Ben

I know at least @Ben kinda hates MI but I love it.

Just like with the factions, I “like” all the sets at this point.  Feelings of frustration have severely dimmed over time.  🙂   MI to me has drab artwork in a lot of cases (at least for the ships), mediocre ships, and not a ton to get excited about.

The early sets appear to be based off rea…

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Not to be bothersome, but are there additional “keywords” some people use for longer abilities that aren’t on the list.

I agree with that in general, but not with your specific examples.  I can explain.  🙂

HI Raiders could probably just have the keyword “Raider”, for example.

This makes me think of any ability that steals gold.  I know that Fi…[Read more]

I Don’t know how much this ability is but I’d say that it’s about 10 points;
Once per turn, One ship within S of this ship cannot use it’s abilities this turn.
This ship gains that ship’s abilities for this turn.

That sounds quite powerful.  Are the opposing ship’s abilities cancelled for the user’s turn only, or for the whole round that would…[Read more]

How the heck are you supposed to make use of the Fear keyword?

Moved your post here since it’s appropriate.

It’s not a good ability, but it can be better while submerged.  In that case it could be combined with other abilities that work while submerged, such as cancelling or Marines.  Other than that, make sure to always remember to roll for it w…[Read more]

@Ochobrazo2298: I’m not a big fan of the Limit keyword (especially as a way to “curb” customs when it’s not that much of a restriction), and I’m trying to limit my use of it as much as possible. 🙂

Some fixes to consider:
Make it function more like a normal tow-capture, just slightly more efficient. Make it so the opposing ship has to be derelict…

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It was a straight up fight to the death, I think Woelf’s fleet won the challenge.

Woelf and I were co-winners; I hosted the challenge afterwards because Woelf had hosted the RtSS challenge before lord_denton’s challenge.  I think “canon” is the word you’re looking for.

I based a lot of my continued lore on fleet challenges or miniature reviews th…

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Given the age of this game, I’d like to think that at least purposeful cheating at it is a non-issue at this point. Maybe not?

Definitely not!  XD

I was asking for CG4.  I double checked a couple of the new 10 master setups to make sure they’re fine, but I might just reveal at least one of them in the next battle report anyway, partly for kic…[Read more]

If the UT is one that must be revealed when loaded, it would be flipped back up as soon as it was placed on the new ship.

In that case it wouldn’t take up cargo space once it was face up… so technically you can use Barrel o’ Monkeys to your advantage where the transferred coin does not ever take up cargo space, correct?  (Ex: If a ship had a…[Read more]

Auctions including sealed packs up for grabs… Guichuan already at $157.50 with almost a week left.

Somehow I sense too many free actions. Maybe make the cargo transfer not optional, you transfer all you can, and the rest is lost.

Interesting way to think about it.  It’s part of my historical set so I would prefer to let some cargo stay aboard for realism. (in real life I think it would be much more convenient to keep everything aboard)  P…[Read more]

Could use some feedback on this one.  It may be too OP to be workable.

Black Sam Bellamy
Pirate
Crew
Point Cost: 13?
Ability: If this ship wins a boarding party by a differential of 3 or higher, you may immediately capture that ship without needing to tow.  You may transfer any cargo from this ship to the captured ship as a free action.  All cr…[Read more]

What/who exactly are the Loa? Do they have any connection with Davy Jones or El Fantasma?

There is almost nothing about the Loa in Wizkids flavor text.  Papa Doc’s original flavor text always seemed incredibly sinister and mysterious to me, which is why the Loa became one of my biggest fascinations within the flavor text of the game.  I don’t s…[Read more]

I have updated the Saved from Miniature Trading post with new gallery links.  The first two Google Drive links now go to folders (first one regular, second one .zip) that have only the biggest pictures from the MT database.  Now there is one folder per set and less clutter.  The third link (“ALL”) can still be used to get every Pirates dat…[Read more]

Fixed a few more things in the Master Spreadsheet: Fixed mispelling of Norrington (PotC 080a). Fixed ability text of Spanish Main GS-004. Fixed numbers of OE French ships. Changed “rices” to riches in Thomas Tew’s flavor text.

Before slipping off into retirement

@CaptainHawkins: Not so fast there laddie, you’ve been hired!  What do you think your next mission on your ship, the Warring Tribes, will be?

I’m Personally not sure what cost this ship is

I would say 3 points; there shouldn’t be any “free” game pieces because then there’s no reason not to include it in every fleet. (unless it truly is a net-zero effect)