Ben

Pretty cool to see my Black Pearl picture in the Top 10 (#9 of 55) of the 2022 BGG yearly photo contest!  Thanks to all who voted!

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Because they can only shoot something that’s surrounded, the target will always be within range of every tentacle, and removing specific ones won’t alter its lines of fire any any meaningful way.

Interesting.  I was thinking more if the kraken got cancelled, and could therefore shoot at ships it wasn’t surrounding.

Especially for those that remember the “supercollector” Dholub1 from Miniature Trading, feel free to send me any questions you’d like me to ask him. I hope to meet him in Tampa this weekend and we might do a podcast. 🙂

How much does the order of kraken tentacles matter when constructing them?  Should it be clockwise from the bottom left corner, or having the middle cannons on the deckplate be the innermost tentacles?

After seeing the 100 point Dragon Fleet, and some minor discussion on Discord, I went and created this fleet.

Nice fleet!! I like the inclusion of so many canoes, and the idea of using the “any canoes” part of the English canoe ability text.  I think one of the main issues will be that you must place all 20 canoes at the same wild island.  If s…[Read more]

Hyped to be playing the day after going to Gasparilla Pirate Fest in Tampa Florida! Time to be pirates!

This ship sinks when her last mast is eliminated.

If that ability is cancelled, does the ship sink when the cancelling “resets”, or does it stay afloat as a derelict because at that point, the last mast has already been eliminated (and having it not be cancelled is not triggering the final mast to be eliminated again).

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Did you ever find any stats on the actual size of that table?   Judging from how it looks in comparison to the ships, it’s way too small to play a regulation game on it even after adding a few more islands.   You’d need three more to make a 2×2 square just to get a large enough area.

Nope.  I agree though, it might not work with the 3L minimum distance.

Table in question

@Skelebone: Great post!  Cool to see the progress you’ve made.  I say yes to all Fleet Reviews!  😀

@CrazyIvan: Great post and reflections!  I didn’t teach new players or play non-solo 4 player games until years after I learned a ton about the game, so I can imagine that being a big deal.  Love the lessons learned from playing too.

With the Born Leader keyword, are you supposed to take an action before rolling for the ability to get SAT?  This line from the Code seems to imply that: “-The die roll for this ability is made immediately before giving the action you wish to repeat.”  However, the ability text indicates otherwise.

When an American native canoe is exploring, c…[Read more]

Nice!  I think Antelope could be 4 points, and the Privateers likely 4 as well.