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Ben replied to the topic The eBay Sales thread in the forum Pirates CSG 6 years, 2 months ago
Auctions including sealed packs up for grabs… Guichuan already at $157.50 with almost a week left.
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Ben replied to the topic Custom Ships (post your custom game pieces here!) in the forum Pirates CSG 6 years, 2 months ago
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]
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Ben replied to the topic Custom Ships (post your custom game pieces here!) in the forum Pirates CSG 6 years, 2 months ago
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] -
Ben replied to the topic Pirates Lore in the forum Pirates CSG 6 years, 2 months ago
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]
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Ben replied to the topic News and Updates Thread in the forum Pirates CSG 6 years, 2 months ago
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]
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Ben replied to the topic News and Updates Thread in the forum Pirates CSG 6 years, 2 months ago
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.
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Ben commented on the post, BREAKING THE GAME | + A Global Biological Terrorist Attack Threat 6 years, 2 months ago
@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!!
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Ben replied to the topic Pirates Lore in the forum Pirates CSG 6 years, 2 months ago
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?
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Ben commented on the post, BREAKING THE GAME | + A Global Biological Terrorist Attack Threat 6 years, 2 months ago
@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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Ben commented on the post, BREAKING THE GAME | + A Global Biological Terrorist Attack Threat 6 years, 2 months ago
@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…[Read more]
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Ben commented on the post, BREAKING THE GAME | + A Global Biological Terrorist Attack Threat 6 years, 2 months ago
@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…[Read more]
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Ben replied to the topic Custom Ships (post your custom game pieces here!) in the forum Pirates CSG 6 years, 2 months ago
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)
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Ben replied to the topic Battle Reports in the forum Pirates CSG 6 years, 2 months 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, 2 months 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, 2 months 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, 2 months 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, 2 months 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, 2 months 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, 2 months 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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