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Ben replied to the topic Battle Reports in the forum Pirates CSG 6 years, 1 month ago
lol, if the cursed get their way and some of their stuff falls into line it’ll be “Mommy I don’t feel good….”
🙂 I told you it was going to get MORE nuts!! XD
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Ben commented on the post, BREAKING THE GAME | + A Global Biological Terrorist Attack Threat 6 years, 1 month ago
@Anthony: Isn’t it a WILD game right now? Haha there are tons of upgrade options! I love campaign games. 🙂
Thanks for reading!
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@Anthony: Isn’t it a WILD game right now? Haha there are tons of upgrade options! I love campaign games. 🙂
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Slap me thrice and hand me my rum, what the hell just happened???? 😀
The Cursed intrigue me more so than the Pirates at this point. Typically you launch things for more than just game efficiency, and Salazar’s Hostile: Pirate has me intrigued. Currently I think the Cursed are more likely to attack the Americans who did already attack them, but this could be part of some kind of long term plan. Your movie version of the Dutchman is interesting, since you could (and probably will eventually lol) use it to place Plague and/or Scurvy or some other kind of “disease” UT on an enemy ship. Thinking about it, Maelstrom’s Sigil or the Skull Spiders would be ideal for that, coupled with some kind of Mind Control to force ships into one another. Great. Now I’ve given you the idea if you didn’t have it already 😀
I’m curious to know who was assigned to the Karda-Nui, since it can only be assigned one crew.
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@Xerecs: XD A hell of a lot just happened, and as always there’s more to come! 😀
The Cursed certainly have long terms plans.
You’re onto something! XDThe Karda-Nui… has one of your female customs aboard. 🙂 The boatload of custom equipment out there is really helpful to her, especially her speed as she’ll be traveling L+S with her streamlined, coppered hull. 🙂
Thanks for reading and commenting!!
Ben
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@Holthrain: Ahoy there matey! I would say a “normal” campaign game turn with a decent amount of stuff under your control (500-1500 points) takes perhaps 45 minutes to 3-4 hours. It depends on a huge amount of stuff – combat, strategizing, spying on cargo/treasures on islands, and launching are all things that greatly extend a turn. This latest turn took way more than a dozen hours because not only did I control a large amount of points, I put into play a staggering 1236 points’ worth of stuff. O_O The planning and execution of the launch periods took FAR longer than the actual play turns for my factions. This was a true exception to any regular campaign game turn. Especially since it came out of nowhere (the Pirates and Cursed hadn’t been saving gold for a while for a planned launch), it was completely unprecedented.
We are certainly still playing! 😀
Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for reading and commenting!!
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@Ben,
Interesting, that narrows down who it could be quite a bit.Sometimes I hate it when I’m right. 😀
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@Xerecs: Some setups are deliberately more secretive than others. Plus I like giving hints sometimes, especially when it’s unlikely to have any remote effect on game results.
We’ll see what happens!! XD
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It seems to me Pirate “intel” will give them the edge over the Cursed monster fleet. The Pirates can sit back and pick off the weakest ships of the Cursed fleet while they are otherwise engaged in taking out the other players. But, that is just my opinion… I’ll wait and see how this all plays out.
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@Chris: Not a bad way of thinking about it! One thing is almost for sure – there is a long way to go! So I think we’ll see a lot of things playing out! 😀
Thanks for reading and commenting!!
Ben
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Ben replied to the topic Battle Reports in the forum Pirates CSG 6 years, 1 month ago
“Mommy I broke it.” XD LOL!
BREAKING THE GAME | + A Global Biological Terrorist Attack Threat
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Ben replied to the topic Questions About Game Rules & The Pirate Code in the forum Pirates CSG 6 years, 1 month ago
@Woelf: Why does Barrel o’ Monkeys require you to load the transferred UT face down even if the UT transferred is normally always a face up UT?
Can an opponent request or force you to reveal face down crew on a setup with a reducer to prove that it’s legal?
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Ben replied to the topic The Random (PCSG) Topic Thread in the forum Pirates CSG 6 years, 1 month ago
@Ben, How much do you think Unholy Light costs?
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Ben replied to the topic Introduce Yourself! Join the Crew! in the forum Pirates CSG 6 years, 1 month ago
@Bartek: Welcome aboard matey!! 😀
And Ben’s site is great.
Thank you so much!!
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Ben replied to the topic Custom Ships (post your custom game pieces here!) in the forum Pirates CSG 6 years, 1 month ago
And by the way @Ben how do you post ships on the Customs Database?
Once you have a custom set you can send it to me for review. At that point I could make a sheet in the database that only you (and I by default) can edit.
