Ben

  • Is there any way to transfer the Fruit UT from one friendly ship to another?

    Is it legal to explore a flotilla to give it the Maps of Hades UT?  (so the UT can be “hidden” away and basically made irrelevant)

     

  • No, don’t change Sharpton!!!! I figure you could make another American who has more serious anti-pirate abilities.

    Sharpton is as anti-Pirate as it gets!  I literally cannot make someone who hates Pirates more.  I may still swap abilities around.  Actually just added “if this ship wins a boarding party against a Pirate ship, eliminate all of that…[Read more]

  • So jumping between the two forums does give me a sense of disconnect.

    Agreed.  Part of it is a combination of some people not migrating from there to here, some people that have joined here not posting as much as they might at MT, and people not migrating because MT is still up.

    When I learned of MT’s potential demise I had to do everything…[Read more]

  • Ben replied to the topic The Podcast Thread in the forum Pirates CSG 7 years, 9 months ago

    I think my alternate way of posting the podcast is why your quotes have the coding in them… yet another thing on my Pirates to do list….

    There certainly are issues such as putting him on a Home island raider and then teleport right to the home island could very easily be a game changer in that regard.

    Great point.  I have a feeling his…[Read more]

  • Jean and Dominique AE American right? Their flavor leads me to believe that they might be French….

    Oops!  They are French and I must have just continued the faction from the previous day.

    I guess Sharpton is kind of tailor-made for the Constitution, but oh well.  I could always change the defensive ability to something more anti-Pirate, like +1…[Read more]

  • Ben wrote a new post 7 years, 9 months ago

    Originally published to Miniature Trading on September 9th, 2011
    CoS: Broadside Heaven
    This is for Nemo’s Challenge of Snails fleet contest.
    My favourite ship of all time is the HMS Lord Algernon, and although […]

  • I also think that Sharpton is fine as-is. I would probably NOT use him on his linked ship though. I’d probably put him on the RV constitution!

    Good point… there’s a good case to be made that he should be the one with the massive anti-Pirate/Cursed bonuses, but I don’t necessarily want all that on something like the Zhanfu.  Plus he trained th…[Read more]

  • Ben wrote a new post 7 years, 9 months ago

    Extra Action Gold Runners
    Originally published to Miniature Trading on August 21st, 2011

    I wanted to create a 40-point standard fleet using at least two fast ships with good cargo holds that would utilize the […]

  • Ben wrote a new post 7 years, 9 months ago

    Published to Miniature Trading on August 8th, 2011
    COMMON – A7XFANBEN
    This is my first fleet I have submitted, this one for the Common Fleet Challenge. I used Administrator Scott Bratley to push the points to […]

  • Ben wrote a new post 7 years, 9 months ago

  • I really like the Justice and Sharpton.

    Glad to hear that!

    the + to die rolls would affect cannons yes? O would it only affect things like EA/SAT, Boarding?

    +1 to d6 rolls against a specific faction is simply an upgraded version of the typical faction-hater ability that affects cannon rolls.  It applies to all d6 rolls made specifically AGAINST…[Read more]

  • Ben replied to the topic The eBay Sales thread in the forum Pirates CSG 7 years, 9 months ago

    SPANISH MAIN OVERLOAD!!

    Big lot of unpunched SM, with most of the 5 masters present: https://goo.gl/KCXEHF

    HUGE lot of punched SM, massive duplicates: https://goo.gl/ZjcQE1

  • Justice
    Faction Affiliation: American
    Rarity: R
    Type: Ship
    Point Value: 18
    Number of Masts: 5
    Cargo Space: 4
    Base Move: S+S
    Cannons: 3L-3L-3S-3S-3S
    Ability: Hostile: Pirate. This ship gets +3 to her d6 rolls against the Pirates. This ship gets +2 to her d6 rolls against the Cursed.
    Link: Alexander Sharpton

    Flavor text: Captain Alexander Sharpton…[Read more]

  • @Andrew: It can come down to personal preference, but 4 masters are both plentiful (there are more of them than the powerful 5 masters) and extremely good (some of the best ships in the game have 4 masts, such as the Darkhawk II and Santa Isabel).

  • @Andrew: Thank you. I have managed to win some games with inferior fleets, but winning with the English is usually the most satisfying since they’re my favorite faction.
    Have fun,
    Ben

  • Ben replied to the topic Battle Reports in the forum Pirates CSG 7 years, 9 months ago

    Sounds like a rule for a campaign, and would lend itself well to islands that have paths cut into them, like my arch island, or the Bone Temple island.

    Indeed; it’s kinda similar to the army unit land movement rules for the World game.  I think it makes sense too, since a person might be able to run about as fast as a sailing ship’s average cruising speed.

  • Ben replied to the topic Battle Reports in the forum Pirates CSG 7 years, 9 months ago

    I did that simply because the islands wee large, and it felt silly to have only one stack of coins per island.

    One thing I’ve done in the past is have different coins in different areas of an island.  A ship can only load coins from where it docks.  This is easier when you have islands with multiple beaches to dock at, but you could also let c…[Read more]

  • Ben wrote a new post 7 years, 9 months ago

    English Fleet Review – How Good is the English Faction? English Fleet Review Looking at a faction’s capabilities In this post, I will examineContinue reading→

    • @Andrew: Thank you. I have managed to win some games with inferior fleets, but winning with the English is usually the most satisfying since they’re my favorite faction.
      Have fun,
      Ben

  • Rutesh
    Faction Affiliation: Barbary Corsair
    Rarity: C
    Type: Crew
    Point Value: 6
    Ability: Musketeer. HI Raider. [This ship may dock at an enemy home island and load one treasure. If able, she must leave on your next turn.]

    Flavor text: With his trusty musket in hand, Rutesh is always ready to jump overboard in an enemy harbor, eager to rob…[Read more]

  • Ben replied to the topic Battle Reports in the forum Pirates CSG 7 years, 9 months ago

    Wow, you should have taken pictures given the awesome islands in play!

    Flung is such a funny word haha, great usage of that in the BR.  Sounds like Blackheart took over!  That’s a lot of gold for the game size.  Interesting rule with the stacks.

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