Seems to me that using “boarding party” would avoid potential confusion for players thinking that boarding is (maybe only for certain abilities) a full action.

Does towing an enemy derelict count as “capturing” that ship, for the purposes of meeting the requirements of the Ransom keyword?

Yes.

@Woelf: When Unique Treasures are revealed at a wild island, does the exploring player choose the order in which the UT effects are applied?  (I know I’ve asked this before but I can’t find the answer in the Code…[Read more]

Q2) Davy Jones (DJC) copies the Fog-Hopping ability and moved into a fog. Since his ability is reset on the next turn, can the ability be recopied and ‘hop’ out of another fog with a move action? Does the ability need to be recopied or is it carried over from the last turn?
Copied abilities generally do not carry over, so he would have to cop…

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Q2) Davy Jones (DJC) copies the Fog-Hopping ability and moved into a fog. Since his ability is reset on the next turn, can the ability be recopied and ‘hop’ out of another fog with a move action? Does the ability need to be recopied or is it carried over from the last turn?

Copied abilities generally do not carry over, so he would have to cop…

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We’re already thinking of re-wording the Olmak to be similar to the Necklace of the Sky from SS. I suppose that the Ignika could be abused on a SAC build ship, but you’d still need to get good rolls, which rarely a guarantee.

For the game we were experimenting with rules of giant waves that affect 2-masters and under.(Except Flotillas)

Wave Rules:

Whenever a ship with two masts or…[Read more]

If I have an ability that moves an enemy ship (like an L-mover on a 5-6), how does the timing of d6 rolls work with sargasso seas when forcing a ship onto one of them?  Do I roll for the ship and that rating stays for my opponent’s next turn?  Or do (only) they roll once it comes back around to them?  If the latter, it must be assumed th…[Read more]

Once per turn, One ship within S of this ship cannot use it’s abilities this turn.

This ship gains that ship’s abilities for this turn.

And also, can you stack the S-Cancel abilities?

Can an opponent request or force you to reveal face down crew on a setup with a reducer to prove that it’s legal?

6. Nordwind has 2 Abilities

8. u are right maybe 5 or 6 dice roll or cost is 3 points. Crew should break some pure goldrunner fleets

10. i think with loyal its fair 😉

Panda (22 pts)

Havana Black

Calico Cat (SM)

Oarsman

Helmsman

Santiago (17…[Read more]

@Woelf: Lukas gives me an idea for one of the most weird and obscure combos ever. Per the Code for the Fog Hopper ability, bottom of Page 28. Would this be a legal way of removing an enemy fog hopper from play?
1. Create a fog bank with a smokepot specialist.
2. Use an L-mover to force an enemy fog hopper into the fog bank.
3. Completely…

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btw when i shoot a smoke pot i dont need a real shoot action i can just move and taget the ground (with captain) right?

Correct, “you do not need to target a ship”.  Though you don’t need a captain if you’re just “shooting” without moving.

@Woelf: Lukas gives me an idea for one of the most weird and obscure combos ever.  Per the Code for the F…[Read more]

@Xerecs

That is correct, but I should have a line in there somewhere that says something to the effect of “you can’t fire on friendly ships normally, just with this ability.” And in addition, you can only use Soul Split on friendly ships,…[Read more]

If an Eternal ship’s oarsman is cancelled, I assume you can roll to scuttle the ship that turn? If rolled successfully, would the ship be placed at the HI via Eternal even on the turn after when the oarsman became “active” again?

I assume Necklace of the Sky is placed face down when…[Read more]

I was looking at the no-duplicates list and saw that Crimson Angel was missing. Her spelling doesn’t change from CC up to Rise of the Fiends, and she’s got 4 different versions. I assume she would fall into the same name, same person category. Just a heads up.

@JW Darkhurst: Thank you for the feedback!

I like the Garroway and Luke Gray.  Morgenstern sounds like she’s in a pretty messed up situation… maybe the Loa can get involved somehow.  😉

Besides I think the last line of his ability text prevents any kind of use on non-Corsair sh…

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I was thinking, for the Axiom, that I might just change her ability to be a speed boost on that one turn. It’ll just make it easier all around, while still maintaining a similarity to the original draft idea.

