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Not in an eBay lot, just a single “buy it now” item on eBay. I snagged it as soon as I saw the difference in packaging. It wasn’t cheap, for a single pack with 2 ships, but it seems like it’s pretty rare even if the contents are just reprints of other ships.
I found the reference I was thinking of, in the Wikipedia article on the game:
“<span style=”color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;”>2006 – </span><i style=”color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;”>Two Home islands</i><span style=”color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;”> released with the “Donald Duck & Co. #26″ (Kalle Anka) comic magazine only in Scandinavia on 7/20/06 – these packs contained two ships (</span><i style=”color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;”>El Cazadora</i><span style=”color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;”> & </span><i style=”color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;”>Glorious Treasure</i><span style=”color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;”>, both identical to their English releases), a paper slip of treasure coins to cut out, rules, and two cardboard islands which are labelled “Home” on one side. Due to their limited distribution, these two islands are highly prized by completist collectors and quite hard to come by.”
I wonder if this is what this pack is? Do we know who added this entry to the wiki page?</span>
Someone on Facebook mentioned that they remember getting a promo pack of some kind in a Swedish magazine. I remember something about a rare island that was only available in a European magazine, but I can’t find a mention of that island anywhere (and it’s hard to search on “Pirates CSG rare island”). Does anyone know more about what I’m talking about?
Here are some photos. It feels like there are only 2 cards in here plus 2 islands.
The back has some text: “Promotional use only, not for resale.” It has a Danish (Copenhagen) address and mentions Enigma Distribution. The URL now resolves to the Nordic Asmodee website.
The “instructions” on the back of the pack translate as “Build ships, find treasures and sink your enemies ships. Contains 2 ships and islands. from 8 years”
I’d be interested to know if anyone from the Nordic countries has an idea what ships are in here.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/QerFHH1dwJ6Rcxk19
Stuff to Trade away:
- DJC 063 El Cristal del Obispo – 1 extra card 2 of 3
- OE 164 Sea Crane – 1 extra deckplate (not sure which)
- PotSM UL Batavian Bat – 1 hull plate, no deckplate
- OE 008 Lilu – 2 extra hull plates but no deckplate
- OE 024 Pioneer – Missing one side hull piece (not sure which side)
Stuff I need:
- BC 016 Splendor – 1 deckplate, no hullplate – need hullplate
- FN 010 – Wodin – Missing card 2
- SCS 004 Grand Wind – Missing one small mast
IMO the only way to do this would be to get an agreement/contract with NECA ahead of time to purchase the rights. Only then would you start a KS to raise the funds. If you just randomly started a KS to purchase something you have no idea if they even want to sell, I can’t imagine anyone backing it.
And for it to succeed (or for me to support it), as others have said, you’d need to have a clear business plan, manufacturing plan, etc. laid out in the KS. And as with any KS, in order to be successful, you don’t just want to randomly start a KS and then try to promote it. You need to figure out how many backers you need ahead of time, and then create a dedicated, enthusiastic community of a size some multiple larger than the number of backers you need (knowing that only a certain percent of your community will actually back).
So if you’re serious, start at step 1 and see if they’re even interested in selling, and for how much. If they’re not, you’re dooming yourself to wasted energy.
Or, design a completely different game (well, a pirate ship game, possibly constructible – you’d have to look into the patents) with a different name, rules, etc. but that could still be, in some way, compatible with the original cards. Game mechanics can’t really be trademarked (only actual text and things like symbols can be – see the “tap” terminology and tap symbol from M:TG) so with slight variations you could design your own pirates miniatures game and KS that.
There are a lot of good game design groups on FB and elsewhere that have troves of lessons about making/publishing a game on KS, if you get to that point.
