Ben

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.

Thinking this one will go for over $100.  My predictions have consistently been too low this year, so let’s say $465 then.  XD

Which led me to believe that a basic 1 masted ship with no ability text or ship type would cost roughly 3 points. So I started there, added the +1 for the Cog ability and then added additional points for the value of abilities I granted the ships.

I think the problem there is that speed and cargo are two of the most important attributes for any…[Read more]

I should pm him on BGG and see if will do it.

Any luck?  I have some renewed interest in that kind of thing but I’m not sure what kinds of files can potentially translate into 3D printing.

@Mr. Wick: Whenever posting customs using custom keywords (or even unofficial abbreviations of Wizkids abilities), I recommend posting the keyword text so people don’t have to search for it.

In general I agree with Xerecs that they are probably a bit underpriced.  Cargo is quite valuable overall and should definitely factor into a ship’s point…[Read more]