I have once again fallen behind on posts; so double today!
Coming at you now are the first French pieces of Eldest Seas

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@Woelf: I can see what you mean about Axiom’s ability as breakable. I’ve written up a possible edit for her second ability though

1. Once per turn, if this is at her cargo limit, and you can draw a straight line to her Home Island, you may eliminate one of this ship’s crew. If you do, she gets +S+S to her base move, but can only be given move…

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1. Once per turn, if this is at her cargo limit, and you can draw a straight line to her Home Island, you may eliminate one of this ship’s crew. If you do, she gets +S+S to her base move, but can only be given move…[Read more]

So when I said “Upgraded Island”, to me, that means any island where there’s a fort, town, port, or colony (based off Xerecs’s/Ben’s COEC rules). I couldn’t think of any better way to word it 😛

Admittedly, I didn’t think about this ship at the beginning of a game. I play a lot of…[Read more]

I like that idea of accidental friendly fire, and may suggest suggest implementing it into our next summer campaign. Overall, I see your point about the ability wording though.

-Darkhurst

@woelf: Strictly as a matter of opinion, do you think that ships should be able to tow other friendly ships that are dismasted but have oarsmen?

With the Oarsman keyword as it stands now, it sounds like that would be illegal since the rules say you can only tow derelicts. However, I think having the option of using the oars is more realistic.…

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With the Oarsman keyword as it stands now, it sounds like that would be illegal since the rules say you can only tow derelicts.  However, I think having the option of using the oars is more realistic.  I…[Read more]

The original WK price of 4 definitely seems too high, but I know you’re a big fan of…[Read more]

Today I also bring two new English pieces from Eldest Seas! 😄

Relevant Keywords:

-Ironclad: you must roll a 5 or 6 to…[Read more]

the classic 2 hits for every mast in same shoot action (which I think I saw utilized in one of Ben’s campaign games or something to introduce more realism)

Indeed, both Century of the Empires and Command the Oceans had that rule.

Of course, increasing the number of shi…

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@Woelf: When I said “Flag Faction”, I was referring to the crew’s faction (the flag on the back of the punch-out). If that needs to be simply stated as the crew’s nationality, I can do that.
And yes, I know that Loyal: X is virtually useless. Honestly, part of the reason I made the Privateer…[Read more]

For example, “Ransom: Spain” would mean that only the Spanish could get the benefit of the keyword.  This is for thematic reasons of course and to simulate some but not all nations putting a price on someone’s head.

Could even try to apply…[Read more]

@woelf: Perhaps I could give the Mirage an ability similar to that of Dr. Faust from Fiends of the Blood Islands? His ability reads: “Once at the beginning of each of your turns,roll a d6. On a result of 6, instead of giving this ship an action, you may give an enemy ship an action.”
Would this make the Mirage a little less broken?

Sure, that wou…[Read more]

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One way we talked about was having a narrow causeway that you have to pay a toll to secure passage, having a cost for a single ship or a much larger cost as a pass for your entire fleet.

That sounds very similar to something I’ve been thinking…[Read more]

Dirt-cheap ships like El Raton, Jolly Mon, etc. would be able to cheat this a little, so maybe a minimum percentage of the point total would be required instead of just having a ship.

That’s one thing I would worry about – calling a nearly-pure Mercenary fleet “half-Pirate” from…[Read more]

The custom  potential would be though the roof, not only with artwork, but with cannon ranks and whatnot. It’s too bad something like this didn’t exist, would have made my day a lot easier.

I just thought of something with cannon ranks and other similar things – sticker sheets in each pack or box for things that are extremely common.  For examp…[Read more]

I have a question, Does Ruth Lee reduce reduce the cost of Native Canoes?

No, because the Chieftain assumes the cost of all the native canoes.  The canoes themselves aren’t technically assigned individual point costs.  She would decrease the cost of the chieftain crew only, especially because the chieftain is considered crew while the canoes are c…[Read more]

My issue with the fixed rates is I’d prefer it to be more realistic.  Capturing and returning a 5 master to your home island should be worth more points than a 1 master.  Not sure I like the idea of points or gold for masts eliminated, since it feels t…[Read more]