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@Ochobrazo2298: I do like those, I also have a Necromancer in my Epic Seas set. 🙂

Not super useful but I play them a fair bit.

I like the way you play… I think you experiment with the “bad” stuff (recruiters/Marines/etc) more than I have!  I think it’s partly because I like using extra generic crew or equipment over some of the less-useful named crew.  Something about spending 3+ points on a named crew that may not affect t…[Read more]

Are there any other concerns or criticisms on the ship types I presented in post #11796. Any issues to discuss with the Cog, Caravel, Carrack, or Drua.

For Carrack, I would recommend “gets” +1 to its cannon rolls instead of “has”, to be consistent with existing abilities.

It would be interesting to see the design of a drua in the game.

If not…

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@Jack: Looks like a pretty solid fleet actually with plenty of gold gathering capability.  Looks to me like the Favori would have 3 cargo spaces open instead of 4, though that’s still good for the main “gunship” of course.  🙂  Actually I do want to see this fleet in action.

You could swap Bordeaux for Gendarmerie Rene Moreau to get 2 extra po…[Read more]

Is there any link in the game as worthless as Benito de Soto and El Tejon? You can’t even use them together without Jonah! Wth??

It’s a disaster with them.  Also a great example of why Reverse Captain should have costed 2 points – it’s not as useful as Captain.  If that were the case, Benito would be 5 points, allowing a helmsman on the Tejon (wh…[Read more]

Strolling down memory lane….  😀

This seller has a factory set of RV along with a few other things.

I’d say I’m 90% wanting to be a player, 10% collector of any English ships I can get cheap. I might have to check out Vasal.

Welcome aboard!  Sounds somewhat similar to me a while back.  My VASSAL page has a tutorial that should be helpful to start using it.

Master Spreadsheet changes: Santa Teresa name fixed in both versions of SM (no “La”), fixed incorrect game piece types in original version of RV.

Also, some easy link references I made with bit.ly:

http://bit.ly/PiratesCSGMasterSpreadsheet

https://bit.ly/CustomsDatabase

This way, if you’re at all like me, just pop open a new tab and type “cu…[Read more]

@Woelf: Is the Amity from CC supposed to be a common?  She is on the cards but the spreadsheet(s) list her as uncommon, which is normal for her ship type.

Was looking up the username Alanqsmithee after posting a custom by Riz that the former did flavor text for, and what do you know – a flickr account with customs!  😀   It looks like Pirates of the Tolling Depths, which was at least partially posted on Miniature Trading.  It’s been a number of years since I’ve seen these customs….