Ben

Why do you prefer Pirates over other games?

The breadth of situations and game pieces the game explores. Some entire games might stick to fighting between square-rigged galleons, Pirates has exploration, ramming, submerged vessels, repairing, towing, sea monsters, forts, and the potential to randomly toss new mechanics into the mix on the…

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I think the point costs of those two ships should be reversed.   I still think Repeating Guns is not that good of an ability.  I almost never hit with all cannons during a shoot action, and the penalty of missing on the second volley is really nasty.  I would probably actively avoid ships with that ability when making a fleet.

Noticing some annoying glitches that may have something to do with the latest update to WordPress, but I’m not sure what’s causing them.  If a page takes forever to load, I’ve found that hitting the “stop loading” button (X at upper left of Chrome browser for me) and then reloading it works to get the page up properly.  If that’s for a forum p…[Read more]

My guess is that discord would be the best option since you could use the pirates community there to pull from. I know lots of people use It to live stream multiplayer games with multiple people chatting at once.

Thanks, I think I will try that first.  At least one of the podcasts this year was in the voice channel there, so hopefully people…[Read more]

For my final podcast of the year and Pirates CSG Podcast #50, I want to finally do a live “call-in” podcast.  (similar to the Pirates Online radio show hosted by RedDragon and Captain Ron)

Does anyone know the best way to do this?  Options I see would be the Discord voice channel, Google Voice, or No Cost Conference (have not tried the latter two).

Bunch of small lots ending today.  (+some not being bid on, including an OE box)

Large lot with good set variety.

Had a great time playing with Captain Randy at Treasure Island in Las Vegas!  😀

I think Raphael Santiago could be 6 points.  Though in your group I guess BA is worth more since it always seems to hit….

Once per turn, when this ship is hit by an enemy ship, you may eliminate a mast from the attacking ship.

This seems like it’s begging for problems.  Might be better if the initial hit was scored only on a 2-4; 5-6 could be h…[Read more]

Pirates CSG Podcast #49: In Las Vegas with Randy!
You can listen to the audio via ShoutEngine!
You can also listen on Archive.org.
Question of the Day: Have you ever played Pirates CSG with someone you met online or that is also part of the online community?
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Wrecks block lines of fire, correct?

I have used the shipwreck style of play where ships are left on the board when they sink. That is likely my favorite.

Are all of the “sunken” ships available just as regular (reefed) shipwrecks would be? (for exploration/blocking/etc)

Cannot think of any significant downfalls at the moment but I’m sure it will negatively impact certain Keywords a…

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Awesome, thanks Woelf!  Interesting that a submerged ship with that ability could shoot through a nearby submerged ship to shoot at another submerged ship.  XD

During a shoot action, when drawing a line of fire to an opposing ship, continue that line of fire to see if it can touch an additional opposing ship within range. If it does, on a roll of 6 eliminate one cargo from that second ship after doing normal damage to the target ship. On any cannon roll of 1, eliminate that cannon and remove this…

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Lot with some custom islands and other goodies.

Nice mixed lot

@Chris, Jeremiah: Thanks a lot!  🙂