Pirates with Ben | Captain Vendari | Activity https://pirateswithben.com/members/captainvendari/activity/ Activity feed for Captain Vendari. Mon, 14 Sep 2026 20:27:05 -0700 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 87918bd919e1116c84edd02671a480c7 Captain Vendari replied to the topic Questions About Game Rules & The Pirate Code in the forum Pirates CSG https://pirateswithben.com/forums/topic/questions-about-game-rules-the-pirate-code-the-no-duplicates-list/page/33/#post-28139 Sat, 18 Jul 2026 01:15:51 -0700 I’d say the ship’s owner chooses. You control the action the ship takes, but control of the ship itself and her cargo remains with her current fleet.

]]> 0 768f1f7c88f41cbcb852b6143db60589 Captain Vendari replied to the topic Questions About Game Rules & The Pirate Code in the forum Pirates CSG https://pirateswithben.com/forums/topic/questions-about-game-rules-the-pirate-code-the-no-duplicates-list/page/32/#post-27029 Sun, 17 May 2026 03:45:26 -0700 Yes, they work together like that. The shoot provided by a Captain is a free action, requiring a full non-free move action.

]]> 0 f8621d058f1a8062d64989126955bf1d Captain Vendari replied to the topic Questions About Game Rules & The Pirate Code in the forum Pirates CSG https://pirateswithben.com/forums/topic/questions-about-game-rules-the-pirate-code-the-no-duplicates-list/page/32/#post-26992 Thu, 14 May 2026 23:59:29 -0700 An argument could be made that they are not; the use of an ability implies the game has already begun. Even though no turns have been taken, set up occurs during play.

]]> 0 0ef1e76e24b2cb82ed1c48ccb76f0ada Captain Vendari replied to the topic Questions About Game Rules & The Pirate Code in the forum Pirates CSG https://pirateswithben.com/forums/topic/questions-about-game-rules-the-pirate-code-the-no-duplicates-list/page/32/#post-26819 Tue, 05 May 2026 14:31:58 -0700 Yes. The shoot from Blackheart’s captain ability is a free action, so if you sacrifice a crew, you can move and shoot twice.

]]> 0 f6a4e1f814227c25555eca3d3929efc4 Captain Vendari replied to the topic Questions About Game Rules & The Pirate Code in the forum Pirates CSG https://pirateswithben.com/forums/topic/questions-about-game-rules-the-pirate-code-the-no-duplicates-list/page/32/#post-26817 Tue, 05 May 2026 13:53:24 -0700 Per the final rules update in Savage Shores, a ship cannot be given more than two full actions a turn, unless an ability specifically says so (no such ability exists). So in this scenario, no; you will just be wasting the crew sacrifice since you already got SAT from Crimson Angel.

]]> 0 1943f4e6eca723da86c6c4b16b5863fb Captain Vendari replied to the topic Questions About Game Rules & The Pirate Code in the forum Pirates CSG https://pirateswithben.com/forums/topic/questions-about-game-rules-the-pirate-code-the-no-duplicates-list/page/32/#post-26806 Sun, 03 May 2026 16:57:14 -0700

<p style=”border: 0px; font-family: ‘Helvetica Neue’, Helvetica, Arial, ‘Lucida Grande’, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 1em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000;”>“For a 40-point game, players must use three islands per player (six islands for 2 players, nine islands for three players, etc.).”</p>
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]]> 0 faece4f2e9922acde9e13f159420ea9b Captain Vendari replied to the topic Questions About Game Rules & The Pirate Code in the forum Pirates CSG https://pirateswithben.com/forums/topic/questions-about-game-rules-the-pirate-code-the-no-duplicates-list/page/31/#post-26768 Wed, 29 Apr 2026 20:27:41 -0700 Regarding the multiple Necklace of the Sky question, what if I possessed two of them before using the first one to teleport (two on one Ship, or one on two different ships)?

]]> 0 72dd1299a368d9040c6e6b4af79b842d Captain Vendari replied to the topic Questions About Game Rules & The Pirate Code in the forum Pirates CSG https://pirateswithben.com/forums/topic/questions-about-game-rules-the-pirate-code-the-no-duplicates-list/page/29/#post-19414 Sun, 22 Sep 2024 18:59:19 -0700

the apparent rule that a canceller can’t cancel himself or his own ship, except the printed card rule says “within S of this ship” and his own ship is quite literally within S of itself

“Within S of this ship” specifically begins at the outermost edge of the ship’s model silohuette. By definition, it is not, in fact, within S of itself.

