Ben

I’d say Kero could come down to 4 points.

Those canoes will be a boon to Cursed gold running.  I’m tempted to say any canoes with more than 1 cargo space each should probably cost at least 10 points, but I might be too biased from how good the American ones are.  I like that these are closer to “hybrid canoes” than the original Cursed ones from S…[Read more]

I’m curious about this as well:

Are the effects of Mysterious Islands considered public knowledge to other players, or is the contributing player the only one who knows what the islands do until they’re revealed?

It seems that a player could look at the back of any islands they place as part of the random draw when executing the Setup rules. (…[Read more]

Interesting idea; I feel it adds another dimension to the game: make sure you are checking the time and have gold to win when time goes out… I’ll have to try something like that…

It’s been a lot of fun!  It’s mostly to expedite the decision making and add an extra element into the game. Plus, in a real life situation you wouldn’t always have 5…[Read more]

What UPS means?

It generally refers to any fleet that uses the ability of 058 Captain Jack Sparrow (CJS) to fling coins home to ships waiting at your home island.  A few ships have it too, but CJS is usually the most competitive way to optimize that fleet archetype.  The fleet idea for it was pioneered by darrin back in the 2000’s at Miniature T…[Read more]

Being able to flood your home island with a bunch of loose 1s and 2s weakens the HI-Raiders too much, unless you allow them to choose what they take, or they’re allowed to make change up to some value (like combining enough low coins to max out at the 7 again).

My preference with HI Raiders is to make their choice random. (usually by splaying o…[Read more]

Is the “nearest” part of Hidden Cove always measured from the ship you intend to teleport with it?  Is it always the player’s choice whether it’s the nearest unexplored WI or nearest WI with no treasure on it, or does it have to be the closest of those two options regardless of what they want?

Reveal this event at the beginning of one of your…

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After observing some recent new UPS fleets, I decided to try and revisit an “old” idea of mine, getting a +4 bonus on a gold coin. This lead to an afternoon of head-scratching and bemoaning as I tried to make the combo work at a 40 point limit. I met with some success, but feel as though the fleets could still be optimized further. I’ll share…

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F&Sx36 marked down by $50.

I see that the Plague UT can eliminate a Ransom crew.  If Plague is used to eliminate the Ransom crew in a hostile manner (such as intentionally ramming the enemy ship to take out their crew), does the player who used Plague to eliminate the Ransom crew receive the 1 gold payout?

The latest combines a UPS counter with a cheap form of UPS on the back end. XD

I do the same with linked crew/ships.

Links are covered in The Pirate Code, page 4:

–Links function even if crew are facedown.

—If a linked crew is facedown and its link is required to make the setup legal you must indicate to your opponents that a link is present, but you are not required to indicate which specific link is in use. If…

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I just pulled out an oarsman from a revolution pack to check this for you. It says on the card “If derelict, this ship gains a base move of +S. This crew takes up no cargo space.”

I’m aware of that, but the question is about whether or not the “takes up no cargo space” ability functions while face down (or if you have to reveal it in order to get…[Read more]

Does a facedown Oarsman crew not take up cargo space?  I seem to remember that being the case from a previous rules question answered long ago, but just want to be sure.

I did another demo game, and it was a lot more fun and a lot better. I think I’m ready to introduce this game to the party.

Glad to hear it!

Sometimes it can be fun to change up the default rules too, beyond the regular 3 islands per player and 4 coins per wild island.  Just depends on how long you have for the game, and how much action you wa…[Read more]

Awesome!

About 9 days remaining, and we only need 3 more fleets to unlock the prizes!

I collect oceans edge and revolution packs. They’re the ones I have the most fond memories of.

That should work out well, as RV and OE are often the cheapest sets (and/or most widely available at this point).

Welcome aboard, and I hope your upcoming game(s) are fun!

Those are pretty powerful abilities on Javelin and Spearhead; it’s possible both should see a point cost increase.  Spearhead would arguably be worth 9 without her ability, so I could see her going to 12-13 for playtesting.  Feels like a high-reward hybrid ripe for World Hater, or even just a cannoneer/musketeer.

10 more days left to enter!

Various pack auctions end on Monday, including RotF, DJC, and MI!