Ben

  • Ben wrote a new post 7 years, 3 months ago

    Today I played a game between my fourth HMS Grand Temple fleet and a deathmatch version of the Garante fleet with the Native Canoes.

    HMS Grand Temple v. 4.0 

    El Garante + Countess Anita Amore, Nemesio […]

  • Ben replied to the topic News and Updates Thread in the forum Pirates CSG 7 years, 3 months ago

    I suspect this has something to do on my end with cookies and stuff.

    It might be, I had to clear some histories yesterday to get logged into the forum page properly.  However, there were a few issues with the site 2 days ago, so there’s a chance it’s a leftover problem from that.  That said, it’s strange that you can post here not there.  Try cl…[Read more]

  • Ben replied to the topic News and Updates Thread in the forum Pirates CSG 7 years, 3 months ago

    I’m having a problem with the Custom Ships thread, it keeps logging me out when I click on it. Could be a problem on my end, but heads up.

    Are you accessing the thread from the main forum, from the notification in the top right corner, or from an email notification link?

    I was just able to post there after going to the latest post from the main f…[Read more]

  • Gunos Fortress
    Type: Fort
    Faction Affiliation: Cursed
    Rarity: R
    Gold Cost: 8 gold
    Cannons: 3L-3L-3L-3S-3S
    Ability: This fort can only be built on a whirlpool when a Cursed ship is touching the whirlpool. Enemy ships using this whirlpool must pay a toll of 2 gold to this fort (gold may come from the ship or that player’s home island). If this…[Read more]

  • Thanks! The Pawtucket is definitely an underrated hybrid/gold runner. Hope to hear about that game sometime!
    Ben
    (looking into the Custom Ships thing)

  • Ben replied to the topic News and Updates Thread in the forum Pirates CSG 7 years, 3 months ago

    Huzzah!  I currently seem to be ranking #2 in google for “Pirates CSG” behind only Miniature Trading!  😀

  • Ben wrote a new post 7 years, 3 months ago

    Due to time constraints I am only planning on playing one game per matchup from here on out.

    *If you haven’t looked at these fleets you really should! I’m not going to repost entire fleet descriptions in the […]

  • Ben wrote a new post 7 years, 3 months ago

    4 Players, 40 Points – May 25th, 2019 Just played a game at 4 players, 40 points!  (not solo)  It would be a fContinue reading

    • Yay, nice to see the Pawtucket get used, I got he in a pack wayyy back when my collection could fit into a pencil box. I just used he in a 150 point game actually, but didn’t take any pictures.
      anywho, nice little game, with some interesting fleets.
      PS, I’m not sue if it’s on my end o not, but I’m not able to post to the Customs thread, the site doesn’t think I’m logged in. I’ll do a double check now to see if the problem has resolved itself.

      • Thanks! The Pawtucket is definitely an underrated hybrid/gold runner. Hope to hear about that game sometime!
        Ben
        (looking into the Custom Ships thing)

  • Former Wizkids Communication Manager Jason Mical’s LinkedIn profile says:

    Developed and executed a traditional and new media PR campaign for a new game with expected lifetime sales of $400,000; the game became an evergreen product that grossed $3,000,000 per year.

    Can’t help but wonder if that’s about Pirates…. O_O  Certainly interesting to do…[Read more]

  • repository has some interesting potential, I’d have to look at all the crew with ‘Fiend’ in their name, though I think some might not function efficiently in a fort.

    I did take a peek after posting it, and the combos were little more disappointing than I expected.  XD  Even the ones that had applicable abilities would probably be better on ships,…[Read more]

  • Now that the Rules survey has some results (43 responses as of this post), I think it would be a good idea to discuss some various options in detail.

    Are there any changes you would recommend to the shooting system?

    “Raking” would be cool. If you hit the stern of a ship it’s worth two masts. Rewards speed and agility while providing a real-world…

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  • Ben wrote a new post 7 years, 3 months ago

    The next three game series would be between my Hai Peng Fort Frenzy fleet and a fleet that was created recently with some of my new ships. The first game was particularly long and exciting, even complex to a […]

  • Does the Miniaturetrading site not accept new users? I have tried creating an account and the captcha never matches and I have not been able to create an account in the last three days…

    I would assume they are still accepting new users, but who knows given how weird the site has been.

    Anyone know a way to contact them about this?

    As far as I k…[Read more]

  • Ben replied to the topic Pulls/Purchases Thread in the forum Pirates CSG 7 years, 3 months ago

    @uadoom: Wow, other than the Ghost Walker and the helmsmen, that’s kind of a rough pack for play purposes.  I find it sad that there can be duplicates (let alone double!) inside of the same mega pack….

  • oooh, some wonderfully nasty Cursed.

    Indeed, I’m on a roll and will just continue with them!  They have 272 total game pieces, so more than 1/4 of the set.

    Wormking’s ability seems very specific, I’d much rather see a broader bonus to sea monsters crew.

    I actually almost raised him to 8 since it could be problematic that there’s no limit to how…[Read more]

  • Its down yet again. I pity the people doing trades with this crap going on, it must be infuriating knowing that your time is running out but you can’t do anything about it.

    I was trying to set one up but at this point I’m glad we didn’t get one started.  Someone on FB messaged me about an issue due to the site’s weirdness.

  • Ben replied to the topic News and Updates Thread in the forum Pirates CSG 7 years, 3 months ago

    Huzzah!!  I finally made another change to the site, one I had been wanting to do for a while.  On most of the sidebars (including the home page) you can now see a “Best Posts” widget/menu with 10 featured posts!  😀  (I like the uniqueness/relevancy of the forum sidebar, and don’t really want to add more to it in case it might slow things dow…[Read more]

  • Given the Sufferings ability, I’d probably use he as a scout gunship, or try to keep he away from fleet operations until absolutely necessary.

    Solid idea.  One idea I had was a one-time suicide “whirlpool bomb”.  Wait for an AA, then send her through a whirlpool where she can shoot a ton of enemy ships grouped around a different whirlpool.  Comb…[Read more]

  • Ben wrote a new post 7 years, 4 months ago

    I’ve played another 3 game series, this time between a different version of UPS and the EA Gold Runners fleet. Again, if you haven’t checked out these fleets yet I suggest you do so. The links are below.

    Silver […]

  • Ben replied to the topic Pulls/Purchases Thread in the forum Pirates CSG 7 years, 4 months ago

    A member of the Facebook group just posted about something really weird and obnoxious – getting the Super Rare insert (“you have found the SR pack!” etc) in a non-SR pack!!  O_O

    Makes me wonder if Wizkids was still making this stuff, if someone could mail them proof of the mistake and try to get an SR pack out of it.  XD

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