No Sails Fleet Challenge

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  • #17644
    Ben
    Keymaster

    The Challenge: Make a 70 point fleet using ONLY game pieces that have no sails. This means that the vast majority of game pieces considered “ships” cannot be used in fleets. It will likely be almost exclusively fleets of sea creatures, submarines, flotillas, etc. If a game piece has an “alternative” material used as sails (such as skin sails on a Cursed ship), that is still considered a sail. Flags are not sails, so things like forts and flotillas are available for use. If you intend to use a fort, make sure it’s in the description or strategy writeup for your fleet. Crew/Equipment/Events/UT’s with sails on the artwork (such as in a crew portrait background, or a Unique Treasure such as Metal Hull) are fair game to use.

    Rules:
    -Only one fleet will be allowed per player.
    -There can be fleets of multiple nationalities.
    -Game pieces from Return to Savage Shores are allowed.
    -Ban List: Physical game pieces with sails. Items not on the ban list are available for use (with the exception of the Sleigh and Captain Whitebeard of course).
    -Custom game pieces are not allowed.

    Fleet Scoring:
    -I will pick the winning fleet, based primarily on how effective it is, but also how creative it is. I would like for as many people as possible (whether they are participating in the fleet challenge or not) to rate the fleets on a 1-5 scale as well (5 being the best), similar to how we did it at Miniature Trading.

    More Stuff:
    -Post a link to your fleet in this thread or in the #fleet-discussions channel of the Discord server. You can list the fleet out, or make it in PSMList and link to its location there.
    -Edits after posting are okay if there are rules issues or other serious problems, but try to avoid any drastic changes.
    -If you will be participating in the challenge, feel free to make a post about it here in this thread.
    -Fleets are not meant to be pitted against other fleets submitted for the challenge for the purposes of the judging/scoring process. (no point in making a counter fleet to one someone else already submitted)
    -Please post any questions you have in this thread.

    Prizes:
    -If at least 10 fleets are submitted by different members of the community: Winner of the challenge will receive 1 sealed South China Seas booster pack. 2nd place: 1 sealed booster pack of either SM, RV, BC, DJC, PotC or RotF (entrant will choose 1). Winners will pay for shipping.
    -Bragging rights.
    -The opportunity to create the next Fleet Challenge.

    Deadlines:
    -Submit your fleet no later than 11:59 PST on January 31st (1/31/2024).
    -I will choose a winner no later than 11:59 PST on February 22nd 2024.

    This is to introduce a new scheduling system for fleet challenges. The new time deadline for a fleet challenge from the day it is announced to the day a winner is determined is 2 months. The maximum amount of time between challenges will be 1 month – if the winner of a challenge does not start a new one within 1 month of winning the previous one, I will start a new challenge. This means we will have at least 4 fleet challenges per year, with no hiatuses of a year or more.

    #17684
    Timothy Tomaso
    Participant

    Looks like I am first?
    Here you go Ben, my 70 point, no sails fleet:
    https://psmlist.com/public/fleet/show/7773692826/mercs__damn_the_sails

    Dive or die . .

    #17687
    Ben
    Keymaster

    Looks like I am first?
    Here you go Ben, my 70 point, no sails fleet:
    https://psmlist.com/public/fleet/show/7773692826/mercs__damn_the_sails

    Dive or die . .

    Awesome! Someone from the discord submitted a fleet as well. Thanks for entering!

    #17691
    Stefan
    Participant

    Thanks for running the contest!

    This was my intention but I then realized it was 70 points and not 75 so this is my legal entry 🙂

    #17710
    Ben
    Keymaster

    Less than 3 weeks left to enter the challenge!  (deadline is 1/31)

    #17732
    Ben
    Keymaster

    10 more days left to enter!

    #17740
    Jonathan Bowen
    Participant

    Hello there!
    Submitting my fleet I posted in discord, here to the official forum as well.

    [Accept No Sub-stitute](https://psmlist.com/public/fleet/show/9548438447/accept_no_sub_stitute)

    #17741
    Ben
    Keymaster

    Awesome!

    About 9 days remaining, and we only need 3 more fleets to unlock the prizes!

    #17774
    Rara avis
    Participant

    Almost didn’t make it (life got… interesting); anyway:

    Let others swim, we will fly:

    https://psmlist.com/public/fleet/show/0375199436/monster_alliance

    Also added an UT: Wet gunpowder (the only one I have that I think would be useful for this particular fleet).

    I tried to limit myself to pieces I have (and know); basically in an attempt to not overthink it too much.

    Cheers.

    #17777
    Timothy Tomaso
    Participant
    #17784
    Luke Menzie
    Participant

    Very very last minute, but I thought I may as well enter!

    [Toro Tows Sailless Silliness](https://psmlist.com/public/fleet/show/7933523465/toro_tows_sailless)

    Made for Ben’s challenge Jan 2024.

     

    Cargo Masters do give space to Flotillas, so Santana+Armada should work.

     

    George and the Cargo Master are from RtSS, so if you don’t recognize em that’s why!

     

    Lamon is used for extra actions and should either stay docked or submerged the whole game.

     

    Hopefully nobody remembers that George exists, as people only really use Mycron. Abuse this with Raptor Maw to totally destroy with double action sea dragon! Add Santana, and now Raptor Maw has got even better cannons!

     

    Toro+Armada is something of a hybrid, with the potential for 4 2S+S cannons and 4 3L cannons shooting in a turn, and coming back home with 1 treasure, but +2 to the value. A max move of L+L is nothing to scoff at neither, especially cuz he can crawl over islands. Plus the cargo destruction…

     

    Also is there a ruling on a Titan crawling over an island while towing something? Can Armada follow Toro over an island? I didn’t see anything against it in the code…

     

    If things get desperate (like Raptor Maw and Toro gets destroyed) perhaps drop off George and utilize Lamon as another treasure runner with only 1 space?

     

    #17785
    Ben
    Keymaster

    Thanks to all who entered the Fleet Challenge!  The submission deadline has passed and I count 10 entrants!  🙂

    My tentative plan is to review the fleets on Saturday, and announce a winner on Sunday. (likely videos for both)

    #17789
    Captain Vendari
    Participant

    I already posted my fleet in the Discord server, posting it here for Ben’s benefit.

    Fleet Builder | PSMList.com

    #17798
    Ben
    Keymaster

    Reviewing the Fleet Challenge entries!  Winner announcement video coming tomorrow.

    #17800
    Ben
    Keymaster

    The winners announcement video!  Thanks to all who entered and congratulations!

    #17804
    Rara avis
    Participant

    Congratulations to the winners!

     

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