Questions of the Day: Ben: Would you buy a similar but not compatible version of the Pirates of the Spanish Main IP from Wizkids? (similar theme and artwork, but not compatible with the original CSG) Mike: Would you be interested in a scenario model of play? How do you play the game? Do you play it for a 30 minute quick game, or larger games that t…

Questions of the Day: Ben: Would you buy a similar but not compatible version of the Pirates of the Spanish Main IP from Wizkids? (similar theme and artwork, but not compatible with the original CSG) Mike: Would you be interested in a scenario model of play? How do you play the game? Do you play it for a 30 minute quick game, or larger games that t…

Mike Mulvhill is one of the true giants of Wizkids Pirates CSG history, having designed the majority of the game pieces! He was heavily involved in numerous aspects of the game from Spanish Main through Rise of the Fiends, and helped with certain aspects on Fire and Steel. The game was basically his in terms of game design, concept creation, game m…

Mike Mulvhill is one of the true giants of Wizkids Pirates CSG history, having designed the majority of the game pieces! He was heavily involved in numerous aspects of the game from Spanish Main through Rise of the Fiends, and helped with certain aspects on Fire and Steel. The game was basically his in terms of game design, concept creation, game m…

Mike Mulvhill is one of the true giants of Wizkids Pirates CSG history, having designed the majority of the game pieces! He was heavily involved in numerous aspects of the game from Spanish Main through Rise of the Fiends, and helped with certain aspects on Fire and Steel. The game was basically his in terms of game design, concept creation, game m…

Questions of the Day: (Ben) What is your favorite ship type to build and why? (Ethan) What is your favorite ship type to look at and why? Questions thread: https://pirateswithben.com/forums/topic/submit-your-questions-for-prototyping-lead-and-ship-designer-ethan-pasternack/ Ship shapes quick reference: https://psmlist.com/public/technicalshapes Gen…

Mike Mulvhill is one of the true giants of Wizkids Pirates CSG history, having designed the majority of the game pieces! He was heavily involved in numerous aspects of the game from Spanish Main through Rise of the Fiends, and helped with certain aspects on Fire and Steel. The game was basically his in terms of game design, concept creation, game m…

Mike Mulvhill is one of the true giants of Wizkids Pirates CSG history, having designed the majority of the game pieces! He was heavily involved in numerous aspects of the game from Spanish Main through Rise of the Fiends, and helped with certain aspects on Fire and Steel. The game was basically his in terms of game design, concept creation, game m…

Mike Mulvhill is one of the true giants of Wizkids Pirates CSG history, having designed the majority of the game pieces! He was heavily involved in numerous aspects of the game from Spanish Main through Rise of the Fiends, and helped with certain aspects on Fire and Steel. The game was basically his in terms of game design, concept creation, game m…

Mike Mulvhill is one of the true giants of Wizkids Pirates CSG history, having designed the majority of the game pieces! He was heavily involved in numerous aspects of the game from Spanish Main through Rise of the Fiends, and helped with certain aspects on Fire and Steel. The game was basically his in terms of game design, concept creation, game m…

Questions of the Day Ben: Which of these new Kraken Sea game pieces would you most want to use in a game? JuliusPepperwood: What ability from the set seems most unique and compelling? Let us know if you see any corrections that need to be made! Thanks! Pirates of the Kraken Sea: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sh4i4RLe4esQMMwEPwnX2-ifnz7kbK…

Questions of the Day: Ben: Did you ever play the online version? If so, did you play against anyone in the Hall of Fame? RedDragon/Captain Ron: Would you be interested in playing a version of Pirates CSG Online? Do you have any experience with making this kind of virtual game come to life? Questions thread: https://pirateswithben.com/forums/topic/s…

Very excited to have Shane Hartley on the podcast! He was the Art Director and one of the graphic designers for Wizkids Pirates CSG throughout the production run, one of the core members of the team. He also made it into the game - you probably already knew him as Thane Hartless from Mysterious Islands! His website: http://shanehartley.com/portfoli…

Questions of the Day: (Ben) What would it take for you to come to Tampa next January for Gasparilla Pirate Festival and Pirates CSG events the day before and/or after? (DHolub1) What is your passion? What would it take for you to help bring more interest to Pirates CSG and help the game come back? Support my efforts with Pirates CSG via Patreon! ht…

Questions of the Day: Ben: What is the highest number of players you've seen in a game? Redgoat: What is your favorite historical ship?

