Ben

Glad you like it!

🙂  I don’t know yet if I like it, but it’s certainly interesting.  I just realized that I think it could be used to “repair” sea creatures.  O_O  And if it had an ability that let it shoot at submerged ships, I suppose the replacement could happen while the creature was submerged since it’s not a repair action of any kin…[Read more]

How cool would it be to see Fort Jefferson in the game at the same scale as the ships?  😀

Oh boy… I’m probably missing something, but I don’t see anything in the rules or Code that prevents you from taking enemy crew (or equipment) from their home island when you dock with a home island raider….

That is correct, but I should have a line in there somewhere that says something to the effect of “you can’t fire on friendly ships normally, just with this ability.”

That’s already the case – “you can’t shoot at a ship in your own fleet.” (from Page 6 of the Combined Set Rules)

It’s definitely an interesting concept, just really strange to thi…[Read more]

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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@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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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!

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.

@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.

The latest from CG4.  🙂

“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.  🙂

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]