Each player gets to choose six ships out of a deck of 36 cards. There a total of twelve ships and each ship has three variations. Each ship has a point value printed on it. Once the players have chosen their ships, each player chooses three of them to go into battle. Each named ship (the Black Pearl, the Kraken, ect.) is unique, meaning that only one player can control it at a time. The player controls the ship on the left side of the games and records hits on the right. Any special powers a ship has are visible to everyone at all times.