2 players, 60 points and 4 fleets, 20 points – March 12th, 2016

3/12/2016

Two games were played: one at 60 points and another at just 20. The first game featured an English fleet taking on a Mixed fleet.

HMS Lord Kettering and HMS Bath set out:

How gorgeous:

2 players, 60 points and 4 fleets, 20 points
2 players, 60 points and 4 fleets, 20 points
2 players, 60 points and 4 fleets, 20 points

The Dunlap ambushes the Bath, and it’s English civil war!

2 players, 60 points and 4 fleets, 20 points

The Lord Kettering takes care of some Pirate scum.

2 players, 60 points and 4 fleets, 20 points

The Bath survived the attack, and the English have brought back a bunch of gold.

2 players, 60 points and 4 fleets, 20 points

The civil war continues as the Empress takes on the Dunlap!

2 players, 60 points and 4 fleets, 20 points

As the 1v1 battle rages, the Pequod loses a mast to the Lord Kettering but gets home with a Homing Beacon.

2 players, 60 points and 4 fleets, 20 points

The Lord Kettering sank the Black Mongoose on her way to the Pequod:

HMS Lord Kettering

The Lord Kettering round earthed her way to the west, dismasting the Moulin Rouge. The Empress was victorious against the Dunlap, and the Bath had the final treasure coin.

2 players, 60 points and 4 fleets, 20 points

Total carnage! The fleets wage war with ferocity, with masts and spars falling everywhere.

War at sea in Pirates CSG

In the end, the English were victorious 36-22!

2 players, 60 points and 4 fleets, 20 points

The second game featured 4 20 point fleets, with each person controlling 2 fleets. The stipulation was that similar to CG1, each person had to play their fleets independently.

5 island setup for Pirates game
Pirate fleet docked at custom island
Spanish ship docked at island
2 players, 60 points and 4 fleets, 20 points

The Selkie started the action, going 1/3 on a sniping run against the Santo Columba.

Selkie sniping ability

The Sea Nymph and Pequod became locked in a fierce engagement, with the captained Pequod predictably getting the better of it.

Ships locked in battle at sea

The Selkie also took damage from the Pequod, who dropped her explorer at the island for more gold. I controlled the Spanish, so it was no surprise that I played them aggressively because of CG1.

2 players, 60 points and 4 fleets, 20 points

After some more cannon fire and round earth shenanigans, the Pirates appeared to be the only fleet not in the running.

2 players, 60 points and 4 fleets, 20 points

The Santo Columba used her S-boarding ability to rob the Black Mongoose, and after losing two more masts she was able to get it home. However, the Henry VIII was home with more gold for the English Pirates.

In the end, the Spanish were too shortsighted, going after the Pequod as the biggest threat but not paying enough attention to the English Pirates!

1. English Pirates: 24 gold
2. Spanish: 20
3. Americans: 15
4. Pirates: 0

What a great pair of games! The second one was especially intriguing for me, and the fun of playing tiny games with lots of fleets cannot be understated.

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