Pirates with Ben | CrazyIvan | Activity https://pirateswithben.com/members/crazyivan/activity/ Activity feed for CrazyIvan. Mon, 14 Sep 2026 20:27:05 -0700 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 a1af9d98a818f97d51ca51e21388e80c CrazyIvan replied to the topic Battle Reports in the forum Pirates CSG https://pirateswithben.com/forums/topic/battle-reports/page/4/#post-16294 Sat, 25 Feb 2023 11:45:57 -0800 Meant to post my latest battle report video here, but I forgot. Some of you have already checked it out so thanks for that!

Pirates CSG Battle Report – 70 Point Game (26 Point Pools)

]]> 0 5e7cb36c116ba81d08fb1f8218268baa CrazyIvan replied to the topic What is the most underrated ship type in the game? in the forum Pirates CSG https://pirateswithben.com/forums/topic/what-is-the-most-underrated-ship-type-in-the-game/#post-16274 Tue, 14 Feb 2023 14:31:11 -0800 I think I tend to see most people overrating a lot of ships so thinking of underrated ones is quite difficult.

I’m not sure if they’re underrated, but I’ve been growing more attached to Galleys recently. Having a pseudo-Oarsman on them is pretty nice as it often forces your opponent to expend extra time to finishing off a mastless Galley. In some…[Read more]

]]> 0 ce8bdc284c4e549ec43d609ae9d824a2 CrazyIvan 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/20/#post-16175 Wed, 18 Jan 2023 16:45:10 -0800 My confusion arose from the codes wording for duplicate UTs. “The no-duplicates rule applies to unique treasures only during setup, when placing them in the treasure pool.” This made me think that the treasure pool is where they had to be unique. Thought I’d just verify it here, thanks again.

]]> 0 804b264772229b2e87fc1e0ec4ef5a7f CrazyIvan 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/19/#post-16173 Wed, 18 Jan 2023 14:57:16 -0800 For Unique Treasures does the No Duplicates rule apply per player or for the treasure pool for the particular game? I.e. can you have multiple copies of a UT in the same game if different players bring them?

]]> 0 9d61e94ef750eca38dbe3cba98295bc8 CrazyIvan 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/19/#post-16171 Tue, 17 Jan 2023 13:31:51 -0800 Thanks for the clarification.

]]> 0 4e8c547ad3379e63d7b39ceff08bb4e3 CrazyIvan 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/19/#post-16152 Sun, 15 Jan 2023 01:17:53 -0800 If a ship with the “Two hits from the same shoot action are required to eliminate one of this ship’s masts.” ability is hit by something with the “<span style=”color: #000000; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: medium;”>Once per turn when this ship hits an enemy ship, also eliminate one crew from that ship.” does it still eliminate a c…[Read more]

]]> 0 39134f779a748da053320d4e5fbc66ac CrazyIvan replied to the topic Custom Ships (post your custom game pieces here!) in the forum Pirates CSG https://pirateswithben.com/forums/topic/custom-ships-post-your-custom-game-pieces-here/page/40/#post-16123 Sun, 01 Jan 2023 21:28:54 -0800

<span style=”color: #000000; font-family: ‘Helvetica Neue’, Helvetica, Arial, ‘Lucida Grande’, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: #fbfbfb;”>Nice!  I think Antelope could be 4 points, and the Privateers likely 4 as well.</span>

I think he’s put the Antelope at 6 points so it can use both crew.

]]> 0 38022e4080e507cc44e90a67f8e05712 CrazyIvan replied to the topic 2022 End of Year Awards in the forum Pirates CSG https://pirateswithben.com/forums/topic/2022-end-of-year-awards/#post-16120 Sun, 01 Jan 2023 16:06:00 -0800 For me 2022 marks my first year of getting back into Pirates CSG after having more or less forgotten about it for about a decade so the year has been one full of discovery. At the beginning of the year I thought the game was literally just a Pirates of the Caribbean game, as I talked about in the self-introduction thread, so I’ve had a lot get my…[Read more]

]]> 0 287a526becea1548ad09d1b1b4fdf843 CrazyIvan 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/19/#post-16012 Sat, 24 Dec 2022 19:42:18 -0800 Does your opponent still get to choose if they want to board if you choose not to?

