Ben

60 point Jade fleet
Grand Path + Shap’ng Tsai, Katsura-chan, helmsman
Virtuous Wind + Captain, helmsman, explorer
Noble Swan + Li Quin, Captain
Sea Tiger
Forts: Ramsgate, Fort Brompton
UT’s: Bad Maps, Jade

When will a winner be announced?

What is the IDEAL number of players in a Pirates game? (a specific quantity, not a range)

I really like how unique Isabella and Badbeard are.  Lots of intriguing abilities to have on a gold runner/hybrid.

In other words would I require an “extra action” crew over a “same action” crew.

As long as you have the Captain ability on that ship (“This ship may move and then shoot as part of a single move action.”), it works with either.  SAT (Same Action Twice, same as the Born Leader keyword) allows you to repeat the first action given to the ship.  W…[Read more]

I don’t know if I’ll keep the improvement on the Wrench, or at least not make it that good. Re-wording to just a +1 to the roll might be better, especially as I’ve used the once per turn wording, like spying abilities an cancel crew. Given that, would a point increase from 14 to 16 – 17 be ideal, regardless of any changes to the ability…

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Once per turn you may roll a d6. On a result of 5-6 repair a mast on every friendly ship within S of this ship. If this ship is assigned a shipwright crew, the roll succeeds on a result of 3-6 instead.

Especially with that improvement, I think Wrench should be more expensive. It doesn’t take an action and can be made quite useful with an extra 2…[Read more]

Would bringing her down to 25 points be more worth it, or further than that?

I think 22-23 would be fine.

I love the flavor text for Helix.  Not the typical “now the ship has an iron hull” type thing we sometimes see on ships with that ability.

Holster is likely not quite worth her cost, but it does sound like a fun “command center” type vessel for a decent sized squadron in a large game.  I’d probably go full gunship given her abilities.  Pr…[Read more]

I have noticed certain ability combinations with certain crew of certain nationalities can be extremely advantageous, even if they require “all nationalities” crew enablers.

Definitely. I think that’s one of the last “less-explored frontiers” of this game too. There are probably some brilliant international setups and creative ideas that have bar…[Read more]

If I have an opponent playing as Spain with a ship carrying Joaquin Vega, and I’m playing England with a ship carrying a crew that allows use of all nationalities crew and my own Joaquin Vega, is that a legal setup or can there be only one Joaquin Vega in the whole game?

That is legal.  The No-Duplicates rule only applies to each player’s in…[Read more]

Very cool vessels here.  I like how Raider can be quick but requires more than just an auto-include Captain to get the bonus.  She’s likely to be quite an investment, likely at least 28+ points for C+H+Marine.  Good hybrid potential too.

Specter could be an effective hybrid as well.  Maybe not the best comparison, but almost makes me think of a m…[Read more]

This may be a dumb question but stacked oarsman start to occupy cargo spaces after the first oarsman even if their designation is “this crew takes up no cargo space” right?

Correct, due to the No-Stacking rule.

Very cool.  Definitely spices up the Mercs quite a bit from what Wizkids gave them.  Evan Van Turner could definitely prove useful on some of the original submarines too, being able to shoot as a Marine while submerged.

How about “The Teacher – Someone who spends their time teaching new players and mostly plays very basic games with less experienced players.”

Great idea!  I’ll add it to the first post.  I definitely had a run with that, mostly in 2015-2016 teaching a bunch of family members and friends in college.