]]> 0 d88798ded161c8a68da5914ba813215f Captain Vendari replied to the topic Questions About Game Rules & The Pirate Code in the forum Pirates CSG https://pirateswithben.com/forums/topic/questions-about-game-rules-the-pirate-code-the-no-duplicates-list/page/26/#post-18066 Tue, 26 Mar 2024 21:46:07 -0700 I was reading through the flavor text on Zeus, and I think I’ve found definitive evidence that Guichuan is 100% a different ship. Ocean’s Edge takes place in the aftermath of the fall of the Jade Rebellion (which probably took place “off screen” during Frozen North), hence why we see reprints of their ships dispersed among the Big Six. Zeus’…[Read more]

]]> 0 cce6e7b09fc53cfc09585b550d7747ff Captain Vendari replied to the topic Questions About Game Rules & The Pirate Code in the forum Pirates CSG https://pirateswithben.com/forums/topic/questions-about-game-rules-the-pirate-code-the-no-duplicates-list/page/26/#post-18045 Fri, 22 Mar 2024 21:14:27 -0700

MI #7:
1-2: Randomly move one treasure from this island to another wild island.
3-4: No effect.
5-6: After exploring this island, place a treasure coin from your collection with value equal to or less than one you took on the island.

What is meant by “one you took”? I think it to refers to a coin loaded by the ship during the explore action and…[Read more]

]]> 0 dd8d68b9214d17bd21ac9e1adfb6f7a6 Captain Vendari replied to the topic Questions About Game Rules & The Pirate Code in the forum Pirates CSG https://pirateswithben.com/forums/topic/questions-about-game-rules-the-pirate-code-the-no-duplicates-list/page/26/#post-18015 Wed, 13 Mar 2024 20:56:25 -0700

For the purposes of measuring the “S away from home island” for the Mercenary keyword, is that measured from a point on the ship that touches the water (playing surface), or from any point on the ship? In a recent game Randy and I noticed that it could give Celtic Fury a bigger jump if measuring from the edge of the aftermost stern deck rather tha…

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]]> 0 9d12bbeb908de37173e83031d9e3294c Captain Vendari replied to the topic Questions About Game Rules & The Pirate Code in the forum Pirates CSG https://pirateswithben.com/forums/topic/questions-about-game-rules-the-pirate-code-the-no-duplicates-list/page/26/#post-18004 Tue, 12 Mar 2024 15:35:35 -0700

Doing it in turn order is only necessary if players get into one of those annoying “If you add that, I’m going to add this!” arguments, or when you need a highly-rigid timing structure for a tournament game or something along those lines.

That makes sense. I thought it might have had to do with ability timings, but I can’t think of anything in th…[Read more]

]]> 0 2cb8098f9e33d97cedb3fc5afce88acd Captain Vendari replied to the topic Questions About Game Rules & The Pirate Code in the forum Pirates CSG https://pirateswithben.com/forums/topic/questions-about-game-rules-the-pirate-code-the-no-duplicates-list/page/25/#post-17965 Mon, 11 Mar 2024 18:01:44 -0700

<p style=”border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 1em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;”>When are game pieces brought in by 0LR+5 crew chosen, and are they chosen in turn order or at the same time?</p>

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]]> 0 bef6fc4a5ade698e68f11b786c52c6b4 Captain Vendari replied to the topic Questions About Game Rules & The Pirate Code in the forum Pirates CSG https://pirateswithben.com/forums/topic/questions-about-game-rules-the-pirate-code-the-no-duplicates-list/page/25/#post-17954 Sat, 09 Mar 2024 20:13:29 -0800 When are game pieces brought in by 0LR+5 crew chosen, and are they revealed in turn order or at the same time?

]]> 0 b3de79baac5ff3abfa316b0dbad83e5e Captain Vendari replied to the topic Questions About Game Rules & The Pirate Code in the forum Pirates CSG https://pirateswithben.com/forums/topic/questions-about-game-rules-the-pirate-code-the-no-duplicates-list/page/25/#post-17916 Sun, 03 Mar 2024 18:42:50 -0800 If Lord Mycron is on HMS Titan and Titan rolls a 5 or 6 for her extra action, does she now have two actions Lord Mycron can give away?

