Ben

  • Profile picture of Ben

    Ben posted an update 7 years, 10 months ago

    @artisturn Great to see you here! Thanks for joining my site!
    Ben

  • Profile picture of Ben

    Ben replied to the topic Custom Ships (post your custom game pieces here!) in the forum Pirates CSG 7 years, 10 months ago

    Canceller— The cancel ability.

    This is like explaining shorthand with shorthand.  Better to just have the exact ability text for any explanations. (I’ve probably missed some completely with mine, but that’s another reason I like having a spreadsheet people can view online – all the abbreviations/keywords I use are listed on the third tab of the sp…[Read more]

  • Profile picture of Ben

    Ben replied to the topic Custom Ships (post your custom game pieces here!) in the forum Pirates CSG 7 years, 10 months ago

    @Xerecs: Oops, Pentheus has always been 9 points!  Edited his post.

    Vamprah is OP as I could have expected… it’s a little tiring to see so many new/amazing abilities with no cap after it’s clear that capping these range/unlimited abilities is one of the best solutions for them.  Between the Makuta keyword and his final ability, he’s almost g…[Read more]

  • Profile picture of Ben

    Ben wrote a new post 7 years, 10 months ago

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

  • Profile picture of Ben

    Ben posted an update 7 years, 10 months ago

    @woelf Huzzah the legendary Woelf is here!! Thanks for joining my site!
    -Admiral A7XfanBen

  • Profile picture of Ben

    Ben wrote a new post 7 years, 10 months ago

    Site Update – Major progress made
    Ahoy mateys!  Over the past few weeks I have been making a bunch of changes to the site, posting new content, and republishing some old content from Miniature […]

  • Profile picture of Ben

    Ben started the topic The Random (PCSG) Topic Thread in the forum Pirates CSG 7 years, 10 months ago

    Just like the “Hijack this thread” at Miniature Trading, this is a place for on-topic Pirates CSG discussion that is random in nature, short in discussion potential, and/or simply doesn’t deserve its own thread.

    As lord_denton said:

    I just want to put some spark back into the community as we sit around without any community-building-type things…

    [Read more]

  • Profile picture of Ben

    Ben started the topic Game Ideas in the forum Pirates CSG 7 years, 10 months ago

    I have converted the Game Ideas thread from Miniature Trading into a standard page.  This thread is for any Game Ideas submissions you have that are NOT already on the list, and I will likely add them to that page, crediting your username as the creator.  This thread can also be a launch point for discussion/revision of basic game ideas, though la…[Read more]

  • Profile picture of Ben

    Ben started the topic List your Mismatched/Spare Parts HERE in the forum Pirates CSG 7 years, 10 months ago

    This is the thread to list your spare parts.  If you have half of a ship (only card 2/2 for example), or a bunch of random stuff, please list it here.  Each person can have one post in this thread for their “spare parts haves and wants”.  I will edit this post here with my list once I confirm everything.

  • Profile picture of Ben

    Ben started the topic The non-eBay Sales & Trades thread in the forum Pirates CSG 7 years, 10 months ago

    To paraphrase Holofernes:

    If you want to sell on-topic, Pirates related stuff here in the forums (versus on Bay), or want an opinion on what xyz collection or set is worth, or want to buy or trade something… post it to this thread instead of starting a new one, to keep the forums market free. Then those who want to buy and those who want to…[Read more]

  • Profile picture of Ben

    Ben started the topic The eBay Sales thread in the forum Pirates CSG 7 years, 10 months ago

    Just like the one from Miniature Trading!

    As Holofernes said in 2008:

    This thread is here for you to tell people about something you spotted (or are selling) on eBay, to keep the forums clean.

    As with the other eBay/Amazon links on this site, my links will be affiliate links (making it possible for me to earn a commission on links that lead to…[Read more]

  • Profile picture of Ben

    Ben started the topic Battle Reports in the forum Pirates CSG 7 years, 10 months ago

    This is the official Battle Reports thread here at Pirates with Ben.  Any and all reports of your games can go in this thread – do not create a new thread unless it is for a large campaign game with 3+ reports.  My BR’s will generally be submitted here from now on, where I’m currently reposting one old BR per week every Friday.

