Pirates with Ben | Matt Lovell | Activity https://pirateswithben.com/members/karakas529/activity/ Activity feed for Matt Lovell. Mon, 14 Sep 2026 17:46:44 -0700 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 a5da9b3509633327738cd645f6c71816 Matt Lovell 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-14017 Wed, 06 Oct 2021 16:56:01 -0700 <span style=”color: #dcddde; font-family: Whitney, ‘Helvetica Neue’, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: break-spaces; background-color: rgba(4, 4, 5, 0.07);”>Figure I’d respond here too since someone asked in Discord rules.</span>

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]]> 0 792cf5a442d22cf7b560245dc10d3440 Matt Lovell replied to the topic How to ship built up ships in the forum Pirates CSG https://pirateswithben.com/forums/topic/how-to-ship-built-up-ships/#post-11341 Wed, 15 Jul 2020 10:16:09 -0700 I use penny sleeves, folded over and taped shut when I sell disassembled ships. keeps them secure and takes up less space.

]]> 0 10d270b02837a1eb33f00d93c298662c Matt Lovell replied to the topic What kind of Collector are you? in the forum Pirates CSG https://pirateswithben.com/forums/topic/what-kind-of-collector-are-you/#post-10106 Wed, 06 Nov 2019 13:43:44 -0800 Been a completist since I first started CCGs/CSG/TCG collecting. Trying not to pass that onto my son with Transformers.

Always been willing to go overboard on collecting Pirates. Buy a large lot for needing 2-3 ships. Buy a box when a pack will do. Or a case when a box would.

Most lately has been restocking packs for draft play. Down to the last…[Read more]

]]> 0 d4dfe65f51ce3aa077a98b8effebbea6 Matt Lovell replied to the topic I will not be available nearly as much in the Navy in the forum Pirates CSG https://pirateswithben.com/forums/topic/joining-the-navy-i-will-not-be-available-nearly-as-much/#post-10105 Wed, 06 Nov 2019 13:33:24 -0800 Officer/Enlisted?

Hope you enjoy your time in the Navy!

MMN1(SW)

]]> 0 b27eafa5f33a581a29acf485eb86c7c4 Matt Lovell replied to the topic The Continuing Committee in the forum Pirates CSG https://pirateswithben.com/forums/topic/the-continuing-committee/#post-9841 Tue, 08 Oct 2019 17:46:53 -0700 My biggest issue with TrekCC was adding the existing cards into pdf for printing out what you wanted.  Tanked most of the trade market beyond collectors of a few sets. I finally gave up and just culled 2/3’s of my trade-stock and mixed it in with deck stock.

Great idea though and it’s bought the game well over a decade since it ended.

As for…[Read more]

]]> 0 bb80c86ab48a3b41733769991390cc0b Matt Lovell replied to the topic Buy/Sell/Trade collection-based Master Spreadsheet? in the forum Pirates CSG https://pirateswithben.com/forums/topic/buy-sell-trade-collection-based-master-spreadsheet/#post-9778 Fri, 04 Oct 2019 14:05:23 -0700 I’d prefer a list with all the sets on the same tab for searchability sake (but that’s why I maintain my own list). It also makes the list unfortunately long which I understand can be bothersome as well. (2425 lines on mine without including 2004/2005 islands or Ger. SM UL)

I’d say if anything having the extra ‘In collection’ column may be…[Read more]

]]> 0 7f81c72facf6eb6c99950564d40d658a Matt Lovell replied to the topic Promo Edition? in the forum Pirates CSG https://pirateswithben.com/forums/topic/promo-edition/#post-9645 Tue, 17 Sep 2019 17:04:04 -0700 Any chance of back of pack picture as well?

]]> 0 d64f290b21bb7bb013ccb02affb7ff2e Matt Lovell replied to the topic Surprising facts about you people wouldn't expect in the forum Pirates CSG https://pirateswithben.com/forums/topic/surprising-facts-about-you-people-wouldnt-expect/#post-9631 Sun, 15 Sep 2019 19:32:04 -0700 Since I mentioned actually posting here in my second FB group post earlier today, here goes.

I’ve only ever used pack drafts to make 40 point fleets, never just one made from my collection that I recall.

