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Ben wrote a new post 7 years, 2 months ago

Game 8 on VASSAL

2/6/2016

Another game was played between ownage98 and myself, with a 50 point build total.

ownage98

Flying Dutchman + Davy Jones, captain, helmsman

Mourning Star + captain, […]
Ben wrote a new post 7 years, 2 months ago

This game was played on 2/6/2016. It was a 60 point game, notable for being possibly the last physical game I’ll play with the first person I ever taught Pirates to (but maybe not the last!). Also, as part of the […]
Ben wrote a new post 7 years, 2 months ago

2/5/2016

2 more games on VASSAL have already been played! I was about to edit my fansite when I hopped on reddit and got ownage99988 to join me on VASSAL! It was their first game in about 11 years!

Game […]
Ben replied to the topic The Random (PCSG) Topic Thread in the forum Pirates CSG 7 years, 2 months ago

Just published a quick thing on Medium about Pirates CSG. 😀
Ben started the topic Do you think it's optimal to play all out? in the forum Pirates CSG 7 years, 2 months ago

-Is playing all out (balls to the wall) actually better?

Thought of this idea when reviewing some battle reports for a recent post. Perhaps they are isolated examples or products of the multiplayer setups, but I noticed that I won both of the big games after the VASSAL tournaments under interesting circumstances.

I won the 8 fleet game a…[Read more]
Ben wrote a new post 7 years, 2 months ago

2/5/2016
An abbreviated 3 Player Game on VASSAL took place between myself, Captain Vendari, and Xerecs.

The fleets went in this order.

A7XfanBen: Small Fry Rebellion

Xerecs’ Pirates:
Darkhawk II + […]
Ben replied to the topic The eBay Sales thread in the forum Pirates CSG 7 years, 2 months ago

Here is a seller with a lot of Spanish Main stuff. Plus a custom made island/terrain set.
Ben replied to the topic The eBay Sales thread in the forum Pirates CSG 7 years, 2 months ago

Let the bidding continue! Some new listings up: https://ebay.to/2NVjS9W
Ben wrote a new post 7 years, 2 months ago

3 impromptu games were played between myself and xerecs! Since they were all rather lopsided and quick, the reports will be short as well. The three games only took about 3 hours, so the concern of VASSAL games […]
Ben replied to the topic The eBay Sales thread in the forum Pirates CSG 7 years, 2 months ago

Bunch of nice auctions ending today/tonight!

Edit: Overall a few things went for a little more than I expected. Big lot of OE for $89. The common/uncommon lot of OE/RotF was weird, since it went for $35, whereas the previous similar lot with a bunch of rares only went for $15.
Ben replied to the topic Rules for Thought #37 – Making Marines Better in the forum Pirates CSG 7 years, 2 months ago

The original idea was for a generic marine as it was written by WK, but costed at 4-5 points. I’ll run some of the ideas here past JW. At the worst we just go with the first option, a generic marine at 4-5 points, with no other abilities or extra stuff.

Cool, I think 4 points would be a good starting place since 5 is a lot to pay for what they d…[Read more]
Ben replied to the topic Rules for Thought #37 – Making Marines Better in the forum Pirates CSG 7 years, 2 months ago

It’s funny you mentioned Marines, JW and I are thinking about giving every faction a Generic Marine in one of his upcoming Custom sets. We could implement these ideas to make a “new” marine crew.

Makes sense to me. They’re more special than Musketeers but I think it would make sense if there were a lot more of them. The real trouble lies in the…[Read more]
Ben replied to the topic The Random (PCSG) Topic Thread in the forum Pirates CSG 7 years, 2 months ago

This is why I love the internet. Today alone I have messaged and gotten responses from Woelf, Holofernes, and Tiffany O’Brien. I also got in contact with Piranha (Tony Vigil, the original Rules Arbitrator) within the past week. 😀

Now we just need more people posting on the Forum! ^
Ben started the topic Submit your Questions for Pirates Manager Tiffany O'Brien! in the forum Pirates CSG 7 years, 2 months ago

HUGE NEWS!! It’s likely that Tiffany O’Brien will be on an upcoming episode of the Pirates CSG Podcast!

Edit: Here is the episode!

Feel free to post your questions here! (try to keep them as related to Pirates CSG as possible of course)

These are mostly the same/similar questions from past guest appearances; I might edit this list as time g…[Read more]
Ben wrote a new post 7 years, 2 months ago

Admiral A7XfanBen’s Best Games and Plays
Warning: This may be my most arrogant and self-congratulatory piece of content I have ever made or will ever make for Pirates CSG. It is a way for me to look back at my […]
Ben commented on the post, Changes and Plans 7 years, 2 months ago

Haha I just returned to this post! So much can change in a year! That cardboard molding turned into a Giant Turtle! 😀

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Ben replied to the topic Custom Ships (post your custom game pieces here!) in the forum Pirates CSG 7 years, 2 months ago

I actually did retcon it to this. I think you wee the one who said that hiding LIMIT inside the keyword was silly, and so I changed it to that version.

Cool; I thought so but wanted to post things the way I did in case that hadn’t happened yet.

Carronades are incredible. I’ve read enough naval history books to know that those abilities should…[Read more]
Ben commented on the post, VASSAL IS HERE! The first modern VASSAL BATTLE REPORT! (January 29th, 2016) 7 years, 2 months ago

@Brooks: Thank you so much! Appreciate the comment!
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Ben commented on the post, Rise of the Fiends – Mini Set Review 7 years, 2 months ago

@Fred Ota: Thank you for commenting! On a scale of 1-100 a score of 11/20 would convert to a 55/100. I think that is about accurate however, as Rise of the Fiends could be argued to be the worst Pirates CSG expansion ever. However, I would give that dubious distinction to Fire and Steel.

I agree that every set is unique and must-get. There…[Read more]

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Ben replied to the topic Custom Ships (post your custom game pieces here!) in the forum Pirates CSG 7 years, 2 months ago

Historical Custom of the Day #428

Carronade
Equipment
3 points
Ability: This ship gains one 2S cannon that can fire from any mast (even an eliminated mast), but cannot have its range increased. When this cannon hits, eliminate one mast and one crew from the enemy ship. This cannon may be used with other equipment. Ships may use up to two…[Read more]
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