Ben

Filching Gold is worded as a”once per turn”, could it be used like any of the other once per turn abilities like a canceller or a spying ability?

Yes, you can use it outside of your own turn if some other player moves their ship into contact with yours.     (You cannot keep reusing it if the ships are already in contact, because it says “touch…

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Unlock the horrors of The Cursed with this Mega Pack from Pirates of the Epic Seas!

Introducing: Pirates of the Epic Seas Cursed Mega Pack!

Contents: 5 brand-new game pieces – a 10 masted junk, a new sea creature type, a 1 masted sloop, and 2 named crew!

Quantity: 5 copies to start, likely more if it sells out

Expected price: $90 on release day, then around $100 after that

Release Date: Friday the 13th of December

Factory footage:

Stern turn of Schooner/Longship/etc: “When given a move action, this ship can rotate on her stern (the rear of the ship) in any direction as an additional, final movement segment.”

Because it says “additional”, does that mean a schooner cannot stern turn as its only move segment of a move action?

I would think not, but I suppose it’s largely…[Read more]

Golden Seas Playtest Game #9 – February 8th, 2024

Fixed spelling of Julius Caesar (from “Ceaser”) in links on Jonathan Haraden (RV 091 and RV UL091).

Atakebune
For my first custom ship type, I decided to go with something rather unique but still historical. These were Japanese warships active during the Age of Sail, with a focus on boarding and hand-to-hand combat rather than gunnery.
The flag towards the bow has the Tokugawa crest on it, while the flags with black and white are based on the…[Read more]

Apologies if I’ve asked this before….

Links

Multiple different crew may be linked to a single ship at once, but each crew can link with only one other crew or ship at a time unless an ability specifically allows additional links to be created.

How many cargo spaces would a ship gain if it carried all three Knights of Malta at once? (Don Rafael…[Read more]

Buying Survey bump!

Golden Seas Playtest Game #7 – January 12th, 2024

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