Captain Ed’s Logbook

Arr Everyone!

Sorry about the lack of updates. Things got kind of busy in both my personal and professional lives, and so I haven’t had a lot of time to post to this blog. Hopefully, things will cool down in the future.

But, I had to post about last night’s Pirates game “Whitebeard is Coming to Town!” The Privateer played Whitebeard (aka Santa), along with 2 Viking Longboat “reindeer”. Her goal was to touch each of the Wild Islands, and leave a number of gold coins on each. The players goal was to grab as much gold as possible. Continue Reading »

Last night’s Pirates of the Spanish Main game went pretty well. The scenario was Five 5’s and Forty Lashes, where we built fleets consisting of five 5-masted ships (of any cost), with 40pts of crew. No limit crew were allowed. Also, there were no islands or gold; it was pure gun battle.

Including the Privateer, we had 6 players, so there were 30 ships on the board…and plenty of opportunities for fighting. My fleet did pretty well double-teaming a lone ship or two. I also got my Behemoth into position to un-submerge and attack a couple of ships, but that left him vulnerable, and he was shot and killed.

Late in the game, I realized that one of my derelict ships could still act! One of my ships, the Le Soleil Royal, had been derelicted by another ship, but not sunk. On board, I had a Sacrifice Captain, a couple Oarsmen and a Helmsman, which meant the ship could still move S+S. And, if I sac’ed another Oarsman, I would be able to move S+S+S+S! Ramming speed!

Unfortunately, my ramming roll came to nothing, and he won the boarding roll, killing the last Oarsman. And, the ship was sunk shortly there after. But it was a glorious attempt!