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The Georgetown comes under attack from the Feathered Hat and Deliverance! However, the Pirates roll an abysmal 1/5.

The Grand Path veers off from her conflict with the Nightmare to target that ship and the […]

Play continued, although only for about half a turn. That’s because activities in the Sea of Allost alone took about 2 hours, mostly due to a Pirate megalaunch! 

Turn 49: new resource rolls! I was a bit di […]

The second part of Turn 49 was finished today, with activities in the Caribbean and Karkuda providing little excitement but much in the way of long-term operations.

With no Spanish ships docked at or right near […]

What the heck is going on?! 

Now that I’ve reached Turn 50 and a considerable amount of stuff has happened, I think it’s a good time for the first recap of the game.

Oceans and rooms:
Sea of Allost: first […]

Here is the report for Turns 52 and 53!

Here we start in the Sea of Karkuda instead of the Sea of Allost, as the Pirates are in combat with the Americans! The Fool’s Hope surges forward and rams Preble’s own […]

The Pirates venture deeper into the Tunnel they had discovered last turn!

A view of the dark interior from the other side! Calico Cat doesn’t even realize she has come out the other end of the […]

Played most of Turn 55 just now.

The Pirates aboard the smaller ships are curious about the Tunnel:

At the other end, the Revenant gets a 6 to emerge from the fog and turn around! The other Pirate gunships […]

Due to a surprise resource change and some real-life logistics, I wasn’t able to finish all of Turn 56. However, what did happen was pretty interesting.

Previously shrouded in fog, the Americans and French d […]

Here are the American and French turns of Turn 56.

The French utterly dominate the Americans at The Flat!

The Cleveland, Saratoga, and Delaware are finished, while the Minuteman has one mast left but is […]

Turn 57! The day’s action begins with Pirate activities at the Tunnel, where Mission is returning to Pirate waters. Bartholomew Roberts is exploring the Tunnel, amazed at both the height and length of […]

Two faction turns were played today.

This shows the entire Jade fleet, with their battle squadron becoming stronger by the turn.

The JR wild island had run out of resources briefly, but then began […]

Finished up Turn 58 and started Turn 59.

The game is about as peaceful as it’s been for quite some time, but not in the Caribbean! The English strike back hard against the Spanish, getting some quality shots in […]

Finished up Turn 59.

The Second Battle of Diamond Rock in the Caribbean, showing an effective English turn:

Both the Serpiente and Asesino de la Nave were set on fire, while the Profeta was […]

Turn 60! New resource rolls!

A 2 roll for 5 turns! The 2 was the first time that came up for a regular roll, though it did occur on one of the random one turn changes. Lumber was worth 6, with luxuries 5 […]

Command the Oceans – Turns 61-63 (10/13/2017) Finally everything came together for the first time in quite a while for a BIG day of play! 😀 NotContinue reading→

Warning: short report here, and the next few will likely be as well.

Turn 64 begins with yet another random resource change! For this one turn, metals would be worth 6 again and textiles 5! This would […]

The Cursed had an uneventful Turn 64, but are saving up.

In the Caribbean, English ships go to and from the home island. New gunships are departing while old ones come in for repairs. At the left, a […]

Nemo continues to speak with Gaston and the French captain of the Aube.

However, he grows frustrated, as even he cannot explain the mysterious disappearance of Eileen Brigid O’Brien and the Celtic Fury. […]

Was listening to some Tchaikovsky while I wrote this, and I suppose it would work for reading as well!

The Cursed had another uneventful play turn, but continued moving their ships west towards the edge of t […]

Huzzah for a battle report on Trafalgar Day!  Well not quite by the time this is posted, but oh well haha. This has become somewhat of a tradition for me, as I try to honor such an important event each year in my […]