Ben

I’m a lifetime gamer who played Pirates a bit when it released, and even ran a few events at the game store I worked at at the time.

That is awesome!  Feel free to tell any stories of those Pirates events if you want. (this thread would be the best place I think)

Every time I get on this site to do research I’m impressed by the passionate fanb…

[Read more]

Won’t be available much between 11/12 and 11/18.

How does this sound?

Looks like fun! 🙂

But I think you should maybe switch “cannons” and “lines of fire”; to me that would just sound a little better and less confusing.

The problem is getting a wording that implies that the ship is shooting through another ship.  Someone could interpret it to mean a ship at point blank range, and another on the other side of the ship that is in range…[Read more]

Thanks for the feedback.  Here is where they stand now:

Extra Powder
Equipment
Point Cost: 2
Ability: You may reveal this equipment to double the ranges of this ship’s cannons for this turn. Then remove Extra Powder from the game.

Maximum Gunpowder
Equipment
Point Cost: 2
Ability: If the cannons of this ship’s lines of fire are in range of mo…[Read more]

Here is an existing equipment I made:

Extra Powder
Equipment
Point Cost: 1
Ability: You may reveal this equipment to double the ranges of this ship’s cannons for this turn. Then remove Extra Powder from the game.

I am now thinking about an “alternate”. However, they could also be combined into one equipment that could be used separately…[Read more]

Consider a scenario like this with all 3 ships lined up:

[Submerged submarine][Surfaced submarine][Enemy ship on the surface]

I assume that if the submerged sub shoots at the ship on the surface with a Marine, the surfaced submarine blocks that line of fire?

(not what happened in CG2, just curious)

Perhaps a better question would be if C…[Read more]

I was luck enough to have our Keymaster Ben track me down, and offer to podcast one of our conversations. So, as in many things, he has made my Pirates CSG work that much easier. Though, there does seem to be some missing audio in the recording. Especially around the time concerning the Broadside rules misunderstanding portion. But, no harm, no…

[Read more]

Pirates CSG Podcast #48: A7XfanBen and Xerecs Talk Campaign Games
You can listen to the audio via ShoutEngine!

You can also listen on Archive.org.
Xerecs’ profile page at Pirates with Ben: https://pirateswithben.com/members/xerecs/
CoEC 2019: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLY5ESzOKns5gkP98K49iP–589KmYKaNf
The Huge Game Legacy…[Read more]

Xerecs and I are live on the podcast talking about campaign games!

I’m planning to meet up with Randy on Thursday 11/14 in Las Vegas for at least one game and maybe a podcast!  🙂

I have appointed new moderators that can delete both posts and users.  They will help me keep the forums clean of junk and violators.  Especially after 12/14/2019, please contact them if you notice spam/trolling/rulebreaking.

Woelf

Xerecs

Artisturn (Ernie Prado)

Let’s keep things civil around here so they and I have easy jobs!  😀

I think about them, All. Year. Long. 😀 Figuring out where to set-up, how much time of the day we’ll have, figuring out any rules changes, etc and so forth. Then once things get going, there’s in game strategy, out game strategy, and the reports.

Sounds like another topic for tonight’s podcast.  🙂   For me, out game strategy is sometimes when I…[Read more]

This has probably already been talked about…

I assume an “action canceller” wouldn’t work?  Just by definition it sounds too broken.  Trying to make it as “fair” as possible: “Once per round during an opponent’s turn, you may cancel one action taken by any ship within S of this ship.  The controller of that ship may choose to give the ship a di…[Read more]

Pirates CSG Podcast #47: A7XfanBen Chats with Creeps
You can listen to the audio via ShoutEngine!

Profile page at Pirates with Ben: https://pirateswithben.com/members/creeps/

The Pirate Code: https://pirateswithben.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/The-Pirate-Code-FAQ-Dec-2016.pdf

Find all the…[Read more]