Kudos all around to the developers ... after decades of social manipulation its refreshing to get a game that sticks its finger the up the nose of those who constantly blather on about what they think is good or bad.
I am old enough to remember SPI shelving a game about managing Roman Gladiators because somebody didn't like the idea.

the best thing about it, you could play for twenty minutes or two hours depending on how much time you have.

its like silent hunter meets dungeons & dragons.

the shanties are kick ass.

Exactly...

Last weekend my Mother-in-law shows up for a "visit". (Full scale invasion) A charter member of every protest or save the (whatever) of the 60's, she breezes into the computer room/home office and finds her darling granddaughter playing Nantucket... with sounds of the dying whales going full blast... and if that wasn't enough .my 7 year old informs her that I suggested we name her ship after a famous JPANESE WHALER...the Rainbow Warrior... length of Mother's stay...less that 15 minutes...priceless...I love this gave.