2 games under this title
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Standard 1973 · 1 players -
Standard 1975 · 4 players
Vision analysis
On the backglass
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass Standard
- pink
- lime green
- turquoise
- red
Fingerprint: Bearded pirate captain in purple floppy hat peering through brass telescope, woman in green headscarf pressed against him, full-rigged sailing ship behind them, entire board wrapped in 1970s psychedelic pink-lime-turquoise ribbon swirl art, BLACK FLAG stacked in red letters with yellow keyline, pirate adventure
The dominant image is a huge bearded pirate captain in a floppy purple hat peering through a brass telescope, with a woman in a green headscarf pressed against him, set in front of a full-rigged sailing ship. The whole board is wrapped in extremely loud 1970s psychedelic swirl ribbon art in pink, lime green and turquoise. A white skull and crossbones floats to the left of the ship, and a wooden ship's wheel with a tiny striped sailor on a rope ladder sits on the right. The title BLACK FLAG is stacked in two rows of thick red letters with a yellow keyline in the upper right quadrant.
Setting
- Abstract psychedelic swirl pattern
- Open sea with a full-rigged sailing ship
Symbols
- Skull and crossbones
- Ship's wheel
- Sailing ship
- Brass spyglass
- Sword
- Cluster of pink, red and blue balls/bubbles
Lettering
- Large stacked chunky slab-serif capitals, red-pink fill with a thick yellow keyline and dark drop shadow; smaller white sans-serif capitals on red discs
Themes
- Pirates
- Sailing ship
- Sea adventure
- Psychedelic swirl
- Skull and crossbones
- Spyglass
Title on it
- Black flag
Text on it
- BLACK
- FLAG
- playmatic
- BALLS TO PLAY
- GAME OVER
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Large pirate captain, thick black beard and moustache, wide-eyed, floppy purple hat with a drooping point, purple coat, holding a brass spyglass/telescope up to one eye, other hand on a sword hilt, centre of the backglass |
| Woman | Pale-skinned, wearing a green headscarf and a yellow-green bodice, leaning against the captain's arm, looking outward, just right of centre |
| Man | Smaller grinning pirate at lower left with wide-brimmed hat banded red and blue, big white teeth, surrounded by pink and blue spheres |
| Other | White skull with two crossed bones, floating left of the ship's hull |
| Other | Small sailor in a red-and-white striped shirt and blue trousers climbing a rope ladder beside a large wooden ship's wheel on the right side |
| Vehicle | Large three-masted sailing ship with pale blue, pink and cream billowing sails and rigging filling the centre |
A square backglass covered edge to edge with a wild psychedelic airbrush pattern of swirling, curling ribbons in bright pink, lime green, turquoise, orange, red and violet on a white ground. Across the upper right runs the title in huge chunky slab-serif capitals, BLACK over FLAG, letters filled red-pink with a yellow outline and dark shadow. A small yellow rectangular plaque reading 'playmatic' sits at top centre. Upper left is a wide score window: a red-framed pale mint panel with five small blank score reels, and below it an orange-red disc reading 'BALLS TO PLAY'. The centre is a pirate scene: a large three-masted sailing ship with billowing pale blue and cream sails, and in front of it a big bearded pirate captain in a purple coat and floppy purple hat, holding a brass spyglass to one eye, gripping a sword. Beside him leans a woman in a green bodice and yellow sash with a green headscarf. Left of the ship is a white skull and crossbones; lower left a smaller grinning pirate in a red-banded hat. Right side shows a wooden ship's wheel and a small striped-shirt sailor climbing a rope ladder.
Backglass Standard
- magenta
- yellow
- red
- green
Fingerprint: black flag pirate: red-haired woman pirate in blue captain's hat astride heaped green treasure chest, spilling gold coins and pearl necklaces, black skull-and-crossbones flag behind her, yellow block letters on tan sail, four cream score reels in blue corner frames with numbered badges, magenta background with ship rigging and tan sails
A red-haired woman pirate in a blue captain's hat astride a heaped green treasure chest, surrounded by spilling gold coins and pearl necklaces, with a black skull-and-crossbones flag spreading behind her. The title appears in chunky yellow shadowed block letters painted straight onto the tan sail on the right. Four cream mechanical score reels sit in blue frames in the corners, each paired with a red-and-yellow badge reading 1ST UP, 2ND UP, 3RD UP and 4TH UP. Along the bottom edge the slogans IT'S MORE FUN TO COMPETE! and A GAME OF SKILL are printed in yellow and white on the magenta ground.
Setting
- Tan ship sails and rope rigging filling the background
- Black pirate flag with white skull and crossbones
- Magenta-purple sky field
- Hanging bell and mast fittings at top edge
- Wooden barrel at lower right
- Orange treasure map with green island at bottom centre
Symbols
- Skull and crossbones
- Cutlass sword
- Treasure chest
- Gold coins
- Pearl necklace
- Cannon
- Compass rose
- Ship's wheel
- Barrel
- Bell
- Numbered player badges 1 to 4
Lettering
- Large chunky yellow sans-serif block capitals with dark outline and drop shadow for the title; yellow and white narrow capitals for the slogans; black lowercase script-style wordmark inside a yellow rounded rectangle at bottom right
Themes
- Pirate
- Treasure
- Ship
- Adventure
- Flirtatious
Title on it
- Black flag
Text on it
- BLACK FLAG
- 1ST UP
- 2ND UP
- 3RD UP
- 4TH UP
- PLAYERS
- GAME PLAY
- IT'S MORE FUN TO COMPETE!
- A GAME OF SKILL
- 4 PLAYERS
- playmatic
- 131320
- 34390
- 131000
- 82800
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | One young adult woman dressed as a pirate, red curly hair, white face with heavy eye make-up, blue captain's hat with a white skull-and-crossbones badge, red polka-dot headscarf with trailing tail, low-cut red blouse with white ruffled trim and gold clasps, red puffed sleeves, wide blue sash, blue thigh-high boots with red and white striped tops; sitting astride an open treasure chest, holding a cutlass with a gold swept hilt, smiling at the viewer |
A brightly coloured pirate-themed backglass on a magenta-purple background, showing a large sailing ship's rigging and tan sails across the whole rear field, with a black pirate flag bearing a white skull and crossbones behind the figure. The single figure is a young woman dressed as a pirate: red curly hair, white face with heavy eye make-up, a blue captain's hat with a white skull-and-crossbones badge, a red spotted headscarf with a long tail, a low-cut white-ruffled red blouse with gold clasps, red puffed sleeves, a wide blue sash, and blue thigh-high boots with red and white striped tops. She sits astride a heaped open green treasure chest with red-brown straps and brass studs, brim-full of gold coins and spilling pearl and gold bead necklaces, holding a cutlass with a gold swept hilt. Below the chest a black-handled cutlass lies on an orange treasure map beside a green island and spilled coins. Yellow block lettering with a dark outline spells the title over the right-hand sail. Four cream score reels in blue frames occupy the four corners, each paired with a red circular numbered badge.