Ben

From this post last year:   (emphasis added in both quotes)

If you had an extra/second action available you could use that to attempt to get unstuck on the same turn you were tangled, or you could use your normal first action to make the attempt and then use the extra/second action to do whatever you want with it.

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-In certain rare situations it is possible for a ship to occupy the exact same position as an iceberg. When this occurs, the ship loses one mast as normal. If the ship moves first it must move entirely off of the iceberg if possible; if the iceberg moves first, the ship remains in place and does not move with the iceberg. In either case, the s…

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One of my favorite ideas I’ve had for this game:

Just finished the reports from my trip to Vegas and LA! I played with Captain Randy plus Xerecs and his brothers!  😀

I typically play 3 player games (when not in campaign mode), and determine player order a couple of ways. All players roll dice and highest goes first, with play continuing to the left.

I think that’s the best way to do it.  Once in a while you have the issue of whoever goes first gets attacked (since the starting player can’t shoot at anyone…[Read more]

Boarding in general should/could be overhauled.

I definitely want any future rules to have the house rule that the winner gets to choose whether to eliminate crew or steal treasure, and choose which treasure gets stolen.  However, I’m also in favor of doing away with ram damage, which might make boarding even less likely to happen.  A pretty d…[Read more]

From reading this, it seems I’ve been playing gold bonus ships and crew wrong. When a ship unloads treasure and has a bonus, I get a new coin to represent that bonus and place it on the home island.

For example: La Santa Isabel docks at home and unloads 3 coins. The gold bonus kicks in, giving one of them a +2 to value. I go and get a spare 2 c…

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I do believe that fixing, or clarifying rulings would be slightly more important, especially where Creatures are concerned.

What fixes or clarifications would you make there?

Furthermore, players don’t input the gold, the “house” does. We agree upon a number of coins per island, and if and how many random UT’s we use.

During T1 and T2, did you enj…[Read more]

We are back! Report 5 is now up!

Exciting stuff, glad to know that things are progressing!  😉

On the other hand, there are things like suicide fleets designed specifically to end the game as quickly as possible, with just enough of an advantage to claim the win, or simply to irritate other players who had longer-term plans.

Have you seen fleets like that be effective at winning games?  Unless there are always icebergs around, it seems…[Read more]

@georgee: Great story, thanks for sharing!

Maybe see if anyone still does any gaming with it too, though I am completely out of the loop on how I would even go about that.

The VASSAL module is a way to play Pirates CSG virtually.

If you’re looking for physical games in your local area, the Player Locator map might help.  🙂  Welcome aboard!