Ben

Same deal as the above post: HWG PotCx36 (sale through 11/30)

Hydra is interesting. Cannon ability is too hard to use with Mercenary, but the last ability could allow it to operate at sea for quite some time.

I think Shadow of Cygnus should be at least 1-2 points higher; it’s probably at least as good as Forward.

Cutlass looks like a good specialty ship.  Defining “defensive abilities” could get a little ugly, especially with the introduction of new custom abilities.  For example, could that ability itself be cancelled?  If not, could the ship’s ability shut down an enemy canceller if the canceller was trying to cancel the ship’s Captain?

Hero’s Blade se…[Read more]

Let me know if you’re in Las Vegas and can play Pirates!

We’re looking at a larger-scale meetup at Dice Tower West in early March 2024!

Algolmantis here and I’m glad to be back in the scene but my username is just my gamertag. I used to play Pirates way back when it first came out and to my delight it made a pretty decent splash at our FLGS.

Welcome aboard matey, glad to have you here!

Both of those look interesting, and pretty neat.  Maybe you’ll use the Vassal on VASSAL in CG4.  XD

The root of the issue is that Ransom was introduced in Crimson Coast, while the 0-Point rule was added later in Revolution, but Ransom was never updated to address it directly.

Interesting, I didn’t know about that part.  I could ask Piranha if he remembers any direction from Wizkids about it.

I’m not so sure it should override the 0-point crew…[Read more]

The Mike Mulvihill Supercut podcast is here! No new content vs. the 8 separately released episodes, but I wanted to have it available all in one place and one file. 8+ hours of Pirates info and discussion! 😀
https://pirateswithben.com/pirates-csg-podcast-mike-mulvihill-supercut/

The Mike Mulvihill Supercut podcast is here! No new content vs. the 8 separately released episodes, but I wanted to have it available all in one place and one file. 8+ hours of Pirates info and discussion! 😀
https://pirateswithben.com/pirates-csg-podcast-mike-mulvihill-supercut/

It doesn’t explicitly disable the 0-point rule, but that’s implied, because otherwise it largely defeats the purpose of Ransom.   You CAN transfer the captured Ransom crew to other ships in your fleet, regardless of nationality, but the only island you can unload it to is your home island.

I’m finding that quite confusing.  This is how I see it…[Read more]

Just to confirm: If you capture an enemy ship that has a Ransom crew on it, and the two ships are of different nationalities, you cannot transfer the Ransom crew to the towing ship due to the rule that 0-point crew can only be assigned to ships of their own nationality?

Why does the Pirate Code make an exception to the above 0-point crew…[Read more]

Panda is fun!  Nice new little ability twist.

Hi! I had a “chicken or the egg” style of question referring to the working in parallel with Game Design team on the first set.

Which mechanics arose from the constraints of the physical ships?

Versus:

What changes to the physical ships were made specifically to aid the gameplay mechanics?

Here is the episode – I think it’s mostly answered in…[Read more]

Part 8 wraps up the epic discussion with PCSG game designer Mike Mulvihill!

Uhyggelig feels underwhelming to me. I could see her at 10 points.

Is Abraham’s +2 bonus for cannon and boarding rolls? It might be better to have a semicolon so it doesn’t seem like a separate ability. I could see someone construing it as +2 to d6 rolls against sea creatures. I’m not sure if I love Wizkids’ way of doing it, but it is pretty…[Read more]