What is Broadside?

Broadside is an MMO for desktop (PC/Mac) where you take the role of a ship captain in the age of sail.  Command one of over 40 wooden sailing ship classes, and dominate the world through trade, manufacturing, privateering, or even piracy.  Broadside is entirely free to play, with no pay gates preventing meaningful progress without paying.

• Control ships from galleys, to quick and nimble frigates, all the way up to a powerful ship of the line
• Over 40 wooden ships to choose from, from the smallest cog, to caravels, to frigates, and even larger ships.  High end expensive ships can even include steam engines, and then for coastal defense there is a small class of ironclad warship to throw in the fight.  
• Sail anywhere in the entire globe!  
• Though it would take a very long while to cross, the entire world's oceans are included in Broadside.  Bring spices from India back to Europe, search for riches in the new world, or setup your own outposts on far away pacific islands.  Its all your choice where you want to go!
• PVE and PVP combat is included.  
• Many of the world's developed cities are located in areas where PVP is disabled, giving new players or those not interested in fighting each other a relatively safe area to play.  The rest of the world allows for virtually uninhibited player vs player combat.  
• "Full loot" combat system.
• Don't undock in any ship you're not willing to lose!  The stakes a high in Broadside, as if your ship is sunk or captured, it is lost for good.  Items dropped can be picked up by the victor.  At the same time this makes the rewards to taking down another player all the more valuable!  
• Don't worry, you can own as many ships as you like, and you and your friends teaming up in an armada of small inexpensive ships is often a better and more sensible strategy than being alone in a much larger and more expensive ship.  
• Non-instanced combat
• Combat takes place in the same open world as the rest of the game, which allows for various combat strategies not available when combat is taken to a closed instance.