Ben

Once per turn, this ship can move S after loading cargo. (and other similar abilities)

-The location of the cargo or treasure must be different before and after using this ability. You cannot unload (or load) an item to trigger the bonus and then immediately load (or unload) the same item before moving.

Are those abilities really enough to…[Read more]

1-2: Randomly move two treasure coins from this island to another wild island.

Confirming that this “negative” effect for MI #1 means that you do get to pick which specific wild island the coins are flung to?

Fairfield box spotted, though obviously it’s a mix of sets and not all Fire and Steel. (affiliate link)

Maps of Alexandria says “turn all treasure on all wild islands face up for the remainder of the game”, so wouldn’t SN go face up regardless of which is applied first?  “For the remainder” seems like it applies to any and all treasure put back on wild islands at any point in the future.

It’s not a persistent effect, because MoA removes itse…

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The only timing distinction that does matter is whether you apply the Maps or SN first, and that will only determine whether SN returns to the island face down and remains face down, or if it returns and then immediately gets flipped face up.

Maps of Alexandria says “turn all treasure on all wild islands face up for the remainder of the game”, so…[Read more]

This is intriguing: https://icv2.com/articles/games/view/6618/wizkids-plans-big-tv-behind-pirates

The game will be distributed in around 30,000 non-hobby outlets nationwide, including 7-11 (where Pirates outsold Pokemon in a test, according to WizKids), Blockbuster, Meier, Rite-Aid, Walgreens, book chains, other convenience store chains, and…

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The “double range, roll 6” ability is an all-or-nothing effect, so you can’t pick and choose specific cannons. You either use it with all of them, or none of them.

You may double the range of this ship’s cannons each turn, but you must roll a 6 to hit.

I would prefer that the Sniping ability work in a mix and match way – such as the crew putting…[Read more]

If you find Altar of the Loa and Plague on the same island, I assume you cannot sacrifice crew to the Altar before they would be eliminated via Plague because the effect of Plague occurs as part of the explore action and the Altar effect is optional and you wouldn’t be able to use it until after the explore action ends?

If I eliminate crew to…[Read more]

Recently finished Murtagh (follow up book to the Inheritance Cycle). I thought it was quite good and it leaves open the possibility of other stories being told with the characters.

Ah nice, I still have to read that after the Tales from Alagaësia book.

Finished:

Think Like A Monk (Jay Shetty)

Currently reading:

Change Your Brain, Change Your Life (Daniel Amen)

Both quite good.

I’m not quite sure how having additional Runes of Thor would change the scenario?  They would each give you one additional guaranteed success with CCJ’s roll on a future turn, but Nemo’s Plans still wouldn’t be able to retain any of them.

It was in reference to attempting to block the “no future move actions” endgame trigger – going back to the i…[Read more]

I understand the first answer below makes the second situation nearly impossible, but it could still happen via an MI that allows for a coin to be replaced with a UT, providing the possibility of additional Runes of Thor for CCJ every turn.

If CCJ’s ship uses Runes of Thor to get the 6 and also has Nemo’s Plans aboard, does Runes of Thor get eli…

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Here’s a weird way to potentially blockade an enemy home island:

Get two Titans (El Toro likely being one). They both need the ability to not be shot at while docked. Bianco’s Haulers for El Toro, and Copier Davy Jones on Brachyura/Raninoidea to copy BH. They both also need the Letter of Marque UT – the CC/PotC variants are not on the…[Read more]

Mysterious Island effects cannot be re-rolled.

I assume this confirms that MI effect rolls are considered to be made for the island rather than the ship?  In which case, the Cursed Zone event would not affect MI rolls.

Cursed Captain Jack: Once at the beginning of each of your turns, roll a d6. On a result of 6, no abilities except Parley can…[Read more]

I discovered something I don’t think I’d ever seen or thought about before in a recent game of Tournament #3. An island can be placed so close to the corner of the map in such a way that a ship can start the game docked there, but with no room to maneuver to leave that little corner it occupies.  Especially with flat earth (hard boundary, not…[Read more]

The 0-Point assignment rule applies in all of those cases, forcing them to be on a nationality-matching crew at all times, except when explicitly captured using an ability like Ransom (swaps and trades aren’t  enough).

Fair enough, though I will say that I disagree and I consider it to be a true rules loophole at this point.

Assignment only ap…[Read more]

Looks like a decent deal for Spanish Main on Mercari.