Ben

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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If you want custom game pieces, dockyards, and other cool wood paste Pirates CSG models, check out Cloud of Craft Gaming on Etsy!

Today and tomorrow is the 3 year anniversary of starting Command the Oceans.  It lasted over 3 months and became the biggest recorded Pirates CSG game of all time.  If you haven’t checked it out yet, one idea I plan to do in the future is read each battle report on the calendar day it was originally posted.  For example, reading the rules and in…[Read more]

Goncalo Nunes’s last ability is in fact meant to be used off-island

I would make that more clear then, to make it so that ability can’t be used when the ship is repairing without the need of a shipwright (such as at the home island or a friendly fort).  If it’s meant to be used only at sea, that would have to be specified to avoid being able to us…[Read more]

@Mr. Wick: Neat custom set! 😀 Looking at point costs, here are some changes I’d recommend:
Madeira: 4 (considerably worse than the Coral from RV)
Arguim: 4
Ano-Bom: 4
La Pinta: 18 (looks like one of the best ships in the set!)
Santa Clara: 14
Cabo da Tormentas: 8 (no cargo is a massive negative)
Sao Filipe: 18 (absolute powerhouse of a hybrid,…[Read more]

Maybe the sandbar terrain idea was going to be a thing  😉

@All: If you had to pick just one, what is your absolute favorite custom ship you’ve made?

@Mr. Wick: The spreadsheet is asking me to request access, so it looks like you need to make the link publicly available for everyone to see in order to share it properly.