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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!
Ben

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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]
Ben replied to the topic Rules for Thought #37 – Making Marines Better in the forum Pirates CSG 7 years, 2 months ago

The crew elimination ability seems useful, and makes the most sense. I’ve always found the Marine and Musketeer ability to eliminate masts rather comical, since you’d expect them to be carrying, well, a musket.

Haha! Exactly! The concept of mast elimination (and how it doesn’t slow down ship speeds) has always been rather strange in this game.…[Read more]
Ben started the topic Huge cargo on Treasure Ships with simple links in the forum Pirates CSG 7 years, 2 months ago

The Baochuan and Guichuan (found in the Master Spreadsheet) are truly two of the most unique ships in the game. Captain Vendari and/or Godmason have brought up the possibility of increasing their large cargo holds with linked crew. I often forget that because of the Treasure Ship keyword, their mandatory linked crew automatically give them 1 mo…[Read more]
Ben started the topic Rules for Thought #37 – Making Marines Better in the forum Pirates CSG 7 years, 2 months ago
Now that the Rules survey has some results (44 responses as of this post), I think it would be a good idea to discuss some various options in detail. I’ve been thinking of various house rules for specific crew abilities, which I’ll release as separate threads.

Here are some house rules for Marines that are designed to make them more useful:
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Ben wrote a new post 7 years, 2 months ago

A HUGE thanks to el_cazador for reaching out to me! And once again, a HUGE thanks to B.J. Olejnik for getting this module up and running. I literally had VASSAL on my to-do list for today (part of a series of […]
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  @Brooks: Thank you so much! Appreciate the comment!
  Ben
Ben replied to the topic Custom Ships (post your custom game pieces here!) in the forum Pirates CSG 7 years, 2 months ago

Execration
Type: Ship
Faction Affiliation: Cursed
Rarity: C
Point Value: 14
Number of Masts: 3
Cargo Space: 2
Base Move: L
Cannons: 2S-3L-2L
Ability: Fear. L-range cannons cannot hit this ship.

Flavor text: Foul misdeeds follow those who have lived through an encounter with the Execration. It seems as though anyone who loses a battle with the…[Read more]
Ben replied to the topic News and Updates Thread in the forum Pirates CSG 7 years, 2 months ago

Big win today. Managed to increase the speed of the home page and main forum page – Google’s PageSpeed Insights tool now shows a perfect 100 score on desktop for both. Mobile is only at 74, but lately it’s been in the 27-34 range, so still a big improvement. So for now I might kinda rest on that since it can get technical, confusing, and ti…[Read more]
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