Ben

Load this treasure face-down. You may reveal it at the beginning of one of your turns and roll a d6. On a result of 6 this ship may take it’s turn twice. On a result of 1-3 this ship may not be given any actions this turn, and it’s next turn. Once revealed this treasure cannot be removed from this ship, if this treasure is removed from play, the…

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At the beginning of your turn you may roll a d6. On a result of 6, you may take two turns in a row. On a result of 1, your turn ends immediately, and you lose your next turn. This treasure cannot be removed from this ship. If this ship sinks, the game ends.

O_O  What?!  Yikes… this is on another level.  I could easily use this in CG4 with the Ar…[Read more]

That Spanish Eternal fleet could be interesting if it changes how an adversary fights.  An opponent will want to strip those ships of crew (oarsmen) or need extra cancelling help to deal with them.  As long as those Spanish ships have plenty of support, it could be a real pain to deal with.

@Derrick Derksen: Wow that sounds awesome!  Glad it went well.

The good – The game types are challenging and require a lot of planning and strategy to win.

This sounds great and right up my alley.  I hope to try them sometime!  😀  Thanks again for sharing.

stuff will eventually get to that level.

Good good, let the broken flow through you.  XD

Interesting UT’s, I like some of these.  They might be ready for an “exploit”….

The Kaukau: At the beginning of your turn, roll a d6. The result is the number of turns this ship may use the Seafloor Traveler keyword.

Echoing what Woelf said, since you c…[Read more]

Quite interesting.  Why can you scuttle the derelict normally if that is the win condition?  Any method of sinking it could cause a draw.

King of the Hill sounds even cooler to me.  I like it!  A variant could be the first player to capture the fort using some boarding over land metric (such as the fort has a boarding score of 8).

I like how bot…[Read more]

 I feel like Nordic Raiders is the rarer of the two… but message in a bottle has better pieces?

Not sure which one is rarer.  Both have some very unique game pieces.  USS Mercury is one of the best submarines in the game, and the combos available for the Slipstream are undoubtedly amazing (some combos probably still out there that may not have…[Read more]

If they were only licensing it from someone it’s far enough out at this point that they may not have the legal rights anymore.

Hmmm.  I’m not even sure what to think anymore.

If they do fully own the license, it’s been sitting long enough that it would take a massively increased general interest in pirate things for them to dig that treasure back…

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Some interesting developments for sure.  It would be neat to see a 3 way battle with Pirates vs. French vs. Spanish.  The French do actually have a lot of firepower in play, they just haven’t fought as much as the other two so far.

Yes….. did it seem like I implied otherwise?

I think you said “at the end of the current resource round”, which for a second made me think it meant the current round overall.

So which custom ships do you like better? The wooden variety from Cloud of Craft? Or the 3D printed versions offered by Vulkan?

3D printed materials are just more durable than thin wood, so they’ll work better for gameplay.  Plus the full art is nice, though I suppose a decal/colored art solution for wood paste might be feasible.

This may be the wrong place to ask, but is there a thread for custom game rules?

Game Ideas is the place!

No reason for the French to be confused – the victory conditions are quite clear. If they don’t feel they can win a war with the Pirates and/or Spanish, they need to launch to make up for that deficit.

The Blood Islands sinking (at the end of 11 turns right, not this current round?) reminds me of Water World a little and a new question for both -…[Read more]

There are divots on the sides, bisecting the magnets, that mark the movement/range distance.

Makes sense now, thanks for the picture!  And nice quilt!  😀

Huh? I thought they had the rights, or had part of the rights.

As far as I’ve ever understood, they still do.  Who knows who actually sent that latest message to me.

Not sure what to make of this.

I’m not sure if this is better or worse than the previous version, but this is closer to what the source does.

Definitely less OP than the original.  And therefore, slightly less likely to get yanked into CG4.  XD