Ben

Pirates CSG Podcast #38: News, Game Essentials, Playing Solo, Pirate Code Page, Try 20 Point Fleets!

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNRhR99MXpQ

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Archive.org: https://archive.org/details/PiratesCSGPodcast38

New Idea: Challenge.  …[Read more]

Ahoy Trox, thanks for joining the ship here at Pirates with Ben!

I don’t know if there are any provisions being made for trades or not.

That is a large project that I will not be able to complete anytime soon.  For now we’ll have to rely on private messages.

Sanesha Vayward
Faction Affiliation: Barbary Corsair
Rarity: C
Type: Crew
Point Value: 5
Ability: Black Mark. Crew killing. Crew of any nationality may use their abilities on this ship.

Flavor text: Becoming disenfranchised with life as a mercenary, Vayward abandoned a merchant ship to join the more “brutal” Barbary Corsairs. Always with a knife…[Read more]

Serene Gasp
Faction Affiliation: Jade Rebellion
Rarity: C
Type: Ship
Point Value: 13
Number of Masts: 2
Cargo Space: 5
Base Move: S+S
Cannons: 4S-3L
Ability: Junk. If this ship has a crew with the Shipwright or Cannoneer ability, she gets +1 to her d6 rolls. When this ship is docked at your home island, you may eliminate one treasure. It becomes a…[Read more]

With a perfect score (3/3 votes), Lordstu has been elected to the Pirates CSG Hall of Fame! Congratulations!!

The updated Hall of Fame, by order of induction:
Woelf
A7XfanBen
Cadet-Captain Mike
Holofernes
Old_Man
Xerecs
Lordstu

@Woelf: Great points, and thanks for commenting on an idea that I think has serious potential.

My issue with the fixed rates is I’d prefer it to be more realistic.  Capturing and returning a 5 master to your home island should be worth more points than a 1 master.  Not sure I like the idea of points or gold for masts eliminated, since it feels t…[Read more]

Rats’ Haven
Faction Affiliation: Cursed
Rarity: R
Type: Ship
Point Value: 15
Number of Masts: 3
Cargo Space: 1
Base Move: S+L
Cannons: 4L-4L-4L
Ability: Scorpion. Horror. If this ship wins a boarding party, eliminate one crew from the enemy ship in addition to any other results. [Horror: For each enemy ship within S of this ship at the beginning…[Read more]

Let’s see if it lets me post, or if this will get blocked as soon as I hit submit…

I’m seeing it, so you’re good!

Great to hear your thoughts on it.  People at the Facebook group were a bit more skeptical, so I’ll have to link to this over there.  It makes a lot of sense, and makes me wonder about OE specifically….

Butterfly’s Escape
Faction Affiliation: Mercenary
Rarity: SE
Type: Ship
Point Value: 21
Number of Masts: 3
Cargo Space: 5
Base Move: S+L
Cannons: 4S-4L-4S
Ability: Mercenary. Double Catamaran. If this ship is within S of an enemy ship when this ship is given a move action, she gets +S to her base move. Once per turn as a free action, this ship can…[Read more]

Apparently an Obago Deuce sold for $500!  O_O  (assuming it wasn’t a Best Offer accepted)