Ben

Great podcast with Mike Selinker! I felt he shed a fair amount of light onto the inner workings and the development of Pirates.

Thank you!!  I agree!  It was more in-depth and awesome than I could have asked or hoped for.  Certainly one for the ages to look back upon.

And yes, the Dutch certainly had their fair share of wars against England.  The…[Read more]

my variant rule is that if there is no crew and you succeed then you may leave a crew on the losers ship to capture it.

Even if the ship isn’t derelict?  That seems very powerful to me.

I may warm up to the idea of setting fire while boarding though(no pun intended) but a simple way of handling all of this would maybe be special crew I.e. a…

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A fan version should be easy enough to start, given that imagery and trademarked elements don’t find their way into this version.

Hmmm… this is starting to remind me more and more of the previous attempt at a fan-made set that got bogged down with the legal troubles and actually coming up with funds to make anything.  I think it could be har…[Read more]

just thought of something potentially viable for this, combine it with a home island raider, or some other ability that would let you dock at an enemy home island.

Indeed.  I believe I thought of that when making the ship, which is part of the reason I didn’t want to go too low on the cost despite the low speed and cargo.

Might as well put some…[Read more]

Indeed, the thinner cardstock seems like it would be flimsy and unable to fit together tight enough for ships to stay constructed.

I wonder what materials Ben has tried myself. I wonder if the durable plastic from something like a sterilite tote with graphics glues on or a decal might take a bit more abuse then styrene.

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Is cardstock sturdy enough?

Imagine new “expansions” of the game instead of packs you buy but a picture pack you download and print out. A bit of DIY to build them, and play.

Indeed, Woelf and others have discussed things like that in the past, especially with stickers.

The older ships could be the collectible part of the game with perhaps som…

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Would the main boarding ability be in addition to any other possible boarding win options? Would the SoI be able to use that ability and then either take or eliminate a treasure and eliminate another crew?

No, it would be instead of, similar to how the Massacre ability works.

I’m not sue how often that second ability will come into play, since I d…

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Slaughter of Innocents
Type: Ship
Faction Affiliation: Cursed
Rarity: LE
Point Value: 28
Number of Masts: 10
Cargo Space: 4
Base Move: S
Cannons: 6L-5L-4S-3S-2S-1S-1S-3L-5S-5S
Ability: Junk. Fear. If this ship wins a boarding party, eliminate all crew with a point cost of 4 or less. When this ship docks at an island, eliminate all non-Cursed crew…[Read more]

Sounds quite unique.  Nemo’s Plans makes that Nautilus very OP, so I’d be inclined to simply avoid her.

For a variety of reasons I may not be posting to this thread every day going forward. Part of the reason I started the “Hcustom of the day” series is so Xerecs and I would have enough historically accurate options for The Caribbean Game. That game has been completely inactive so there is little incentive to create more historical customs that may…[Read more]

It may not really work with this game, but I do like the idea of a variable turn order system.

I do like how it could make things less predictable, but I think it could give rise to some OP situations.  I’m thinking of a player going last on one round, then first in the next round to essentially have a double turn.  Imagine that with Saccing – 4 c…[Read more]

Time to double up.

Odin’s Mortar
Type: Ship
Faction Affiliation: Viking
Rarity: U or R
Point Value: 9
Number of Masts: 1
Cargo Space: 0
Base Move: T
Cannons: 3L-3L-3L-3L
Ability: Flotilla. Extended Range. This ship’s cannons cannot hit targets unless they are outside of the normal range of the cannon. When this ship hits an enemy ship, inflict…[Read more]

The episode has happened!

Pirates CSG Podcast #42: MIKE SELINKER, Pirates CSG Game Designer!!!!
You can listen to the audio via ShoutEngine!

You can also listen on Archive.org: https://archive.org/details/PiratesCSGPodcast42MikeSelinker

Mike Selinker is one of the original game designers of Pirates CSG.

His company, Lone S…[Read more]

Skull Valley
Type: Fort
Faction Affiliation: Pirate
Rarity: C
Gold Cost: 5 gold
Cannons: 4L-4L-4L-4L-4L
Ability: Extended Range. This fort ignores the first hit she takes each turn as long as she has all of her flags. This fort must be built on the center of its wild island.

Flavor text: A true pirate stronghold, the Skull Valley is located on an…[Read more]

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