I can’t believe I don’t think I’ve seen a custom of this before!
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Ben replied to the topic Questions About Game Rules & The Pirate Code in the forum Pirates CSG 6 years, 1 month ago
I realize I’m not going to win this argument, but I have a bone to pick with the rules. 🙂
The sea creature rules state that sea creatures cannot be assigned crew.
Ex-Patriot
This crew may use its abilities onboard any ship.
The Pirate Code, page 5:
Sea creatures are considered to be ships. Any actions, abilities, or other effects that refer…
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Ben replied to the topic Custom Ships (post your custom game pieces here!) in the forum Pirates CSG 6 years, 1 month ago
@Ochobrazo2298: Neat kraken! I like the base move especially to set it apart from the others.
@All: My custom sets are primarily found at the Customs Database from now on; my sets on their original sheet may become out of date for now. Once I’m done with batches of new customs in the main Database I hope to/might update the sheet that just has my sets.
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Ben replied to the topic The Fleets Thread in the forum Pirates CSG 6 years, 1 month ago
The fleet above is why I’m happy to see posts to this thread. I don’t know if I’ve ever put anything other than a helmsman and maybe an oarsman on the Artesien. That linked combo is very cool because it fills out the ship’s point cap space while still saving room for 3 open cargo spaces. The cancelling is a great thing to have on a gold ru…[Read more]
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Ben replied to the topic Bad Quality Prints in the forum Pirates CSG 6 years, 1 month ago
As is often the case, I made a post about this. I haven’t had many OE cards as bad as you describe though.
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Ben replied to the topic Questions About Game Rules & The Pirate Code in the forum Pirates CSG 6 years, 1 month ago
Now I’m confused again. In game 2 between the French fleet and the UPS one, it ends with the Sea Crane establishing the Devil’s Maw. But France can still move. La Courageux is actually a nightmare for the Devil’s Maw to deal with because she can just sit so only one short gun of the fort is in range and fire with impunity. How come the game ended…
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Ben replied to the topic Questions About Game Rules & The Pirate Code in the forum Pirates CSG 6 years, 1 month ago
Not sure if this question goes here but here goes. I’ve noticed a few “unofficial” keywords when describing semi-common abilities, like “Fog-hopper”. If at all possible is there some kind of general list of unofficial keywords of the like.
Once upon a time there was a thread with all of the common abbreviations, acronyms, and such. I think tha…
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Ben replied to the topic Pirates Lore in the forum Pirates CSG 6 years, 1 month ago
There are plenty of references though to a main plot, scattered all over the game but no source that really ties it all together. I’ve done some searching online and I can’t seem to find any real source of official Pirates lore either.
Maybe putting together the different pieces of flavor text and lining out the story would be a fun proje…
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Ben replied to the topic The eBay Sales thread in the forum Pirates CSG 6 years, 1 month ago
Bunch of solid auctions up… including both island/terrain sets, PotC SR pack, kraken lot, and some of the PotC SE ships.
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Ben replied to the topic I will not be available nearly as much in the Navy in the forum Pirates CSG 6 years, 1 month ago
Somewhat soon I will probably become much busier with the Navy and therefore won’t be nearly as active as usual (again). However, that may not quite be the case. Either way, I should actually be MORE active over the next few weeks, so I’m looking forward to getting a lot of stuff done. 😀
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Ben replied to the topic Anyone know mr_awesome from MT/etc? in the forum Pirates CSG 6 years, 1 month ago
I’m sure I have the original file kicking around somewhere along with “The Resurrection” set as well. I’ll take a peek and let you know. It might be a fun project to clean up and continue with some of the old ideas I had.
Most excellent!
I did also notice you made a comment on the original site asking about the “Admiral” keyword. From what I can…
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Ben commented on the post, Pirates Constructible Strategy Game Online 6 years, 1 month ago
@Mongo: Mongoevil!? Ahoy there!! I have heard a lot about you from them via the podcast they had that you can still listen to.
I invite you to try an alternative – the VASSAL module allows for virtual play over an online server. Myself and others have used it extensively, and VASSAL Campaign Game 4 gives an idea of how capable it is. 😀
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Ben replied to the topic Battle Reports in the forum Pirates CSG 6 years, 1 month ago
Ghost ships are actually ideal for ramming and boarding situations like this.
You mean to stay ghostly until you need to board?
Meanwhile El Puerto Blanco was established on an island near the pirate base, with the plan being to use the Bahama to ferry gold there from the pirate HI.
Nice! I don’t know if I’ve thought of that before. Makes me w…[Read more]
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