    Right now I’m pla…[Read more]

  • Profile picture of Ben

    Ben replied to the topic Custom Ships (post your custom game pieces here!) in the forum Pirates CSG 7 years, 10 months ago

    Pentheus
    Faction Affiliation: Barbary Corsair
    Rarity: R
    Type: Crew
    Point Value: 9
    Ability: Captain.  Hoard.  Pirate and Jade Rebellion crew can use their abilities on this ship.
    Link: Giza

    Flavor text: Although most know him as a more purely effective leader than the Lotus Queen, Pentheus is a former philosopher who prefers to optimize his own sh…[Read more]

  • Profile picture of Ben

    Ben started the topic Forum Rules + Note about saving long content in the forum Black Mongoose Tavern 7 years, 10 months ago

    Rules & Guidelines
    (For further inquiries and information please refer to the Privacy Policy.)
    ** All members and guests are responsible for reading, knowing and following the information contained in the following rules and guidelines.
    A7XfanBen reserves the right, but does not assume the responsibility, to restrict communications in the form o…[Read more]

  • Profile picture of Ben

    Ben started the topic WARNING: Please save large posts for yourself in the forum Pirates CSG 7 years, 10 months ago

    The failures that began in summer 2017 of various websites I relied upon have made me realize that web content is not safe, and it is not necessarily “forever”.  First it was photobucket, the breaking of which took out all of my battle reports.  Then postimages changed their url’s, which broke picture battle reports once again (but at least t…[Read more]

  • Profile picture of Ben

    Ben replied to the topic Custom Ships (post your custom game pieces here!) in the forum Pirates CSG 7 years, 10 months ago

    I suppose, but honestly I think most of the ships with the Makuta keyword were okay, outside of the ones I’ve previously mentioned of course.  Antroz would be 13 if Makuta=7 + AA=6.

    At this point Mutran is too much of a wild card for me to guess his cost.  As usual, he should probably be more expensive.

  • Profile picture of Ben

    Ben replied to the topic Custom Ships (post your custom game pieces here!) in the forum Pirates CSG 7 years, 10 months ago

    The Makuta keyword is worth 7 points at minimum.  +2 to cannon rolls is fantastic (8 points for that makes a lot of sense obviously), and the additional linking option is neat.  Trying to keep it at 5 (basically what basic +1 world haters are already worth) seems futile to me.  So Antroz should be at least 13.

    I assume Wizkids left the origins of…[Read more]

  • Profile picture of Ben

    Ben wrote a new post 7 years, 10 months ago

    Pirates CSG Review – My favorite game ever Pirates CSG Review DISCLAIMER: This Pirates CSG Review is extremely biased, and was writtenContinue reading→

    • Profile picture of Ben
      Ben replied 7 years, 7 months ago

      @Owain: It’s a ton of fun. Using the basic rules with a reasonable build total (~40 points), it’s pretty easy to learn compared to complex board games and turns don’t take very long unless someone has a ton of points in play to give actions to.
      Thanks for commenting!
      Ben

    • Profile picture of Ben
      Ben replied 7 years, 7 months ago

      @Teo Chee Shi: Thanks! I hesitate to call myself an expert since there are undoubtedly various Rules questions I’ll still have to ask Woelf (the Rules Arbitrator/Guru), but I’ve certainly learned a lot about the game over the past 7+ years! 😀

      Sounds great! If you are interested in learning how to play, I have some rules tutorials on youtube. If you’d like to acquire your first ships, head over to eBay.

      Thanks for commenting,
      Ben

  • Profile picture of Ben

    Ben replied to the topic Custom Ships (post your custom game pieces here!) in the forum Pirates CSG 7 years, 10 months ago

    @JW_D: This ship can offload cargo from within S of her home island

    =This ship can unload cargo at your home island if she’s within S of it.

    Better to just use the standard ability text if it’s the same effect.  I’ll wait for corrections/edits before repeating Xerecs’ concerns.
    Torch
    Faction Affiliation: Jade Rebellion
    Rarity: R
    Type: S…[Read more]

  • Profile picture of Ben

    Ben replied to the topic Custom Ships (post your custom game pieces here!) in the forum Pirates CSG 7 years, 10 months ago

    Interesting.  I just tried copying and pasting something with formatting already in it.  It posted as it should in the Visual editor.  When I switched to Text, I saw all the code formatting but switching back to Visual fixed it again.  It could be easiest to just copy what you want from whatever document you’re working in, in the same format you…[Read more]

  • Load More