]]> 0 2e69fabed8b34f827fabf44e4cad9bf3 Matt Lovell replied to the topic Contacting NECA/Wizkids in the forum Pirates CSG https://pirateswithben.com/forums/topic/contacting-neca-wizkids/#post-9221 Mon, 26 Aug 2019 16:12:53 -0700 I hear that last number used to contact Jenny but she changed her number…

]]> 0 18f5d5ca025191a077a479f43896d965 Matt Lovell replied to the topic Most prized pirate? in the forum Pirates CSG https://pirateswithben.com/forums/topic/most-prized-pirate/#post-8960 Mon, 12 Aug 2019 17:44:29 -0700 Raptor Maw.

Nice getting it to complete the dragons. Totally over-traded for it.

]]> 0 49c1a914c919f2a3956f4a411ac4a306 Matt Lovell replied to the topic Live VASSAL Tournament in the forum Pirates CSG https://pirateswithben.com/forums/topic/live-vassal-tournament/#post-8466 Thu, 01 Aug 2019 14:01:42 -0700 I will tentatively toss my hat in as a player.  No VASSAL experience but have set a goal of trying it out this month.

Always been more of a pack-draft guy so it will also be a change of pace actually trying to make a fleet with more than a few options.

]]> 0 4371468c158b252cace3ec1e616c5906 Matt Lovell replied to the topic What expansions do you have? What is your favorite expansion? in the forum Pirates CSG https://pirateswithben.com/forums/topic/what-expansions-do-you-have-what-is-your-favorite-expansion/#post-8465 Thu, 01 Aug 2019 13:57:31 -0700 Have cards from all expansions and almost all of those cards in them.

Favorite? I’ll go with Crimson Coast if I have to choose one. Why? Honestly forts, the French ships, and the brick red background for the cards. But I love the earlier ‘unique’ ship types-Junks from SCS, Corsairs in BC, Subs in MI (off topic-subs are the reason I bought a case…[Read more]

]]> 0 b4283ec073a122073cde47c3d683136a Matt Lovell replied to the topic Oddities & Unanswered Questions in the forum Pirates CSG https://pirateswithben.com/forums/topic/oddities-unanswered-questions/#post-8271 Mon, 29 Jul 2019 12:38:05 -0700 and the FN equivalent in Polaris pack 300 Polaris, 301 Serpents Fang, (No 302), 303 Odin’s Revenge.

]]> 0 1dfd6bcaa346c4da70276ea45806a027 Matt Lovell replied to the topic Pirates Group Meetups Thread (Version 2) in the forum Pirates CSG https://pirateswithben.com/forums/topic/pirates-group-meetups-thread-version-2/#post-8259 Sun, 28 Jul 2019 17:41:41 -0700 Based outside of Muscle Shoals,  Alabama.

Some travel near Philly PA and Orlando FL maybe 1/2 times a year.

Mostly do pack draft games but can work on a fleet if needed.

]]> 0 e3d6c17756fe6f0853398e8b83e7dd9e Matt Lovell replied to the topic Oddities & Unanswered Questions in the forum Pirates CSG https://pirateswithben.com/forums/topic/oddities-unanswered-questions/#post-8258 Sun, 28 Jul 2019 17:36:35 -0700 Even as someone who generally considers himself a near OCD completionist, that shading difference for SM is just not something I want to try and tackle.

]]> 0 fdc10f0daaf1a30aee3d72f4380eb916 Matt Lovell replied to the topic Annoyingly Elusive Game Pieces in the forum Pirates CSG https://pirateswithben.com/forums/topic/annoyingly-elusive-game-pieces/#post-8086 Wed, 24 Jul 2019 03:02:59 -0700 <p style=”text-align: left;”>BC Unlimited 129 Captain</p>
I need only 40 items including things like a Ship in a bottle, Chummaker and Obago Deuce while this silly little common doesn’t want to show up in a pack.

One day, I’m going to just start cracking the rest of my BC-U packs until I pull it or go crazy 😉

]]> 0 92347601b981369b41a08b8eddf386d6 Matt Lovell replied to the topic MT finally shutting down 7/1/19 in the forum Pirates CSG https://pirateswithben.com/forums/topic/mt-finally-shutting-down-7-1-19/#post-6706 Sun, 30 Jun 2019 20:32:17 -0700 I’m pretty sure it’s been getting hit hard by people waiting for the last day.  Been trying to get my lesser game stuff today, very slowly. Finally dawning on people to back lists up.

