Ben

Granted, I can’t think of any good reasons not to place them all, aside from being short on physical markers or tokens to actually represent them.

The silly Pirates nerd in me is trying to think of a reason to not place all of them.  I assume since each token is considered a UT that they’re not considered “available gold” for endgame co…[Read more]

@Skelebone: Nice to see so many new customs!  With customs feedback I generally prefer to recommend only point cost adjustments so everything else with the game piece can stay the same, barring any broken abilities/etc.  Here are my thoughts:

Gladan: 6 points
Turuma keyword is neat, I’d be interested to try out the rotation movement.
Otto G…[Read more]

From today’s game, if a player successfully rolls for SAT, moves with their first action and then has their Captain ability cancelled, can they then choose to NOT repeat the first action (since the ability says “may be given the same action twice”) and instead shoot via the Sac ability?  Or are they locked in once they complete the first…[Read more]

@Woelf: Are you able to confirm the approximate release dates of RV UL and BC UL? (holiday season 2005 and mid-2006 respectively)

More from cakes1974 including some “penny auctions” of some rare stuff.

It’s the Glorious First of June!

cakes1974 has a HUGE amount of impressive stuff up right now, in addition to the usual bidding fun.

@Woelf: Just to confirm, the ignoring terrain ability does not allow you to shoot while overlapping a fog bank either?  (similar to Ghost Ship as discussed above)

Today is the 4 year anniversary of VASSAL Campaign Game 4 starting up!

VASSAL Campaign Game 4

https://pirateswithben.com/tag/cg4/

Does towing an enemy derelict count as “capturing” that ship, for the purposes of meeting the requirements of the Ransom keyword?

Yes.

@Woelf: When Unique Treasures are revealed at a wild island, does the exploring player choose the order in which the UT effects are applied?  (I know I’ve asked this before but I can’t find the answer in the Code…[Read more]

CC booster box in Poland (possibly better for European buyers)

old_man tells me he has sold his entire Pirates CSG collection with the exception of his custom made Vieil Homme.  🙁   Asking about where his SiaB’s and Obago Deuce may have ended up.

From this old FAQ, does this part about Ghost Ships and fog banks still hold true? (for regular fog banks, not those created by smokepot specialists/shot)

Q: If a ship becomes “ghostly” while in a fog bank and is forced to leave the fog bank, where does she exit?

A: She can exit at any point along the edge of the fog bank!

Are there any events that you’ve used before that you feel have added to the game at all or do you think events are just a badly done mechanic in general?

I think they’re a bad mechanic and should be avoided. Some of them feel like magic, such as Becalmed and Hidden Cove (both severely overpowered). I know some abilities behave like magic too, b…[Read more]