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Ben wrote a new post 7 years, 10 months ago

A Classic Matchup for the Ages: El Acorazado vs. HMS Endeavour
I was able to play a few games today, earlier than I expected. I only got out two ships, however, and everything is already put away.

The matchup […]

Ben wrote a new post 7 years, 10 months ago

Pirates of the Caribbean – Mini Set Review Pirates of the Caribbean Mini Set Review Product: Pirates of theContinue reading→

Ben replied 7 years, 3 months ago

@WIL: I’ve watched all of the PotC movies multiple times as well! This set combines the lore and flavor of the movies into a regular Pirates CSG expansion. Thanks for the kind words and the comment!
Ben
Ben replied 7 years, 2 months ago

@Christine: Awesome, I love the movies too!! You can see my ranking of them here.

Hope you get into the game! Feel free to join the Forum if you do! 😀

Thanks for your comment,
Ben

Ben wrote a new post 7 years, 10 months ago

Command the Oceans
The time has come for me to play another solo campaign game! It will be the first game of this type since my Experimental cumulative game in January 2016, and the first (hopefully) longer-style […]

Ben replied 5 years, 2 months ago

Thank you!
That wind system sounds quite interesting. I’ve only used wind rules a few times, with a similar but more basic system: mainly in the Experimental cumulative game and 6×150.

Do you ever have problems determining if a ship is going with/against the wind or not? Do ships get the bonus if only one move segment is with the wind?
Why are ships set back the -S after moving? Does that mean you determine a final heading from the last segment and then move them S straight backwards from that spot?

I would be interested in your other house rules – you can post them in the Game Ideas thread.

Thanks for sharing!
Ben

Ben wrote a new post 7 years, 10 months ago

Please read the first post if you haven’t already!

PLAY HAS BEGUN!

The first resource rolls! For the first 8 turns, fish would be the most valuable resource.

Introducing: Captain Mysion’s Pirate K […]

Ben wrote a new post 7 years, 10 months ago

Turn 3!

Mission reaches Pistol Island at the helm of the Cassandra:

Notice the distinctive shape, hence where the island gets its name:

Wow! All three Pirate ships reach wild islands in the same turn! […]

Ben wrote a new post 7 years, 10 months ago

Play has continued! For the most part, it looks like my schedule will allow me to play at least one turn per day for the foreseeable future, which in this case is about two weeks.

Looking west for a change, you […]

Ben wrote a new post 7 years, 10 months ago

I was only able to play one turn today, but there should be an absolute intensive flurry of turns over the next 3-4 days.

Gunner succeeded on his first SAT roll, allowing the Cassandra to leave Mission’s P […]

Ben wrote a new post 7 years, 10 months ago

Today I was able to play a whopping 10 turns!! Naturally this will be one of the longer reports.

The day of play started with the first resource change of the game! A 3 was rolled, meaning that textiles w […]

Ben wrote a new post 7 years, 10 months ago

I should have noted in the previous report that some Command the Oceans content will be released earlier than these battle reports. If you want to hear about things as soon as you can, make sure to follow me […]

Ben wrote a new post 7 years, 10 months ago

A few things before I get into the main report:

-Forts can now be set on fire. This is a house rule that started in my Experimental cumulative game and continues with the World ruleset.
The rules for flaming […]

Ben wrote a new post 7 years, 10 months ago

Turn 31 was played today! Indeed, the first 4 resource rolls came to exactly 30 turns total. My Economy Edition game peaked in terms of points on Turn 33, and only lasted 45 turns, meaning that not only is this […]

Ben wrote a new post 7 years, 10 months ago

Turn 32 passed without incident, and this will be the shortest report so far.

The Pirates have a logjam, with 5 ships leaving the kingdom from the southern entrance while two ships are delayed in getting […]

Ben wrote a new post 7 years, 10 months ago

With essentially nothing of note happening in the Sea of Allost, we jump straight to the Caribbean, where the English have spent 49 gold for HMS Galapagos, HMS Serapis, the Gibraltar flotilla, and another […]

Ben wrote a new post 7 years, 10 months ago

Somehow, I was able to play two turns today!

Another quick house rule:
-Shipwrights can repair forts while stationed inside

The Pirates cash in newly unloaded metals for a whopping 128 gold, spending 96 of […]

Ben wrote a new post 7 years, 10 months ago

I will start by saying that I think this is probably one of my biggest and best reports I’ve written!! Prepare yourself! XD

I was able to play 5 turns today, Turns 36-40. At the outset of Turn 36, there were 3 […]

Ben wrote a new post 7 years, 10 months ago

I played 3 long turns today, but that will probably be the most I can play in a day for quite some time now… probably!

Turn 41 begins with the Pirates firing at the Americans. Ralph David’s squadron is […]

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