Has been odd for it to have been working for the past week consistently though since they announced. If only they could have done that the past three months….

]]> 0 c530241fa246b00d21b8dc900167b550 Matt Lovell 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/#post-6552 Fri, 28 Jun 2019 01:25:32 -0700 Built in tower means my collection copy is built instead of unpunched and stored in the ship tower. Still working on that list.

Never messed with Goggle docs before so not sure on settings. Just dumped my excel file into it and deleted some of the tabs I didn’t need to share. Figure I’ll make some adjustments as I play with it.

]]> 0 bb61c16278fda004b64214e138f14d74 Matt Lovell 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/#post-6550 Fri, 28 Jun 2019 00:13:33 -0700 Ok so since MT is about gone, and I was just starting to get into a nice upswing dealing there, here will be my first attempt at seeing if my google doc link will work and deal from here.

I do have a small (<50 items) wants tab and will trade well for them but most of this will be for sales. I do try and buy lots at very low pricing and try to…[Read more]

]]> 0 42d3b9813340d8760ff2d487eb746861 Matt Lovell replied to the topic Anybody have an extra Yankee and La Vengance they'd be willing to sell me? in the forum Pirates CSG https://pirateswithben.com/forums/topic/anybody-have-an-extra-yankee-and-la-vengance-theyd-be-willing-to-sell-me/#post-6541 Thu, 27 Jun 2019 16:07:45 -0700 WIll shoot you a PM. Have both L/UL versions for both.

]]> 0 c76cba540c86d01987562e70a0891924 Matt Lovell replied to the topic What do you miss most about the game being out of print? in the forum Pirates CSG https://pirateswithben.com/forums/topic/what-do-you-miss-most-about-the-game-being-out-of-print/#post-6481 Wed, 26 Jun 2019 14:25:17 -0700 I miss games at LGS. Was nice showing up and occasionally getting to play against someone not my wife and maybe getting a tourney card out of it. Really need to try and get a date set up at our current LGS to play. Maybe convince others to pick up the game.

I miss finding the packs at stores.  It was part of the fun for us to drive around seeing…[Read more]

]]> 0 64e9459d188ef1d71f96a017424f4bfc Matt Lovell replied to the topic Rules for Thought #34 - Repairing by d6 roll, Creatures repair by eating crew? in the forum Pirates CSG https://pirateswithben.com/forums/topic/rules-for-thought-34-repairing-by-d6-roll-creatures-repair-by-eating-crew/#post-6480 Wed, 26 Jun 2019 14:12:58 -0700 Maybe a small change to shipwright needing to be on a ship only and not islands or some type of delay in its’ ability if it’s left on an island for a turn should work. Haven’t had time for a bunch of thought on this one yet. Not sure how well it’d work.

Or perhaps a shipyard type card required on an island where the shipwright could repair extra.…[Read more]

]]> 0 86baee696174f89d66438465ed537286 Matt Lovell replied to the topic MT finally shutting down 7/1/19 in the forum Pirates CSG https://pirateswithben.com/forums/topic/mt-finally-shutting-down-7-1-19/#post-6233 Thu, 20 Jun 2019 16:29:05 -0700 Not sure why it wasn’t displayed for Ben and Woelf.  It appeared plastered on every page of MT I tried prior to posting here.

Just another annoying hiccup for MT I suppose

]]> 0 53ad4d660ed92c0c3cde08a8264aae51 Matt Lovell started the topic MT finally shutting down 7/1/19 in the forum Pirates CSG https://pirateswithben.com/forums/topic/mt-finally-shutting-down-7-1-19/ Wed, 19 Jun 2019 20:00:01 -0700 Title says it all.  Save your stuff from there if you haven’t already.

]]> 0 5932b9cfad00abec279a11f9a97dbb2c Matt Lovell replied to the topic Towing an iceberg! in the forum Black Mongoose Tavern https://pirateswithben.com/forums/topic/towing-an-iceberg/#post-5695 Tue, 11 Jun 2019 18:35:01 -0700 Sounds like a potentially fun ability.

]]> 0 d54f40568f12457ae94a7986e6d920ba Matt Lovell replied to the topic Why did you like or dislike the Caribbean set? in the forum Pirates CSG https://pirateswithben.com/forums/topic/why-did-you-like-or-dislike-the-caribbean-set/#post-5331 Thu, 30 May 2019 14:08:53 -0700 I mostly enjoyed the expansion because of the tie-in and it always seemed to me, that it had a higher number percentage wise of 5 Masters, though that is just a feeling, never ran the numbers.