]]> 0 94ce4e25b96e54c4254dac119502f594 CrazyIvan 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/19/#post-16009 Wed, 21 Dec 2022 20:42:44 -0800 If you hit a ship with a Switchblade, but then move away so that you are no longer touching the hit ship can boarding still occur or does the blade have to remain in contact?

]]> 0 9e499160170a2973eac295679a0599bb CrazyIvan replied to the topic Holiday Booty Giveaway Contest! in the forum Pirates CSG https://pirateswithben.com/forums/topic/holiday-booty-giveaway-contest/#post-15899 Sat, 03 Dec 2022 17:54:39 -0800 Finally managed to finish my 4 player battle report video. Ended up taking quite a bit of time to put together and I was quite buy during the week, but I made it! This one is quite  lengthy, but hopefully you still enjoy.

https://youtu.be/y5LDRxCUlQM

]]> 0 20e776eae65d55439bab781f3c44150e CrazyIvan replied to the topic Holiday Booty Giveaway Contest! in the forum Pirates CSG https://pirateswithben.com/forums/topic/holiday-booty-giveaway-contest/#post-15874 Mon, 28 Nov 2022 01:24:23 -0800 Thought I’d have a go at doing something a bit different with a video battle report. It’s just for a very small game I played by myself, but I’m hoping to get a video finished for a slightly larger 4 player game I played yesterday.

https://youtu.be/8M4iD5HkpVk

]]> 0 1e718c651cdefac7727afa5d4a4e122c CrazyIvan posted a new activity comment https://pirateswithben.com/game-modes-for-playing-pirates-csg/#comment-625 Sun, 27 Nov 2022 02:29:27 -0800 Statistically the La Bonne Chance does much more damage than both of those examples when you consider the built-in reroll and she also has an extra mast. I’d argue she’s more like a faster version of the HMS Nautilus. Like I said before though I do still think she’s a step down from the Limited bans you currently have so I wouldn’t really push…[Read more]

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 […] ]]> af329aab1c9ff94c94fda60235c5bf80 CrazyIvan posted a new activity comment https://pirateswithben.com/game-modes-for-playing-pirates-csg/#comment-623 Fri, 25 Nov 2022 21:48:09 -0800 I think these formats looked to be very well thought out and I like the bans in each. I like that the Semi-Limited format only deals with the most egregious pieces, but still leaves most things untouched and would be far more enthusiastic about potentially playing in more serious events with those rules settings. Personally I feel that “how…[Read more]

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 […] ]]> a47bc3c523a518bf8b83442a8908fdbc CrazyIvan 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/18/#post-15704 Sat, 29 Oct 2022 22:52:43 -0700 Ah yes, the “turn them over – they’re yours!”

Thanks for the clarifications, I’ve always played that a player reveals when they have more than half the gold at their island.

]]> 0 48ee6b369ff9c195bb47b5449efcc7c9 CrazyIvan 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/18/#post-15699 Fri, 28 Oct 2022 00:16:21 -0700 How does the “<span style=”color: #000000; font-family: docs-Calibri; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;”>This ship may dock at an enemy home island and load one treasure. If able, she must leave on your next turn.” </span>work? Do you get to choose the treasure you take or is it random?

Also when trying to find an answer in the FAQ I came…[Read more]

]]> 0 4b0ce7e7c2573943cf92bb172fb848b2 CrazyIvan replied to the topic Strategy/Gameplay discussion thread in the forum Pirates CSG https://pirateswithben.com/forums/topic/strategy-gameplay-discussion-thread/#post-15697 Thu, 27 Oct 2022 12:39:28 -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;”>Probably a difference in perspective, but I think fairness is <em style=”border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin:…

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]]> 0 e1a21df11b51c6fdc39745541d70369e CrazyIvan replied to the topic Strategy/Gameplay discussion thread in the forum Pirates CSG https://pirateswithben.com/forums/topic/strategy-gameplay-discussion-thread/#post-15694 Wed, 26 Oct 2022 16:47:27 -0700

<span style=”color: #000000; font-family: ‘Helvetica Neue’, Helvetica, Arial, ‘Lucida Grande’, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;”>In the original set, the standard fleet size was only 30!</span>

Wow, I didn’t know about this! Makes ships like El Garante feel even more strange.

