The components are simple, lots of 12 sided dice. Each player goes through 5 phases of rolling dice, trying to get various combinations of colors, rerolling part of the dice along the way. The evil and seriously twisted part is that you are required to throw dice in such a way as to change the face on one of the existing dice on the table. So it is a unique mixture of luck and dexterity that wins this odd little gem. The game is a fairly cute game cut from the same vein that produced Talisman.
Players wander around the board, gain gold, turn pirate, and explore new islands.
The game has does tend to outstay its welcome, and could run to 90 minutes long. The production is very unusual. It comes in an oversized long game box, with large cardstock ships, and a top that is spun to determine wind direction. The tiles that are turned over as you explore are nicely illustrated with unique pictures on each tile-even the blank sea tiles. Only 25 copies of the English version were produced, but a German version is somewhat easier to find.