Commodore

Commodore is a maritime sandbox RPG that runs in your browser, on a phone or a

desktop, with nothing to install.

You inherit the Marlin's Debt: a tired cutter, a crew who have not been paid,

and an account you never opened. From there it is up to you. Carry cargo out of

Ilo Vantu, take a bounty off the harbourmaster's board, or run down a Tally

raider, cut her rigging with chain shot and go over her rail — because a ship

you board is a ship you keep, and a ship you keep is the start of a fleet.

CHARGE is three things here, and the game was built on all three. There is the

charge against you, the money you owe and never borrowed. There is taking

charge — of a hull, a crew, an officer, and finally a squadron whose orders

include CHARGE. And there is the charge itself: guns are cold at range out

here, so an action only begins when you commit to closing the last two hundred

metres.

Being handed something you did not choose, and deciding to command it.