Welcome, Captain!
Take control of your lighthouse and ships in an attempt to capture more dark orbs than the other captains. You will need to sink ships, lay traps, raid your opponents’ lighthouses, carefully consume dark energy, and anticipate every move.
Surrender your dark orbs to the Shade in exchange for your fleeting survival.
Lead Your Captain To Victory
Each captain has their own unique abilities and action card. Who will be the best fit for your playing style… Yuke Chang’s access to the largest fleet? Mist Maiden’s elusive decoy ships? Perhaps Seaquake’s big cannonballs or Roulette Rouge’s penchant for draining dark energy from her victims?
Play as all 12 captains to find which character ensures your victory in Helm’s Light!
Simple Options, Difficult Choices
The Fine Dark Line of Corruption
The dark energy of the Shade fills the sea air, slowly corroding the souls of all who breathe it in. This dark energy can be used to your advantage in the form of dark sparks by boosting your cards’ actions, lowering your cards’ initiative value, or upgrading your ships and abilities.
Every time a captain uses a dark spark, the soul corrosion level increases, which will bring more evil to Helm’s Light the next round.
4 Ways to Play
Multiple variants guarantees non-stop exciting gameplay!
COMPETITIVE (2-6p)
Play against all other captains in an effort to accumulate the required number of dark orbs or achieve the highest rank.
SEA GANGS (2-6p)
Team up with other captains in the Sea Gangs variant, Work together to capture the dark orbs before the other gangs.
COOPERATIVE / SOLO (1-5p)
Work cooperatively with all players to defeat the persistent onslaught of ghost ships.
THE SHADE (3-6p)
Play as the Shade against all other captains. Find victory by consuming your dark orbs or destroying all remaining lighthouses.
Our 'Flagship' Project
Helm’s Light is our foray into the board game community. The initial vision for this game was “Let’s start small”. Much to our amazement and jubilee, the story of Helm’s Light quickly expanded into a world of excitement and intrigue. We’ve enjoyed every second of building a game around that story.