]]> 0 3efb86641480a08dbe1b6bca8f36551a Captain Vendari replied to the topic Questions About Game Rules & The Pirate Code in the forum Pirates CSG https://pirateswithben.com/forums/topic/questions-about-game-rules-the-pirate-code-the-no-duplicates-list/page/25/#post-17910 Sat, 02 Mar 2024 19:05:28 -0800

That’s just the generic rule for anything that might cause a disagreement. If it’s an actual organized tournament, that’s something the organizer should either specify ahead of time, or give their ruling on when it comes up.

Okay, so if I understand you correctly, I’m more or less correct concerning competitive play: if it’s not in the event descr…[Read more]

]]> 0 af15c3dd7e486dd15ffbca27f16e7e6e Captain Vendari replied to the topic Questions About Game Rules & The Pirate Code in the forum Pirates CSG https://pirateswithben.com/forums/topic/questions-about-game-rules-the-pirate-code-the-no-duplicates-list/page/25/#post-17905 Sat, 02 Mar 2024 14:14:50 -0800

Can a Navigator place a trade current within S of a friendly ship that is lost in a fog bank? If so, is it measured from any part of the fog bank?

I think you’re correct that they don’t. The way I understand it, lost ships are treated as if they don’t have a definite location on the table; placing them inside the fogbank is merely a convenient way…[Read more]

]]> 0 1c7f035bc7b666f644424b6dc88ea6ee Captain Vendari replied to the topic Questions About Game Rules & The Pirate Code in the forum Pirates CSG https://pirateswithben.com/forums/topic/questions-about-game-rules-the-pirate-code-the-no-duplicates-list/page/25/#post-17903 Sat, 02 Mar 2024 00:03:17 -0800 I can understand this ruling for terrain, as the rules specifically state that players should agree on how many to use (0 is a perfectly valid amount). I have checked the Complete Rules, Pirate Code, and Comprehensive Tournament Rules, and none make such a statement regarding mysterious islands: only that each player is to provide three islands to…[Read more]

]]> 0 2f0b753a1352c31be17b7afe995bb416 Captain Vendari replied to the topic No Sails Fleet Challenge in the forum Pirates CSG https://pirateswithben.com/forums/topic/no-sails-fleet-challenge/#post-17789 Thu, 01 Feb 2024 15:01:41 -0800 I already posted my fleet in the Discord server, posting it here for Ben’s benefit.

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]]> 0 da2aa2637f13edeb27b38b734645b0d9 Captain Vendari replied to the topic Questions About Game Rules & The Pirate Code in the forum Pirates CSG https://pirateswithben.com/forums/topic/questions-about-game-rules-the-pirate-code-the-no-duplicates-list/page/23/#post-17695 Tue, 09 Jan 2024 16:07:58 -0800 Fair enough

]]> 0 9896dd97668f152ecee865f20104676d Captain Vendari replied to the topic Questions About Game Rules & The Pirate Code in the forum Pirates CSG https://pirateswithben.com/forums/topic/questions-about-game-rules-the-pirate-code-the-no-duplicates-list/page/23/#post-17693 Tue, 09 Jan 2024 15:13:39 -0800

<p style=”border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; margin: 1em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;”>Would holy water save a submerged submarine being fired upon by a ship that has an ability can shoot submerged ships</p>
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]]> 0 68085e4b62ca44b8bb21c51aa190b84a Captain Vendari replied to the topic Questions About Game Rules & The Pirate Code in the forum Pirates CSG https://pirateswithben.com/forums/topic/questions-about-game-rules-the-pirate-code-the-no-duplicates-list/page/23/#post-17412 Fri, 27 Oct 2023 18:04:55 -0700 It sounds to me like that would be an edit, rather than an addition. Rules as intended, rather than rules as written.

]]> 0 a8d089892cda38fea061eb35c91ceaef Captain Vendari posted a new activity comment https://pirateswithben.com/game-modes-for-playing-pirates-csg/#comment-700 Wed, 23 Aug 2023 17:10:54 -0700 I would amend the section on Shipwrights in Limited to read “Shipwrights gain the text ‘This crew does does not take up cargo space.'” Gets the same point across, but reads more like it gains the ability rather than a simple rule change.

