However, many players found that the large ship models were difficult to disassemble, making the storage of this game awkward.

[citation needed] A more serious problem was that the gameplay was not considered up to the level of the other games in the series.

As part of a series, Broadsides and Boarding Parties was unfavorably compared to the other games and was less popular.

Allen Varney reviewed the 1984 Milton Bradley version of Broadsides & Boarding Parties in Space Gamer No.

It might be okay for helping two players kill 20 minutes while waiting to play Axis & Allies, but otherwise there's not much value here.