Ben

how do I tell if the SM are UL or First ed.?

That’s why I made this post!

@Don: Sad story but glad you’re back!

Just recently I ordered 51 packs of SM and 36 Packs of CC to restart my collection again then went to RainTiger to order Just American and Cursed to start me over again…

That sounds like a GREAT starting point.  SM and CC are both really awesome sets, sometimes my top 2 out of all 13.  RainTyger has a nice sel…[Read more]

HUZZAH!! Great report!
Wild to see the Endeavour so early, especially without a helmsman. I expect that to cripple the English in the early game. Though it should have made them the LEAST likely faction to be attacked lol. I like seeing Ramsgate so early.
Seeing Pride Rock again made me think of the Spanish riches last year… and then they find…[Read more]

@Avery: Welcome aboard matey!  Glad to have you here.

After that I went through a period where my main hobby was video games, but over the years I grew bored of video games.

I grew somewhat bored of them, but for me it was mainly the time consumption spent and how addictive they were.  I mostly quit video games around 2014, shortly before I b…[Read more]

@Xerecs: Yeah, I think I might up her cost. XD

Hera
Type: Ship
Faction Affiliation: Pirate
Rarity: LE
Point Value: 23
Number of Masts: 10
Cargo Space: 7
Base Move: S
Cannons: 4S-4S-4L-4L-4L-4S-4S-4S-5L-5L
Ability: Junk. Crew Protect. If this ship shoots at a ship that was previously shot at by another ship this turn, she gets +1 to her cannon…[Read more]

HYPE!!  😀   I’m quite excited about this, especially because it will hopefully give me something exciting and Pirates-related to watch while I eat.  XD  What a big ruleset!

As usual, love that a shipwreck’s cannons can be used.

So exciting to see your custom islands in play once again!  So players always roll for the Voya Nui eruption in that…[Read more]

Regarding Ransom; this from the Code:

-Friendly abilities (cancellers, doctors, etc.) cannot affect a crew with this keyword.

What part of the original keyword would indicate that?  I realize it’s a big headache if you cancel Ransom after you’ve captured the Ransom crew, but I don’t see how you would know you couldn’t without specifically l…[Read more]

Would the ship inside be able to fire its cannons as long as it could draw a line of fire that didn’t cross a tentacle?

Yes, and I’ll change that in the spreadsheet to reflect it.

With them on here and the other condition met, you’re looking at something like +9-10 to boarding rolls, enough to take out other ten masts!

Indeed, she has the pot…[Read more]

Pantheon
Type: Ship
Faction Affiliation: The Cursed
Rarity: LE
Point Value: 40
Number of Masts: 10
Cargo Space: 8
Base Move: S
Cannons: 4S-4S-4L-4L-4L-3S-3S-2L-3S-3S
Ability: Junk. This ship ignores the first hit she takes each turn as long as she has all of her masts. This ship gets +1 to her cannon rolls against forts within S of her. When this…[Read more]

This might be my silliest idea yet for Pirates of the Epic Seas.  Not expecting people to take it completely seriously.  I realize it breaks a lot of inherent rules or abilities, and the rules questions would be more trouble than it’s worth.  However, might as well post it and see what people think.  🙂

Hellish Nightmare Frenzy
Type: Shi…[Read more]

Game Idea: round earth with home islands close together on edges of map, HI Raiders mandatory/every ship has HI Raider.  Include Wine (UT) as well.

This is inspired by my pair of amazing 4×100 games, in 2015 and 2019.  Forcing every fleet to have at least one HI raiding ability is a fun way to guarantee some chaos and wild action.  XD  When combi…[Read more]

Taking a little break from the loa/voodoo for now, as naturally I’ve resumed thinking about things even more grand…. XD

Berzerker
Type: Ship
Faction Affiliation: The Cursed
Rarity: LE
Point Value: 42
Number of Masts: 10
Cargo Space: 5
Base Move: L
Cannons: 4L-3L-2S-2S-2S-3L-3L-4L-4S-4S
Ability: Junk. Cannoneer. S-Board. Sniping. This ship gets…[Read more]

Dinclinsin
Type: Crew
Faction Affiliation: The Cursed
Rarity: C
Point Value: 7
Ability: Sac. Crew Killing.

Sac: Once per turn, you can eliminate one of this ship’s crew to give her an extra action.
Crew Killing: Once per turn when this ship hits an enemy ship, also eliminate one crew from that ship.

Flavor text: “Dinclinsin is a loa depicted a…[Read more]

Nice, I remember posting those first 2 at various times in the past.  The third link didn’t work for me.  I don’t think I’ve seen that MI picture in such size or detail though – very neat.

@Ochobrazo2298: Welcome aboard!

Neither of those combos are legal because of this from The Pirate Code:

Jonah’s ability states that crew always take up space, which takes precedence over the “do not take up cargo space” part of this ability.

With Runes of Thor/Loki on a ship with Nemo’s Plans, can those be used on each player’s/faction’s turn, or only once per round?

Do you remove the storm only on a natural 6, or will a modified 6 do it too?

Modified works too.  I’ve never liked the “natural” distinction – I always prefer to apply bonuses.  I also always interpret modified to work as the default – if natural or unmodified isn’t in the ability text, it shouldn’t require that restriction in order to work.

Is t…

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Time for a semi-annual visibility bump!  😀

The forced re-roll of Agwe Flambeau feels like some combination of the Rune UT’s and the Altar of the Loa UT.

It was actually directly inspired by Potions and Brews.  I wanted to make a non-d6 trigger such as sac so it wouldn’t require a 6.  (opponent rolls a d6, you try to roll a d6 to force a reroll, then opponent rerolls just feels like too man…[Read more]

Might as well finish the Agwe Family today. As usual, basing things pretty much entirely on the flavor text.

Agwe Flambeau
Type: Crew
Faction Affiliation: The Cursed
Rarity: R
Point Value: 8
Ability: Eternal. Once per turn you may give this ship +1 or -1 to a terrain roll. Once per turn, you may eliminate one of this ship’s crew to force an…[Read more]