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Report 12 is now up!

Two fleets, one from Fire and Steel and one from Savage Shores!

Fleet one, 60 points, Fire and Steel only.

Another tough one. There are exactly two crew with the helmsman ability in the entire set, and only one with the explorer ability.

Trinity(15)+Victor De Alva, Luis Zuan, cannoneer, oarsman (8+2+2+1)

Morning Star(9)

HMS Ram(6)+Lord…[Read more]

Two fleets from the QotD on FB! Rise of the Fiends, 60 points. This one was both exciting to do and frustrating.

Fleet one:

San Cristobal(15)+ Luis Zuan ,helmsman, explorer(2+2+1)

Bazana–Diablo(8–7)+captain, helmsman(3+2)

San Estaban(9)+ Dominic Freda, helmsman(4+2)

UT: Blood Money

Strictly speaking, this is a 55 point fleet. You…[Read more]

Another QotD fleet! Frozen North this time, 60 points.

La Dijon(8)+ Silver explorer(3)

Marie Antoinette(14)+ Amiral Louis Cartier, captain(7+3)

Jaguar’s Spirit(12)+Gunner, capt, cannoneer(3+3+2)

El Hambre(5)

UT: Runes of Death

Another tough one, as only the Vikings got a helmsman crew, and they’re far too expensive for my liking.…[Read more]

All of these ships have the names of cities out here in the PNW.

Really? There’s a place called Black Diamond?

Why do you have Jonah on the Diamond? From the look of it Le Requin and crew will fit on her without going over the point limit of the ship.

QotD keeps on going and I keep on answering. 60 points, Disney Pirates of the Caribbean only. This one required some serious thinking as there are no generic crew in Disney Pirates, everyone is a named crew. 0.0 That said, here is the fleet I came up with:

Grand Barnacle(13)+Bootstrap Bill Turner, Ragetti(2+1)

Black Pearl(17)+Captain Barbossa,…[Read more]

Two fleets from the QotD on FB. Today is time for Ocean’s Edge, 60 points.

First fleet:

Virtuous Wind(14)+ helmsman, silver explorer(2+3)

Sea Crane(9)+ silver explorer(3)

HMS Grand Temple(15)+Lord Thomas Gunn, Calico cat, helmsman(6+6+2)

UT’s: Lost

Should come as no surprise what the Grand Temple will be doing. Her speed and good cannons…[Read more]

I’m assuming that’s the Ocean’s Edge version of L’Afrique and not her Barbary Coast version?

Interesting fleet, very combat focused. I’d try and find a way to get a captain onto the Ballista as well. Her cannons are NOT good, but with 4 chances to hit odds are semi-decent that you also succeed with at least one. You can do it by adding Jules de…[Read more]

Report 10 is now up!

That leads me to another question then. Is there a reason why you don’t buy sealed packs?

Sealed packs are getting more and more expensive, and I’m less willing to pay that higher price. Also, I already have most of what you can get out of a pack. Most of my collection was bought second hand through large lots on eBay or large sales on Miniature Trading.

Another fleet from the QotD! Mysterious Islands, 60 points.

HMS Pacificum(15)+Lt. Henry Ducie Chads, captain, helmsman, firepot specialist(5+3+2+2)

Devil’s Pay(4)+ Cannonball Gallows(0)

Coleptra(12)+Captain Mission, helmsman(7+2)

Panama Sun(10)+helmsman, explorer(2+1)

Islands: MI#1 and #7

This was a tougher one. Not too many quick…[Read more]

Me and Captain Vendari recently played a couple games with the VASSAL Module for the SW game. Pretty fun and a wee bit more strategic than I had thought.

Adding onto this now since it’s relevant, I’ve finally dipped my toes into DnD along with my brother.

More fleets from the Question of Day on FB. South China Seas this time, 60 points. I made two fleets for this one. One with a few ships and the other totally focused on the Baochuan.

Fleet one:

El Alquimista(11)+helmsman, explorer(2+1)

Virtuous Wind(14)+ Shap-‘Ng-Tsai, Katsura-chan, helmsman(5+6+2)

Admiral Yi(6)+explorer(1)

Sea Duck(8)+…[Read more]

I’ve seen the Kyoshi books, but I haven’t got them. I followed the graphic novels that followed the show, but fell behind on some of them. After reading this I’m def. gonna have to get my hands on those books.

I myself recently read The Last Wish, which I think is the first of the Witcher series of books, and greatly enjoyed it. I’m also working…[Read more]

I have never encountered a resealed pack of pirates (mostly because I don’t buy sealed packs). People have raised concerns in the past, especially about funny looking packs that look like they’ve been resealed. the counter point is that these packs are 10-15 years old, whatever was used to seal them may be deteriorating.

Another question of the day fleets. 60 points for Revolution and Barbary Coast only.

Revolution only fleet:

Enterprise(18)+Jonathan Haraden, helmsman and oarsman (6+2+1)

Banshee’s Cry(3)+ helmsman, explorer(2+1)

La Monarca(8)+ helmsman, explorer (2+1)

Le Pique(5)+ helmsman, explorer (2+1)

Le Bon Marin(6)+ helmsman (2)

Forts: Fortaleza…[Read more]

From a Question of the day on the Facebook Group. Spanish Main only fleet at 60 points.

Sea Nymph(11)+ Calico Cat, captain,helmsman(3+3+2)

Treachery(5)+ helmsman, explorer(2+1)

Longshanks(6)+ helmsman, explorer(2+1)

HMS Dover(10)+Thomas Gun the Younger, Sir Christopher Myngs(5+3+2)

Venture(4)

Sea Nymph plays role of main gunship. Her speed…[Read more]

I don’t think it’s possible for anyone to get that lucky. I set up this fleet to have an excuse to use Calico Cat and Griffin together after Lance (Soul X Crusader) hooked me up with them.

Ahhh, I see. Is that the Ocean’s Edge Calico, or the Spanish Main version?