Xerecs

Interesting, thanks for clarifying.

The ship becomes fully Cursed while the BM crewmember is on board

Does that imply that should the BM crew leave the ship, it would revert back to it’s original faction?

The captive becomes “cargo worth … gold”, but doesn’t actually convert it into treasure, so gold modifiers won’t apply.

Ah shucks. I take it then other abilities that modify go…[Read more]

Black Mark makes the crew and the ship that crew is on cursed. The keyword states that any other crew on the ship retain their original nationalities. Would they be able to use their abilities once the ship becomes cursed or would some other ability need to be present to allow the other crew to use their abilities?

For example; Jacques duc de…[Read more]

I don’t have a display or anything, I just put the ships into a bin and am careful with them when I get them out. Deckplates I store in a binder, and have them arranged first by set, beginning with Spanish Main; next I order them by faction, so all of the Pirate ships from SM, then the English, and so on; finally I have them ordered by size,…[Read more]

“If this ship wins a boarding party, she may capture the crew with the highest point cost instead of eliminating it. A captured crew becomes cargo worth its point cost in gold when unloaded at your home island.”

How would this interact with the gold bonus ability, or other affects the modify gold values?

“One of this ship’s treasures is worth +2…

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Was Ramsgate excluded for any reason?

I wanted to get a cheap fort option for the fleet, and Brompton was cheaper. The idea/thought process is that the game won’t last too long, either way I tackle it. If I find a 3 coin early on I can rapidly build Brompton giving the Roci a place to dock and potentially repair, alongside the Fishhook.

With a…

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Timing question. Let’s say that Commander Temple (SM 068) and Peter Miles (FN 050) are on the Maui’s Fishhook. The Fishhook uses her Hoist arm to explore an enemy derelict. Which ability is applied first? Would Miles be able to steal most of the treasure on the target ship before Temple’s ability kicks in? Or would Temple’s ability take precedence…[Read more]

I only have a couple to contribute.

Game of the Year: In-person game with Ben when he visited.

Video of the Year: CoEC 2021 Report 19

Picture(s) of the year: I couldn’t decide between these two. I’d have chosen almost all of the sunlight shots from CoEC otherwise.

though I think the Salient has 2 cargo open (CRGO links and oarsman doesn’t take up space).

So it does! I think I was thinking of my original bare-boned version, which didn’t include Gunn or CRGO.

Potentially silly question.

Under point reducers and modifiers, The Code says:
-The point cost of a crew cannot be reduced below zero.

Can a crew be reduced to zero points? For example, an oarsman on the same ship as Countess Diana Doone. Is the point cost of the oarsman reduced to 0 or does it stay at 1?

Unique treasures (I think there were a couple in Revolution)

Unique Treasures (UT’s) have been around since day one, Spanish Main has 6, CC and RV each have between 8 and 9. That sort of holds true for most of the sets going forward from there, somewhere between 7 and 10 UT’s per set.

exciting new things in the game? Would I be limiting my game…

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A by-product of the creative fleet challenge:

HMS Salient(20)+ Sir Peter Miles(6), Thomas Gunn(5), Sir Christopher Myngs(3), Commodore Rhys Gryffyn Owen(0), oarsman(1)

Maui’s Fishhook(20)+ Commander Temple(6), Hermione Gold+Trevor van Tyne(5+2), oarsman(1)

El San Francisco(8)+ Bianco’s Haulers(3)

Similar in concept to my actual entry for…[Read more]

My Entry for the challenge!

Rociante(18) + Nikos Chelios(5), helmsman(2), oarsman(1)

Maui’s Fishhook(20) + Commander Temple(6), Thomas Gunn(5), Sir Christopher Myngs(3), Commodore Rhys Gryffyn Owen(0), oarsman(1)

La Santa Isabel(13) + Bianco’s Haulers(3), captain(3), helmsman(2), oarsman(1)

Fortaleza Dorada, Fort Brompton

Treasures: Natives,…[Read more]

Epic!  If it happens we’ll just make sure to plan it really well in advance.

Indeed, and perhaps not just me, but one or both of my brothers. Imagine, a genuine 6-7 player game….. We’d need more than 6 islands! 😀

Thank you to Xerecs for inspiring me to do my first video battle report:

Yoooooo! You finally did one! Awesome!

I think the difference in collections especially showed, but also I think play styles too. Your fleet clearly had a purpose built objective with some strats and combos you wanted to pull off and did. The other fleets seemed to lack…[Read more]

Heh, you know I’m in. 😀 I’ve already got a couple of ideas circulating.

Absolutely unreal.  I am without speech.  XD  I can’t believe you got within about 500 points of the CTO record, and within 1000 points of CG4’s current total.  O_O

It could have been bigger too. 0_0 The English, Cursed and Pirates were all not at full strength, if those three factions were…… Ho boy.

Ahoy there, welcome aboard!

What size and shape ‘ocean’ mat is ideal for games?

About a 3 by 3 foot space is ideal for a 40 point game. However as you increase the point limit you might also want to increase the play area. 3 by 3 might too small for a 100 to 150 point game. Number of players also factors in. 3 by 3 is ideal for 2 players, but abo…[Read more]