Seas of Havoc Reprint & First Mates Expansion

An expansion to the hit game Seas of Havoc

147,878 USD
of 10,000 USD Goal
2,024
Backers

Seas of Havoc is an award-winning naval skirmish game for 1-5 players where you captain a ship and engage in battle through the use of a deck of cards that dictate your ship’s movement and cannon fire. Each player begins with a unique deck of movement options defined by the ship they’ve chosen and special abilities dictated by the captain they’ve selected to command it. Players then compete to gain the most infamy by recovering shipwrecks and battling it out on the high seas.

The First Mates expansion introduces a ton of modules that you can add to Seas of Havoc.  All these new cards and modules offer a whole lot of fun and variability to our game about blasting each other with cannonballs.

First Mate Cards

With our 8 unique First Mates, you’ll have even more ways to customize your starting deck.  First Mate cards are an additional ability card in your deck. They each have a free action and a paid enhanced version of the action.  At the start of the game, you’ll draw and draft them based on player count and place them immediately in your discard pile.  

2 New Captains: The Gambler and Fisherman join the fray!

These new captains give you even more variability when it comes to making asymmetric starting decks.  The Fisherman’s abilities all revolve around fishing out cards from their discard pile, whereas the Gambler relies more on luck to get the most out of their abilities.

New Market cards: Wild Flags
 
Wild Flag cards can be added and shuffled into the market deck and offer you more flexibility when deckbuilding.  After performing or passing on their depicted maneuvers, Wild Flag cards allow you to activate any 1 flag action from ANY flag you control.  That means your friend can’t fully derail your plans by stealing a particular flag that you’ve built your deck around.
 
Ship Upgrade Tech Trees
This module adds level 1 and level 2 ship upgrades, giving you a small ship tech tree. You unlock level 1 before choosing which ability you want to unlock at level 2. Level 2 gives you a choice over different abilities that you can tuck under the card.
 
Deck Upgrades and Challenge cards
 
When visiting the Workshop, you can now choose to upgrade your ship or scrap one of your starting ship cards for a better deck upgrade card.  This makes the Workshop a very sought after worker placement spot, so we’ve also got a bunch of new challenge/objective cards that you can work towards during the game.  When you complete a challenge, you get a free upgrade!
 
Advanced Sea Monster Cards
 
If you found the Sea Monsters too timid, new Sea Monster cards can be shuffled into their respective decks to increase the overall aggression of the Sea Monsters. 
 

https://www.deesaster.org/blog/index.php?/archives/2900#extended

"The battle phase is intense, with positional play crucial. A distinct seafaring feel is evident, and the game progresses quickly and dynamically."

Seas of Havoc is a tactical naval combat game where you command the movement and actions of your ship with a deck of cards that you can modify and improve over the course of the game.  The game starts with the Island Phase where you place skiffs to gain resources and claim cards.  The game moves to the Sea Phase next where players take turns playing a card to maneuver their ship and fire at their opponents to gain infamy. The player with the most infamy when the damage cards run out is victorious.

In this section, you can catch playthroughs and previews of Seas of Havoc!

https://www.youtube.com/live/iy2MzPunzKE?si=Yl34hlJFg3eU1qFd&t=11097

We love to work with retailers from all around the world. Brick and Mortar Retailers who back at our retailer pledge will help support this Kickstarter and be invited to order Kickstarter exclusive content for their stores. Retailers are backers too and will receive their games before they enter distribution. All retailers will be able to order at 50% OFF MSRP after store verfication in our pledge manager.  Retailers must order a minimum of 1 case (6 games). 

If you have additional questions, please email/message us directly.

Shipping, VAT, and taxes (as applicable) will be calculated after the campaign has ended with the best available rates among our fulfillment and shipping partners. All shipping will be added post campaign. When our pledge manager is sent out via email, you will be asked to fill in your address and you will be charged for shipping at that time. You must fill out the pledge manager and pay for shipping to receive your reward. 

A Note about US tariffs. 
US import tariffs are in a state of flux, and it is impossible to know what rate, if any, will apply to these goods when they reach port. We are committed to splitting tariffs with our U.S. backers.

The exact amount of any tariff charged will be calculated in the pledge manager when shipping is charged, and U.S. backers will have the opportunity to proceed or get a refund of their pledge (minus platform costs).

For more information, please see the FAQ section of the Kickstarter page.

Game published by Rock Manor Games. Learn more at rockmanorgames.com, or follow us on facebookyoutubeinstagram or join us on our Discord channel.

  • Game published by Rock Manor Games, owned and operated by Mike Gnade.
  • Game Design by Sébastien Bernier-Wong & Peter Gorniak 
  • Illustrations by Nabetse Zitro 
  • Graphic Design by T.L. Simons
  • Video Production by Ori Kagan 
Update #1

Update 1: Thanks for following!

2025-03-03 15:39:31 Read More
Pledge Levels
FIRST MATE
FIRST MATE

1 copy of the First Mates Expansion.

Pledge $22

Estimated Delivery: May 2026


RETURNING SAILOR
RETURNING SAILOR

1 copy of the First Mates Expansion + 1 copy of the Revision Pack.

Pledge $35

Estimated Delivery: May 2026


ALL THE NEW STUFF
ALL THE NEW STUFF

This Pledge is for returning players that want all the new stuff offered in this campaign.

1 copy of the First Mates expansion, 1 copy of the Revision Kit + 1 copy of the premium illustrated insert accessory.

Pledge $75

Estimated Delivery: May 2026


QUARTERMASTER
QUARTERMASTER

1 copy of Seas of Havoc + 1 copy of the Sea Monster expansion.

Pledge $79

Estimated Delivery: May 2026


CAPTAIN'S DELUXE EDITION
CAPTAIN'S DELUXE EDITION

1 copy of Seas of Havoc: Captain's Deluxe Edition which includes the Sea Monster expansion and the Kickstarter Exclusive Buried Treasure content with deluxe components, metal coins, additional ships, and captains.

Pledge $105

Estimated Delivery: May 2026


Retailer
Retailer

FOR RETAILERS ONLY. This is a deposit towards ordering our products in bulk. It includes 2 copies of Seas of Havoc and 2 Sea Monster expansions to start.

These orders are open to brick-and-mortar retailers in the US, UK, EU, Canada, Australia, and Asia. You pledge during the campaign (which is credited against your full order), finalize your quantity in the pledge manager before manufacturing, and pay the remaining balance when the games are freighted before fulfillment.

Your store will be treated like any other backer: You will have access to all stretch goals, Kickstarter exclusives, and receive the game before it goes into distribution.

Pledge $100

Estimated Delivery: May 2026


ADMIRAL
ADMIRAL

This is the GAMEPLAY ALL-IN pledge for new Seas of Havoc players. This pledge is for all the Gameplay content, expansions, pirate captains, and deluxe components.

1 copy of the First Mates expansion + 1 copy of Seas of Havoc: Captain's Deluxe Edition which includes the Sea Monster expansion and the Kickstarter Exclusive Buried Treasure content with deluxe components, metal coins, additional ships, and captains.

Pledge $125

Estimated Delivery: May 2026


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