Ben

Can you tow a tangled derelict out of a sargasso sea?

Can a ship shoot after freeing itself from a sargasso sea? (by extension, is “its action for the turn” a move action?)

Does Parley last for the duration of the attacker’s turn or until the owner of Parley starts their turn? (or a whole round)

Does a roll of 5 with the Fear keyword affect…[Read more]

When one of my ships is in a fog bank  XD

If a crew such as Commodore Matthew Perry (American 0LR +5) is on a shipwreck, I assume that only American ships could load him because he can’t be assigned to ships of other nationalities?  If so and it was not the original owner, would it be considered a captured crew or just a free crew?

For spying abilities (such as “Once per turn, this ship may look at one face-down cargo on any ship”), is it every player turn or just on that player’s active turn?  (same wording as Canceller so players voted to have it apply to every player turn in last night’s 6 player game)

If a native canoe gets stuck in a sargasso sea, is it stuck forever…[Read more]

I saw your post over on BGG about that too.    That looks like just a side effect of paraphrasing things to save space.  It’s fine for the vast majority of the time, but loses the nuance that covers the remainder.

I’ve looked through the Winning the Game section of the Complete Game rules for all the sets and cannot find an “eliminated play…[Read more]

With only two players, it doesn’t end until the eliminated player would start their own turn.

With more players, it ends at the start of any player’s turn after the minimum number of players have been eliminated.  It doesn’t have to be the start of an eliminated player’s turn.

Functionally it still amounts to almost the same thing.  The curre…

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On a related note, for win condition #3 on page 14, can the phrase “a player” mean the opposing player, or does every “his/her/player” reference in that sentence specifically reference the active player’s turn and no opponents?

That applies only to the current/active player’s own turn.   If some other player gets wiped out in between, the…

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If PotC Davy Jones declares “no target” for a previously activated kraken, does that still use the ship’s action for the turn?

Is the ship’s action for the turn used if the targeting ability is used, and then cancelled after someone declares a target? (the kraken benefit is lost either way, but I assume DJ’s ship gets the action back?)

If a ghostly ship is moved by an outside force into a fog bank, does the resetting of Ghost Ship cause the ship to become lost in the fog bank before the controlling player can “ghost” out of it and ignore the fog bank?

Regarding the Davy Jones’ Key UT: “Swap Davy Jones’ Key with one face-down treasure on any other wild island.”

-I assume it’s revealed when found?  Or can you do a covert swap?  Is it placed face down on the island it gets put on?

-If it’s the last coin in play and there is no swap to be made, is it loaded onto the ship?

-What happens if the…[Read more]

If you copy Sea Dragon to a Titan, can the Titan make swoop attacks?  The Sea Dragon keyword mentions “base”, which a Titan might not have (unless it would be considered where it touches the water for copying purposes).

High quality lot

Another clarification: for the multiplayer endgame rules regarding “half or more players” can’t give future move actions, I assume you’d round up in a game with an odd number of players?  (ex: in a 9 player game, 5 would have to be eliminated for it to end because rounding down to 4 from 4.5 would violate the “or more” intention)

When is the determination made on whether or not Mysterious Island effects will be used?  Based on the Setup rules it seems it would be decided between placing islands and placing terrain, but before choosing home islands.

Ahoy mateys!Three players are flying up from Los Angeles to join the PNW Pirates for a weekend of piratey gaming! We are currently expecting about 6 players per game! We will be playing at least 3-4 games of Pirates CSG at Mox Boarding House in Bellevue. We might also play a game of Epic Scale Pirates (made by Captain Redgoat of PDXYAR in Portland…[Read more]

Just to clarify, when placing terrain, players can pick from the pool of what has been contributed by all players, correct?  Or do they have to place their own, or randomly as determined by d6 roll or RNG? (Random Number Generator)

If you use terrain, players should agree on the number of terrain pieces that will be used; we recommend that…

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@Ochobrazo2298:

I think Ballast would alter the game, for better or worse.  A lot of ships would get it and eliminate it immediately to get the whole +S for the game, acting as a stackable helmsman which when paired would give any ship +S+S to their base move.  By eliminating it before moving, you could also use the free transfer rules while d…[Read more]