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]]> 0 4d0bd272c92e0323cf700c8dd6db1d5a CrazyIvan replied to the topic Strategy/Gameplay discussion thread in the forum Pirates CSG https://pirateswithben.com/forums/topic/strategy-gameplay-discussion-thread/#post-15691 Wed, 26 Oct 2022 13:30:02 -0700 To sort of respond to your post as whole, I think the more I play the game the more it seems obvious to me that the game isn’t really balanced at all and a lot of rules and game pieces weren’t play tested as much as they probably should have been.

There are several things such as even the 40 points fleet limit that leave me wondering what the…[Read more]

]]> 0 0db95b15fea29df3ceba1bb848e1065d CrazyIvan 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/15/#post-14810 Wed, 11 May 2022 13:36:21 -0700 For ships like Fantasia and Hannah that have the ability “Friendly ships within S of this ship get +1 to their cannon rolls.”, can this also apply to the ship with the ability itself?

]]> 0 8006bd39f74601878d324353aa7ea3ab CrazyIvan replied to the topic Event Cards in the forum Pirates CSG https://pirateswithben.com/forums/topic/event-cards/#post-14745 Thu, 07 Apr 2022 21:48:28 -0700 Thanks for the rundown Woelf.

What you talk about happening with FotG is basically what I thought would have ended up happening after have a read through events, so no surprises to me there.

I think Divers and Raft seem like the most fair events though they don’t really feel like “events” per se. They feel like they should be something like…[Read more]

]]> 0 06e82052497dccbf0604d3fd3a2d779f CrazyIvan replied to the topic Event Cards in the forum Pirates CSG https://pirateswithben.com/forums/topic/event-cards/#post-14742 Thu, 07 Apr 2022 11:37:53 -0700 Yeah that makes sense. Those two cards in particular do seem a bit too strong for their cost.

Are there any events that you’ve used before that you feel have added to the game at all or do you think events are just a badly done mechanic in general?

]]> 0 724f6738036f44f5957abe76cc9ebb54 CrazyIvan started the topic Event Cards in the forum Pirates CSG https://pirateswithben.com/forums/topic/event-cards/ Wed, 06 Apr 2022 14:50:23 -0700 So events are kind of a new thing to me since getting back into the game so I wanted to ask what people’s thoughts on them are.

It seems to me like quite a few of them are quite strong, with events like Mermaids being able to disable heavily crewed ships for many turns for not too high of a points costs. Divers seems like another decent option if…[Read more]

]]> 0 0fc32829c1d3680f73cc9bdd2cc93322 CrazyIvan replied to the topic The non-eBay Sales & Trades thread in the forum Pirates CSG https://pirateswithben.com/forums/topic/the-non-ebay-sales-trades-thread/page/6/#post-14735 Fri, 01 Apr 2022 18:40:09 -0700 Got all my stuff today too. Cheers Ben!

]]> 0 ee9ce08c49f2cd6adec87b51a6c3e88c CrazyIvan 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/15/#post-14708 Wed, 16 Mar 2022 19:55:27 -0700 Is there a ruling that states this is the case? It seems logical that you wouldn’t be able to, but I can’t find anything in the code that specifically states that you can’t.

]]> 0 3b86558680d3257236f3c425302950fe CrazyIvan 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/15/#post-14702 Tue, 15 Mar 2022 16:18:53 -0700 Can you use a Shipwright to repair a mast replaced with a fire mast?

]]> 0 3c5709344b4ec6f938487f3cb3b4cd35 CrazyIvan replied to the topic The non-eBay Sales & Trades thread in the forum Pirates CSG https://pirateswithben.com/forums/topic/the-non-ebay-sales-trades-thread/page/6/#post-14686 Thu, 03 Mar 2022 17:18:06 -0800 Hey Ben, I have spares of all the PotC pieces you need, but the ships have been built and the Black Pearl only has the deck plate remaining from its cards. The Kraken Gong card has also had the empty treasure slots part of the card cut off to just keep the rules section. The Cursed Captain Jack is still as its original card though. They have some…[Read more]

]]> 0 a4dabc559231452b6ae31bc86e0b28d0 CrazyIvan 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/14/#post-14684 Wed, 02 Mar 2022 15:22:43 -0800 Is it correct that a Musketeer shot can benefit from the “This ship eliminates two masts with one hit.” ability?

The code entry says “This ability applies to all additional cannons provided to the ship by abilities, unless specified otherwise.” and doesn’t seem to contradict anything in the Musketeer’s wording, but I just wanted to clarify. Thanks.

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