Ben

I am BACK… although I won’t have a ton of time for Pirates in the near future, I’m greatly looking forward to catching up on the stuff I’ve missed!

Wow Holofernes!!  O_O   Welcome back!  At least for the sales bonanza!  XD

It was really an amazing thing to see so many great sets and items go up for auction in a relatively short span of time.  The Deuce is crazy – the three times it’s been on eBay that I’ve seen, it’s gone for $500, then $1225, now $1825.01!

I was also surprised by how high…[Read more]

How did you even spot that?  Was there some lead up to it earlier in the video, or did you hear about it elsewhere?

It was originally posted on the subreddit, I just wanted to give it a little more attention.

As an aside, has anyone ever determined an exact count of how many different “unique” items are in the game?

Gladius has done some work on t…[Read more]

Ahoy there Canaan!  Glad to have you aboard.

Maybe you could get your step brothers back into it too!  The Jarvis is a ship I’ve had since 2005, so she’s nostalgic for me.  Maybe a little bit underrated too.

Normally you would use the back of a ship’s deckplate card for measuring, since the crew cards don’t have the L and S segments on them (L…[Read more]

Pirates CSG ship briefly seen in a popular video.  Never thought about sending ships to random popular people/content creators lol, maybe a worthwhile idea.  🙂

Saw this in a survey response:

Why do you think Pirates CSG hasn’t returned?

“game “depth” versus collecting, too many different ships”

I like how many ships there are, but does anyone agree?  I think more in-depth combat rules would make games with lots of ships take even longer, which would be a bit of an issue for me.

Near-complete “total set” including an Obago Deuce sold for $5200!!  O_O

several ships hidden inside of nearby icebergs

This caught my attention – sounds like something I’ll have to include in a game someday.  😉

Is it possible they are cutters?

Good point, I think you’re right! (the version without any square rigged sails of course)

Dumb follow up question, but what would the average crew size have been for your typical 3 or 4 masted schooner

No idea.  I don’t recall reading about those ships being used in naval warfare.  I think a lot of the big s…[Read more]

I just skimmed through the battle report where these came up. Interesting ending!

No kidding!  It was one of my favorite games I’ve been involved in.  Interesting answers too, I didn’t expect many of those to go that way.  The fort building thing is kinda wild and may have slightly affected some T2 games back then.

Got another one: An enemy der…[Read more]

I’m assuming the two-masted square rigged ship is a Brig and the two-masted “Blockade Runner” is a Ketch?

Definitely correct on the brig… the artwork for the “blockade runner” type started off as essentially just a sloop, since in the early sets the foresail did not have a mast connected to it, so in terms of artwork it was very similar to a one…[Read more]

Hello from Spain! It’s been a really nice surprise to find this site.  I’ve been enjoying it for a pair of weeks now as weel as the youtube videos. Thank you Ben!

Ahoy matey, great to have you aboard!  I love the look of that fort and I hope to print it someday!  🙂

I’m able to check in for an hour or two and eBay has gone crazy… 🙂

A ton of rare stuff up for grabs, Obago Deuce for $1225…. O_O

Another life goal complete – play a game of Pirates on water.  😀  Courtesy of a quarantine aboard a US Navy destroyer.  😀

Time to lock it up.

Can Maps of Hades be used to break a tow? (ex: a Galley with the Maps that gets an action from an enemy player)

If Spices and Smuggled Goods are applied to the same 5 coin, does the player end up with 15 or 20 gold on their home island? (doubled twice or separately)