Ben

@Captain Vendari: Great to see you here!

@Jet: Thanks for the kind words!  Interesting to hear from someone who likes the middle sets specifically.

Ben

(should I edit the post they are in as well?).

Not unless you want to.

Ben, that is a unique Titan! I don’t use sea creatures much, but it is pretty cool to see one geared towards treasure hunting. Also think that crew is pretty neat as well! I can see that driving the enemy just a little crazy.

Thanks!

The Black Jack is an awesome ship, s…[Read more]

It is here!  One of the biggest, longest, and most outrageous battle reports I’ve ever done!   354 pictures, so it might take time to load!  XD

Pirates CSG – Legend of the Giant Turtle

The fort’s ability combined with spamming those crew abilities could easily tip the balance of a large/campaign game in the favor of the Cursed.

I don’t think it would happen easily.   The right rolls can be hard to come by, and opponents will know to stay away from the fort or attack in en masse to destroy it.  I think it would be more OP when…[Read more]

Personally, the ability of the Kingdom of Horrors throws me off of it a bit, but I would totally use it as a well-armed staging area for combat-oriented ships.

Which one? (if not all)

I feel a little strange trying to “import” Helm’s Deep into Pirates; either way I think it should cost 5 gold even with that negative ability.

Durinsong is like a…[Read more]

Bold added for emphasis, do you mean fort here instead of ship?

Yes exactly, thanks, fixing it.

In suggesting that they pay to dock, I didn’t mean that they’d have to eliminate gold to do so, but to deposit gold in their HI like any other faction, the difference being that France doesn’t have to deposit gold when they want to repair, they just do it.

I understood that, I was suggesting it as yet another potential house rule allowing Mercs…[Read more]

@ktulu: Interesting combo, I see the Fleeting Star as a support ship on the back lines of a battle.  Would be a good ship to accompany a Mercenary 10 master, maybe include some extra sac food material to supply a crew like SS Tsai when he runs low on the 10 master.

Kingdom of Horrors
Type: Fort
Faction Affiliation: Cursed
Rarity: LE
Gold Cost: 10 gold
Cannons: 3L-3L-2L-2L-3L-3L
Ability: When this fort hits an enemy ship, also eliminate one crew from that ship. If an enemy ship is within S of this fort you can roll a d6. On a result of 6, one target crew is immediately assigned to this ship. Its nationality…[Read more]

I think the treacherous waters would make more sense if a roll of 1 meant something bad (as it usually does in this game).   Maybe a 1 roll would be a reef effect with a 5 or 6 being no effect.  The variability is interesting because you could enter it on purpose and try to game the whirlpool effect for an improbable escape.

And to Ben I would tu…

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Easily my biggest purchase for pirates as well but I think it was well worth it, I have two games planned this weekend so I’ll be trying them out.

Awesome!  Feel free to post about the games in Battle Reports.

What do you think this could be turned into?

I also picked up a piece of aluminum flashing from the hardware store for less than a dollar.  Lots of things I could do with it.

Ok cool, out of the 32 I was able to find I recieved almost all of the Jade Rebellion ships (including several 6 masters) and most of their named crew. That and I went through the list and was able to get 85% of the whole expansion. I’ve never had any Jade Rebellion ships so it was pretty exciting for me to make this find.

That is awesome!!  SC…[Read more]

@Countupyourcoyne: Sounds interesting, and reminds me of cannonfury’s Economy Edition and a little of Merchants and Marauders.  If you do flesh out full house rules or an entire alternative ruleset, feel free to post about it in Game Ideas.

Oh yeah for sure if I was better at making ships I would play a whole fleet of my own design lol

The more you make, the better you’ll get at it!  You never know when you’ll end up better then you expected to be.

I’m excited to say that I am planning to finally play a few physical games again.  As of now my plan is to play one physical solo game per month for the next 3 months (no promises though).  Might not sound like much, but I’m planning to put a potentially inordinate amount of effort into each game and its associated battle report.  Hoping to de…[Read more]

I recently made a great find, several dozen sealed South China Sea boosters. I have been looking for reasonable lots of them for a while and I know they are rare but exaxtly how rare I’m not sure. What have been you all’s experience with searching for South China Sea packs?

SCS is the rarest expansion for packs and correspondingly the most exp…[Read more]