Ben

@Ben, I sent you a picture of one of my Custom Sets in progress. If you may take a look at it yourself I would appreciate advice.

I hope to have time for it soon.

I prefer Google sheets, especially since it can be shared without viewers needing to download anything.

is there a good point formula I can use for balance?

Some things like that have been created by some folks this year but I prefer to go based on feel, though that’s a lot easier with a lot of playing experience.

You have self created ships?

Yeah it’s fun!  I think I’ve made at least 1600 total custom game pieces between Epic Seas and Age of Sail. (my two sets)

WordPress and postimages couldn’t handle the massive image files, but imgur allowed me to repost Custom Ships Organized Version as it appeared at Miniature Trading. 🙂  (except for the text being a little harder to read)

I bought some packs and I was wondering if you have any tips on how to build ships without scratching the paint on the hull when it goes through the first deck ?

Welcome back. 🙂  That’s a tough one. With the 4-5 masters, you might be able to angle the hull piece so it only makes contact with the deck on the same line that will be obscured by the…[Read more]

https://piratescsg.fandom.com/wiki/Keywords

you don’t run this one?

Nope.  I don’t like to abbreviate or shorten every ability.  That page includes a massive number of unofficial keywords.  The ones I like to use are in the first tab of the Customs Database.

How could I check?

The American canoes are from Savage Shores, which you can find in the Master Spreadsheet.

Great picture with the sandbars, do I see a switchblade of the Cursed?

Oh yes, the Skin Flayer was fun to use in that game! (battle report linked above)

does anyone here know what ship  has the ability “I Can Haz Treasure?”

Do you have the full ability text?  Sounds like Hoard to me.

At least fog banks and trade currents are super useful, so terrain isn’t a completely ineffective concept.

My favorite are actually whirlpools… as some people know.  😉

Do you know where the black market of ships is?

What I’m meaning is do you know where people are getting things like; the Scavenger Packs, the Plunder Packs, the sealed Booster Boxes, or the SCS Packs?

From what I’ve seen the past year or so, people are just overpaying (in my opinion, though I was lucky enough to collect in a buyer’s market ~…[Read more]

How many are still active?

On any given day on the various Pirates CSG community hubs, probably 1 or 2 dozen.  Overall, most years see probably at least 100 people post comments/etc.  Possibly closer to 200.

a request for dull checklists including promos

Along with the Master Spreadsheet, I made a Buy/Sell/Trade version that doesn’t have a…[Read more]

Random idea inspired by a pic at the FB group: Pirates CSG wrapping paper.  XD

I’m assuming someone has already come up with possible ideas for sandbars in the past

Yeah, I’ve used this from a Miniature Trading member a few times before (they were inspired by Cadet-Captain Mike):

When any part of a ship or sea creature moves onto a sandbar, ro…

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