On The Beach
Some RPG aspirations Nice at-sea map and sea-battle visuals Mix of mission and freeform play Interesting premise Thin Empty-calories gameplay Repetitive Some weird restrictions
Star Citizen
Some RPG aspirations Nice at-sea map and sea-battle visuals Mix of mission and freeform play Interesting premise Thin Empty-calories gameplay Repetitive Some weird restrictions
ATLAS
Some RPG aspirations Nice at-sea map and sea-battle visuals Mix of mission and freeform play Interesting premise Thin Empty-calories gameplay Repetitive Some weird restrictions
Damnview: Built From Nothing
Some RPG aspirations Nice at-sea map and sea-battle visuals Mix of mission and freeform play Interesting premise Thin Empty-calories gameplay Repetitive Some weird restrictions
Reviews
Related
X