Nautical IF - an IFDB Poll

by Felix Larsson
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I know there was a couple of commercial high-sea text adventures. Now I am on the look-out for ‘modern’, post-commercial IF with a nautical theme. As far as I can tell, there is a definite shortage of bucaneers, boatswains, able seamen and simple Sunday sailors in IF. Please prove me wrong.

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Captain Verdeterre's Plunder, by Ryan Veeder
3 votes
"Built to be short..." [+]"Built to be short and replayable, you're on a sinking ship and have to save as much treasure as possible." () --E.K.... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Edward Lacey... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Sobol...

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Hoist Sail for the Heliopause and Home, by Andrew Plotkin
3 votes
"Nautical..." [+]"Nautical shipfaring... in space." ( - Full review) --sushabye... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Sobol... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Kinetic Mouse Car...

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Coloratura, by Lynnea Glasser
2 votes
(No comment) [+](No comment) () --Edward Lacey... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --E.K....

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Escape to New York, by Richard Otter
1 vote
"Set on a 1912 New York bound ocean liner" [+]"Set on a 1912 New York bound ocean liner" --Jim Turner...

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Undertow, by Stephen Granade
1 vote
(No comment) [+](No comment) --shornet...

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The Singular, and Historically Inaccurate, Misadventures of Nobeard: Would-be Scourge of the Caribbean, by Colm McCarthy
1 vote
(No comment) [+](No comment) --Felix Larsson...

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A scurvy gift for Bosn Chuck, by J. Robinson Wheeler
1 vote
(No comment) [+](No comment) --David Welbourn...

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The Ship of Whimsy, by U. N. Owen
1 vote
"Real sparse, but..." [+]"Real sparse, but it's not called The Ship of Whimsy because it's not set on a ship." () --Wade Clarke...

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The Legend of Lady Magaidh, by Daniel Freas
1 vote
"Very brief, but..." [+]"Very brief, but piratical." ( - Full review) --Emily Short...

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In the Navy, by Ernesto Heywood
1 vote
"Probably not at..." [+]"Probably not at all what you had in mind, but it does fit your criteria. Caution: It's a joke game and has possibly objectionable content. Play at your own risk." --David Welbourn...

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Poll created on February 5, 2010