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Ben replied to the topic A 2020 Pirates Initiative? in the forum Pirates CSG 6 years, 5 months ago
If you’re struggling to think of an idea for you, try to remember that time you may have commented “I’ll definitely have to try this sometime” or “maybe someday”, especially if it was at Miniature Trading for example. 😀
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Ben started the topic A 2020 Pirates Initiative? in the forum Pirates CSG 6 years, 5 months ago
I have an idea:
Everyone that enjoys Pirates CSG could do one Pirates-related thing in 2020 that they’ve been putting off for a while or have always wanted to do!Examples include:
-Playing a specific type of game for the first time
-Finishing a custom ruleset
-Building a table or ocean to play on
-Buying a booster box
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Ben wrote a new post 6 years, 5 months ago
Get VASSAL here: https://pirateswithben.com/vassal/
Get the Defense of St. Helens map I made here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/mk2jmgri9pb079h/Defense%20of%20St.%20Helens.vsav?dl=0
Here is the Defense of […]
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Ben replied to the topic Questions About Game Rules & The Pirate Code in the forum Pirates CSG 6 years, 5 months ago
Can the Selkie “mix and match” her ability with the Eye of Maru UT? (shoot one cannon at doubled range, regular rank; but other 2 with sniping – using both abilities in the same action) (not talking about combining both)
Selkie: You may double the range of this ship’s cannons each turn, but you must roll a 6 to hit.
Eye of Maru: When this sh…[Read more]
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Ben wrote a new post 6 years, 5 months ago
Wow!! What a fun day of play for me in VASSAL Campaign Game 4! After PirateAJ14 and Xerecs completed their latest turns, my four factions were up.
As always the Pirates led things off for me, with a bunch o […]
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Ben replied to the topic Battle Reports in the forum Pirates CSG 6 years, 5 months ago
Here we go again!! My penchant for grand campaign game attacks is alive and well! XD 😀
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Ben replied to the topic Game Ideas in the forum Pirates CSG 6 years, 5 months ago
@jbiondo: Sounds pretty neat overall.
And just to shiver yer timbers some more, let’s say 2 Forts can be built on either side of the island, by ANY player, and “Raids” between Forts can happen just the same as boarding parties.
Sounds a bit like the land warfare ideas I’ve scratched the surface on with my RISK, Command the Oceans, and Carib…[Read more]
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Ben started the topic Rules for Thought #42 – Capturing crewless ships via boarding in the forum Pirates CSG 6 years, 5 months ago
Now that the Rules survey has some results (46 responses as of this post), I think it would be a good idea to discuss some various options in detail.
Dylan commented:
The way I and my friends had always played boarding is if one ship didn’t have any crew or both didn’t have crew the winner (if there was not crew to be killed) claimed the op…
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Ben commented on the post, Pirates CSG Podcast #51: Getempowder War Stories! 6 years, 5 months ago
@Chris: If you want a scenario that delves into the idea a bit, check out Circle of Blood by Riz. Conceivably you could use as many sea creatures as you wanted in that, or have a set number or point allotment based on the build total.
I’ve run “Cursed Chaos” fleets that are Cursed-only and simply designed to cause mayhem on the seas for other…[Read more]
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Ben wrote a new post 6 years, 5 months ago
Pirates CSG Podcast #51: Getempowder War Stories!Pirates CSG Podcast #51: Getempowder War Stories! You canContinue reading→
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I really like the idea of playing all sea monsters as a chaos faction that is a hazard to all other fleets on the table. I’ve been pondering this idea for some time and it was great to hear other player(s) running with similar thoughts!
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@Chris: If you want a scenario that delves into the idea a bit, check out Circle of Blood by Riz. Conceivably you could use as many sea creatures as you wanted in that, or have a set number or point allotment based on the build total.
I’ve run “Cursed Chaos” fleets that are Cursed-only and simply designed to cause mayhem on the seas for other players while being fun for me. (until I lose with 0 gold lol) Here is an example where I only had a dragon and a kraken at my disposal.
Thanks for listening!
Ben
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Hey I would I go about playing a pirate csg game with you in a live stream you would probably crush me because I haven’t played in awhil le
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@Geoffrey: I don’t know about that! I’ve played plenty of games where I lost to a less experienced player… and at this point, pretty much all of my games are against people who have played Pirates less than me. I also don’t bother trying to destroy everyone in every game, since it would get repetitive and boring. (by that I mean there’s not much point in just winning all the time with UPS 2 since there are hardly any fleets that can beat it)
If you’re asking about playing me on VASSAL, it’s unlikely I’ll have enough time anytime soon, especially since most of the time I can afford to play is taken up by CG4.
Ben
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Ben replied to the topic The Podcast Thread in the forum Pirates CSG 6 years, 5 months ago
Pirates CSG Podcast #51: Getempowder War Stories!
You can listen to the audio via ShoutEngine!
You can also listen on Archive.org.
Getempowder: https://pirateswithben.com/members/getempowder/
The Cursed Challenge from 2013 – I won with A Devastating Duo and also submitted Hearts of TreasonQuestions of the Day
A7XfanBen: What impact…[Read more] -
Ben replied to the topic News and Updates Thread in the forum Pirates CSG 6 years, 5 months ago
Youtube is giving me a lot of trouble with live streaming (something to do with the switch to “studio” I believe), so for now I won’t be doing any live streams of podcasts/games/etc.
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Ben wrote a new post 6 years, 5 months ago
Before this turn, we amended the fort rules slightly. Unlike before, forts shut down their island’s production of resources AND gold (instead of just resources). However, gold stored in an upgraded fort can be u […]
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Ben replied to the topic Questions About Game Rules & The Pirate Code in the forum Pirates CSG 6 years, 5 months ago
Does the damage caused by Neptune’s Trident count as hits for the purposes of abilities like Cargo Wrecking? (eliminating cargo for each hit)
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Ben commented on the post, Pirates with Ben Blog #67 – Back in Action 6 years, 5 months ago
@Geoffrey: Same here! Thanks for watching.
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Ben posted a new activity comment 6 years, 5 months ago
Great! Welcome back!
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hello I’m actually back now
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Awesome!! Welcome back aboard!
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Ben replied to the topic Custom Ships (post your custom game pieces here!) in the forum Pirates CSG 6 years, 5 months ago
Time to respond to 3 months’ worth of posts in this thread! XD
@JW Darkhurst: Thank you for the feedback!
I like the Garroway and Luke Gray. Morgenstern sounds like she’s in a pretty messed up situation… maybe the Loa can get involved somehow. 😉
Besides I think the last line of his ability text prevents any kind of use on non-Corsair sh…
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Ben wrote a new post 6 years, 5 months ago
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I’m glad
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@Geoffrey: Same here! Thanks for watching.
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Ben wrote a new post 6 years, 5 months ago
CG4 has resumed at last! After 3 and a half months of inactivity, the grand campaign is back.
On the previous turn, the Corsairs spent their windfall on a bunch of grand custom warships! This included the O […]
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Ben replied to the topic Battle Reports in the forum Pirates CSG 6 years, 5 months ago
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