Ben

  • Ben replied to the topic Battle Reports in the forum Pirates CSG 6 years, 2 months ago

    That’s not quite what I meant. The issue is that movement is traced from the bow and that large ships are longer than an S-move. So when I finish the first S move the stern of the ship is still overlapping the island.

    Indeed.  I think it’s still something that is far less of an issue in the physical game.  I’m pretty sure I had this exact con…[Read more]

  • Welcome aboard!!

    My brother and I completely ignored the actual victory conditions and rules, opting instead for sending every ship we owned into enormous battles to see who could come out on top. Crew? Nah. Gold? Nah.

    Nice.  Sounds a little bit like my Historical Fantasy Scenarios.

    I have integrated Pirates into many different formats, i…

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  • Ben replied to the topic Battle Reports in the forum Pirates CSG 6 years, 2 months ago

    @AGiantPie: Nice report!  Glad to see you back in action.

    At some point I just decided to ignore any overlaps on an island a ship was undocking from for the first move segment since it was so awkward.

    That’s exactly what you should do.  It’s bothered me in the past, but as far as I can tell, it’s an issue of the “rotate on bow” being completely d…[Read more]

  • My goal is to get as many unique ships as possible so I can use them to play huge campaign games!!!!…. eventually.

    I love it!!  I didn’t know you were so interested in campaign games!

    I’m not picky as to the type of ship really. A common is just as good on my game table as a super rare. For that reason I’m mostly interested in cheap lots.<…

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  • Ben replied to the topic Century of Economy 2020 in the forum Pirates CSG 6 years, 2 months ago

    I’m a little frustrated that the pictures are looking so blurry. They look sharp and clear on my PC, they look sharp in the camera and while editing. I can only assume that something is going on in rendering that is making them look ‘soft’.

    I thought they looked good in the video.  Looking forward to more!

  • Ben replied to the topic Century of Economy 2020 in the forum Pirates CSG 6 years, 2 months ago

    Nice!
    I like the idea of the Cursed not letting the Pirates keep the Plague. Maybe they’re going to ram the ship that gets hit with it with something else to get it right back (hopefully the Pirates wouldn’t win a boarding party right after though).
    I like the Spanish launches, lock up that useful Merc stuff before anyone else can get it. Not…[Read more]

  • HWG is doing a few sales right now, especially on RVx36.

  • Ben replied to the topic Battle Reports in the forum Pirates CSG 6 years, 3 months ago

    @Don: I’m glad you played, and glad they enjoyed it!  Happy the English won too 🙂  (they’re my favorite faction).  That Spanish ship should be Tirador (not Triador), unless you might have a rare misprint on the deckplate or the ship itself.

  • You know what, let’s do it that way (as you play it). Partly because it makes canoes less OP, and they’re often OP. 😀 Anything that curbs them is generally a good thing.
    Also, I blew it. “All native canoes of a single nationality that are given actions must be given the same action.” I forgot that this part applies regardless of whether or…[Read more]

  • @Xerecs: The rules don’t specify how to handle native canoes being launched in campaign games, so I just interpreted the keyword as literally as possible. 🙂
    MY first turn was way back in 2018. The keyword says “your first turn” (emphasis added) not “the canoes’ first turn”.

  • Ben wrote a new post 6 years, 3 months ago

    Feel free to check out Xerecs’ BR of the last few rounds before seeing the latest developments!

    Two of PirateAJ14’s factions may be discussing an alliance!  “La Lyon pulled alongside the Ridderschap, but ran […]

    • How did the pirate canoes explore and load treasure this turn? This would have been their first turn in play so wouldn’t that prevent them from exploring and loading?
      “The Master Keyword List:
      ….it cannot be given an explore action on your first turn….”

      • @Xerecs: The rules don’t specify how to handle native canoes being launched in campaign games, so I just interpreted the keyword as literally as possible. 🙂
        MY first turn was way back in 2018. The keyword says “your first turn” (emphasis added) not “the canoes’ first turn”.

    • I’ve interpreted it as the canoes first turn, which is why the Conglomerate ones still have nothing on them. I’ve done that for almost all campaigns I’ve played where I control canoes.
      However, I see how you could go the other way with it.

      • You know what, let’s do it that way (as you play it). Partly because it makes canoes less OP, and they’re often OP. 😀 Anything that curbs them is generally a good thing.
        Also, I blew it. “All native canoes of a single nationality that are given actions must be given the same action.” I forgot that this part applies regardless of whether or not the sets of canoes are identical. I messed up since I gave the new ones explore actions while the Gravedigger’s Sentences got move actions. Consider the UT still on the island and all of the “Madagascar canoes” to be empty which I’ll fix on my next turn. I’ll update the main CG4 post again.

        Thanks for bringing up the issue, else I may not have ever noticed my actual rules gaffe.

  • Ben replied to the topic Battle Reports in the forum Pirates CSG 6 years, 3 months ago

  • Yes, thanks for letting me know. Issue is fixed now!
    Ben

  • “Give this ship a move action but do not move her. Instead, roll a d6. On a result of 5 or 6, move an enemy ship L in any direction.”

    Pretty sure I asked this in regards to VASSAL Campaign Game 1 back in 2016, but not seeing it in the Code.  Can you use SAT/EA abilities to use the above ability twice in one turn?

  • Safford Arizona – could drive to Tuson or Phoenix

    Captain Vendari is still in or around Phoenix I believe, and I know he met up with at least one fellow member of the community within the past year or two.  🙂

  • Ben replied to the topic Nation Flags? in the forum Black Mongoose Tavern 6 years, 3 months ago

    Has any one checked out getting flags?

    I’ve got a handful from a childhood trip to Disney World in Florida almost 20 years ago, but not all of them correspond to Pirates CSG nationalities.  I did fly one in a symbolic picture at the end of Command the Oceans, but other than that have not used them for any Pirates CSG stuff.  (small ones could be…[Read more]

  • Ben replied to the topic Century of Economy 2020 in the forum Pirates CSG 6 years, 3 months ago

    @Xerecs: Sad to see the English go so early… I knew they screwed up by starting the game with a slow hulking gunship.
    What an explosive start to the game! Fun to see a fleet action so early. I don’t think I’ve seen a nearly all-creature vs. all-ship battle of anything close to this size! I thought the Cursed would be the favorites after the…[Read more]

  • (Still trying to find pictures)

    I’m seeing a lot of pictures on their FB page! 😀

  • Thanks for the info on the big ships.

    Sounds like a solid setup; are you going with one of each ship size in order to make people use some of the small ships that may not be as effective as the larger ones?  (depending on what you get from the packs of course)

  • Collecting – How do yo tell the difference between Limited and Unlimited cards?

    Unlimited should have a UL in front of the card number.  Pictures here.

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