Buccaneer (game) home port. To coincide with the recent Pirates of the Caribbean movies, a special "Pirates of the Caribbean" edition of Buccaneer was launched in 2006. Buccaneer (game) Buccaneer was a board game published in Britain by Waddingtons between the 1930s and 1980s. The game board depicts the sea, broken into squares. Around the edges are ports, some owned by players, others being "free ports". At the centre is Treasure Island, upon which is placed semi-realistic looking treasures: diamonds, rubies, pearls, gold bars, and rum barrels. The 1938 version of the game had a roll up canvas board (packaged in a
The Story of the Treasure Seekers separated or incomplete family who must (or prefer to) amuse themselves alone while on holiday. Through magic or complex imaginative play, the children face perils that they overcome through pluck. Another notable feature is the depiction of the realistic quarrels and faults of the children. Lastly, J.K. Rowling, writer of the Harry Potter series, ranked "E. Nesbit as one of her favorite authors, and "The Story of the Treasure Seekers" as her favorite of Nesbit's books." British writer Michael Moorcock later used the character, or at least the name, of Oswald Bastable for the hero and first-person narrator of his