Not that it was without gripes. As you mentioned, Cursed should have been a big part but I think Jade and Barbary could have had a few too. And never…[Read more]

]]> 0 1d831ef40c7cadf8b1590b0cb1a85408 Matt Lovell replied to the topic Is Miniatures Trading down? in the forum Pirates CSG https://pirateswithben.com/forums/topic/is-miniatures-trading-down/#post-5186 Fri, 24 May 2019 13:48:08 -0700 It’s currently up again this morning.

 

I’ve taken to using their feedback system every time I can’t get it lately.  Don’t know if it helps but just maybe it  does

]]> 0 fefd529f37c9a9548ccd7e1c49e5422e Matt Lovell replied to the topic The eBay Sales thread in the forum Pirates CSG https://pirateswithben.com/forums/topic/the-ebay-sales-thread/#post-5146 Wed, 22 May 2019 15:46:02 -0700 So as for value, I’m highly confident an OE rare can be gotten non-eBay for under $20. (Trying to stay on-topic of eBay).

]]> 0 79dfb761ce6a01087acefa4aac13bad1 Matt Lovell replied to the topic How do you value the box topper display stuff? in the forum Pirates CSG https://pirateswithben.com/forums/topic/how-do-you-value-the-box-topper-display-stuff/#post-5118 Tue, 21 May 2019 17:53:00 -0700 Love those displays and keep the ones we’ve got whole.  Part of the reason the wife and I used to by whatever was left in those boxes. Stores were much less likely to say you couldn’t have the box if you were clearing inventory. The Plastic is often brittle or yellowed by now on the ‘out of box’ tops from  those old purchases. Was nice to get n…[Read more]

]]> 0 e9abc83f9b8c14b5df0c274a6e8431a5 Matt Lovell replied to the topic Thoughts on the rarity ratio? in the forum Pirates CSG https://pirateswithben.com/forums/topic/thoughts-on-the-rarity-ratio/#post-4326 Mon, 22 Apr 2019 15:08:48 -0700 I’d have to agree it had to have stayed fairly close to that throughout the run.  There never has seemed to be a far off difference between rarities typically of what many other ccg’s I’ve played used. I think it’s helped non-Rares maintain their value for resale a lot better than the usual 1000’s of commons that seem to get junked in other games.

]]> 0 354bb4ce7b894080f3a9d19b36525596 Matt Lovell 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-3418 Thu, 28 Feb 2019 23:11:03 -0800 Welcome aboard!

Pocket Model promos you say? May just have to message you about that.  Sounds like you’d be someone that might have an actual accurate list for SW:PM and not just rumors.

 

Matt

]]> 0 a2e4ab99a528ea434f7b537f4faf80b6 Matt Lovell changed their profile picture https://pirateswithben.com/activity/p/468/ Thu, 15 Nov 2018 18:16:17 -0800 0 36d278c6157f6f50ef863409ec370732 Matt Lovell replied to the topic Introduce Yourself! Join the Crew! in the forum Pirates CSG https://pirateswithben.com/forums/topic/introduce-yourself-join-the-crew/#post-1841 Thu, 15 Nov 2018 18:01:13 -0800 Yes, Pirates got played on occasion. Not often but it happened. Underway most CCG type games would be Magic almost exclusively.

]]> 0 7b28f36264f2e5410982b1a0c239e4c2 Matt Lovell replied to the topic Introduce Yourself! Join the Crew! in the forum Pirates CSG https://pirateswithben.com/forums/topic/introduce-yourself-join-the-crew/#post-1837 Thu, 15 Nov 2018 17:19:08 -0800 Figured I’d start with this since introducing myself was about my third post over at MT since I kept putting it off.

So how I got into Pirates. I got into CCG’s in general with Star Trek in 1994 and played various games through 2005. Sometime in late 2005 or early 2006 my then girlfriend picked up a random pack, pretty sure Crimson Coast and we…[Read more]

]]> 0 a32348b9f52a1bbcb75c59cbfe4c3f26 Matt Lovell became a registered member https://pirateswithben.com/activity/p/459/ Thu, 15 Nov 2018 16:39:47 -0800 0