Ben

@CaptainPlunder: Moved your reply to this topic since it is about custom ships and not Rules questions.  (no problem really, I understand how topics morph and tangential discussions can crop up)

Official WizKids Trade Currents were only available in the last set, Savage Shoes (SS), which was NOT sold in game packs, but was sold in booster BOXES, which contained one pre-built ship from SS, and what amounted to three (or two, I’m not certain) packs worth of SS as well as a packs’ worth from Rise of the Fiends and Fire and Steel.

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Large lot with plenty of good stuff in it.

My thoughts for you. Take ’em or leave ’em.

Thank you!  I will take that into consideration as I resume looking at the sheet soon.  I personally find that aligning small bits of text (such as single digit numbers) in the center of cells is easier to look at and digest the information than having it aligned to one side.

I may even make an addit…[Read more]

Some DJC LE’s and other rare-ish stuff in that lot.

What about Trade Currents? Would it be possible to get a picture of that game piece or is it also in Vassal?

I’m actually not seeing any pictures of trade currents with a few quick looks.  They are in VASSAL, as you can see if you download the module.

Indeed, sometimes buying lots on eBay (including punched/used) is a good way to expand a collection without spending a ton of money.

I just need to get the islands from the frozen north or proxy a fog bank for an iceberg?

Exactly.  That’s how we’ve done icebergs in VASSAL actually – with fog banks that have a face up coin for the number in the middle.

@CaptainPlunder: Those 4 ships are definitely not equal, but there are sort of two “tiers” with the Golden Medusa and Lady’s Scorn at the top (in that order, for me at least) and the Rum Runner and Revenge at the bottom (also in that order).

I would concentrate more on learning the rules and having fun rather than trying to have completely…[Read more]

Wow Voya Nui gone?! That is pretty wild. Sort of reminds me of the volcanic activity during the Experimental cumulative game.
Wow, the English and Cursed have really gone on impressive launching sprees! I could definitely see a viable strategy being to lay low for most of the game and then launching a ton in the final weeks of play to boost the…[Read more]

I need some advise on 4 four masted pirate ships that are of equal strength, etc… any recommendations?

I would simply go with the one that you like the best, or perhaps that looks the coolest.  I assume you’re trying to choose which one to use in an upcoming game?

What is the highest you can roll in this game?

6.

Never thought of using playing cards, but I’m sure some kind of workable system could be figured out.

Are you able to customize Forts in Vassal?

Yes indeed!  Feel free to check out the video tutorial on the main page for it.

Since most terrain like Icebergs, Sargasso Sea, Trade Current, and Forts (technically not terrain) are hard to come by or out of print, how can noobs like myself fabricate this terrain to incorporate them into our play experience?

They’re all out of print, but none of those are extremely rare.  Just depends on the set in terms of which packs…[Read more]

Welcome aboard!  I like the avatar.

Pirates captures everything I was wanting to do with beauty and simplicity that I would have spent more time and resources trying to do with LEGO. The scale would have been much bigger than Pirates. I prefer the scale Pirates uses freeing up more table space.

Great points!!

 I also live on the Coast of Georgia n…

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Can anyone advise me the best place to get islands for terrain to make my ocean more realistic? I like the idea that Pirates provides islands, but I want something more 3-D.

Here are the islands made by Ross in AZ.  I have used some of them in my own games and highly recommend them!  I also recommend making your own, though it can be messy and t…[Read more]

How do you organize your collections? What is the best ways to store ships that is efficient but easy to find ships and all their parts?

You can see my collection in the 2014 Fleet Review and the Collection Review Series.

To find ships easily, you could try Plano boxes or some kind of divider system that you could use to sort ships individually…[Read more]

If a ship with the reverse captain ability also has a captain crew on it can you move shoot and then move again?

No, not without an extra action.  See Page 20.