In reply to - Ben wrote a new post Game Modes for playing Pirates CSG Important to note: None of this is official. Through the years many complaints have been lodged by the Pirates CSG community regarding game pieces that […] ]]> 74c6406be1f1b1f56eb3676593475936 Captain Vendari replied to the topic Questions About Game Rules & The Pirate Code in the forum Pirates CSG https://pirateswithben.com/forums/topic/questions-about-game-rules-the-pirate-code-the-no-duplicates-list/page/12/#post-14023 Sat, 09 Oct 2021 21:50:53 -0700 Barnacle and Grand Barnacle need to be added to the No Duplicated list as the same ship.

 

https://pirates.fandom.com/wiki/Grand_Barnacle

]]> 0 a8ebdbb5e7c895d39396c1f67e2e70b0 Captain Vendari replied to the topic Questions About Game Rules & The Pirate Code in the forum Pirates CSG https://pirateswithben.com/forums/topic/questions-about-game-rules-the-pirate-code-the-no-duplicates-list/page/4/#post-9061 Thu, 15 Aug 2019 18:38:23 -0700 Delusion Flavor Text:
“Captained by Fitzgerald, who was stabbed in the back by Blackheart for a gold medallion and left to die, and crewed by pirates killed for their treasure by their own former crewmen, the Delusion haunts the seas searching for the gold that was stolen from her in life. A glowing mirage on even the most moonless waves, the…[Read more]

]]> 0 563ea5e691ec2123e9f01351e77d5d54 Captain Vendari replied to the topic Questions About Game Rules & The Pirate Code in the forum Pirates CSG https://pirateswithben.com/forums/topic/questions-about-game-rules-the-pirate-code-the-no-duplicates-list/page/3/#post-9026 Thu, 15 Aug 2019 06:37:02 -0700 I think I can make a case that Delusion = Zeus, but I need to do a bit of research into first.

]]> 0 d55b85edbb85e8cbfc6c8ed33b79f5da Captain Vendari posted a new activity comment https://pirateswithben.com/ocean-play-mat/#comment-263 Fri, 09 Aug 2019 21:56:44 -0700 I personally enjoy a “mousepad” material playmat, like the ones Ares Games produced for Sails of Glory. Two of those will run you about $40-$60, but they have the added benefit of not rumpling up if you brush your arm against them, and they make a good sized ocean for 2 to 4 players (a single mat can fit a standard two player game with islands…[Read more]

In reply to - Ben wrote a new post Ocean Play Mat – Many Options for Pirates Players Ocean Play Mat Options – Which is Best? A member of the Facebook group asks: What do you useContinue reading→ ]]> d6de3081a840ce17fa4f8548380d10c7 Captain Vendari replied to the topic Live VASSAL Tournament in the forum Pirates CSG https://pirateswithben.com/forums/topic/live-vassal-tournament/#post-8515 Fri, 02 Aug 2019 22:53:51 -0700 Multinational fleets are totally allowed.

]]> 0 2410804fcd86e1ca6ead5b34d63df24a Captain Vendari started the topic Live VASSAL Tournament in the forum Pirates CSG https://pirateswithben.com/forums/topic/live-vassal-tournament/ Thu, 01 Aug 2019 07:20:19 -0700 <p style=”text-align: center;”>I am organizing a tournament to be played on VASSAL and am trying to gauge interest from the community. I haven’t decided on a style, but if I can find at least 8 players I’m thinking one round swiss matches. The tournament will be live, with commentary from myself and possibly others.</p>
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]]> 0 821e30ff38db9a61f62989f499bffe95 Captain Vendari's profile was updated https://pirateswithben.com/activity/p/2081/ Wed, 08 May 2019 13:53:33 -0700 0 113ef87100d6f45c49edb930252e93ab Captain Vendari replied to the topic Introduce Yourself! Join the Crew! in the forum Pirates CSG https://pirateswithben.com/forums/topic/introduce-yourself-join-the-crew/page/2/#post-4449 Wed, 08 May 2019 13:51:57 -0700 I don’t believe I’ve posted in this thread yet. In fact, I only recently managed to get my account working here. Not sure what was up, but Word Press wouldn’t let me log in by any means for a while and I just kind of forgot.

I’m Captain Vendari, reforming Pirates enthusiast. My interest in this game ebbs and flows, but for now the tide is high!

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