Questions of the Day: What set do you think Hill's Wholesale Gaming will restock next? (if any) Andrew: What is your favorite ship type and why? The podcast is moving to Anchor! The podcast is switching hosts to Anchor due to ShoutEngine shutting down. Welcome PirateCaptainAndrew/doubleAAsauce to the podcast! 3D printing files: https://www.thingive…

Question of the Day (Xerecs): What is your favorite aspect of making a custom ship? QotD (A7XfanBen): What material (other than styrene) do you prefer ships to be made out of? (PLA, ABS, wood, etc) Link to join the Discord: https://discord.gg/qeY7e3Q Projects discussion: https://discord.com/channels/468973063325876234/812021803497029662 Vulkan’s Et…

Getempowder: https://pirateswithben.com/members/getempowder/ The Cursed Challenge from 2013 - I won with A Devastating Duo and also submitted Hearts of Treason Questions of the Day A7XfanBen: What impact do you think the virus/recession will have on the Pirates CSG market? Getempowder: What is that moment in your life that you wish you could get ba…

Discord server: https://discord.gg/qeY7e3Q Past podcasts: http://shoutengine.com/PiratesCSGPodcast/ Take the podcast survey! https://goo.gl/forms/CsnwVmi3qhtqik323 Feel free to rate and review the podcast on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/pirates-csg-podcast/id1258016060 Pirates packs on eBay: https://goo.gl/MfHBQJ Sign the Petition! h…

Question of the Day: Have you ever played Pirates CSG with someone you met online or that is also part of the online community? The Pirate Code: https://pirateswithben.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/The-Pirate-Code-FAQ-Dec-2016.pdf Find all the game pieces in the Master Spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/18Z-x-z9gaWiKFLk-kw1weamc0A…

Xerecs' profile page at Pirates with Ben: https://pirateswithben.com/members/xerecs/ CoEC 2019: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLY5ESzOKns5gkP98K49iP--589KmYKaNf The Huge Game Legacy Thread: https://pirateswithben.com/the-huge-game-legacy-thread/ Question of the Day: If you’ve read more than one entire campaign game battle report, which camp…

Profile page at Pirates with Ben: https://pirateswithben.com/members/creeps/ The Pirate Code: https://pirateswithben.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/The-Pirate-Code-FAQ-Dec-2016.pdf Find all the game pieces in the Master Spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/18Z-x-z9gaWiKFLk-kw1weamc0A1-NxMN3xLjWWKsUmA/edit?usp=sharing Thanks for liste…

Tony Vigil (Piranha) was the Rules Arbitrator before Woelf. His store: http://neverlandgames.tcgplayerpro.com/ Questions of the Day Piranha's QotD: What is your favorite house rule? Ben: What is the most difficult Rules situation you have come across while playing Pirates CSG? Here is the thread for this podcast at Pirates with Ben: https://pirates…

Tiffany O'Brien is one of the key figures of Pirates CSG history, having held multiple important positions at Wizkids while the game was still in print! Questions thread: https://pirateswithben.com/forums/topic/submit-your-questions-for-pirates-designer-tiffany-obrien/ Questions of the Day: (Tiffany) What is your favorite set packaging? (Ben) Did y…

Questions of the Day A7XfanBen: What is your favorite memory of Miniature Trading? Xerecs: To players and collectors of the game, would you ever consider making custom game pieces, and make a model for them, using either pieces of existing ships, or use other materials to bring you creations off the paper? Recent Games: Century of Economy (CoEC) 20…

Jason Mical was the Wizkids Communications Manager from 2003-2006. Questions list on Pirates with Ben: https://pirateswithben.com/forums/topic/submit-your-questions-for-former-wk-communications-manager-jason-mical/ Questions of the Day: If you were to name a Pirate ship, what would you name it and why? (from Jason Mical) What is your favorite flavo…

Mike Selinker is one of the original game designers of Pirates CSG. His company, Lone Shark Games: http://lonesharkgames.com/ http://lonesharkgames.com/staff-member/mike-selinker/ https://www.facebook.com/lonesharkgames/ Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Selinker BGG page: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamedesigner/604/mike-selink…

James Ernest is one of the original game designers for Pirates CSG. He has his own Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Ernest Website: https://cheapass.com/ Bio: https://cheapass.com/about-james-ernest/ Check out his free pirate game called Cagway Bay! https://cheapass.com/free-games/cagway-bay/ Rules: https://cheapass.com/wp-conten…

Question of the Day: Do you have any “oh crap” game moments from Pirates CSG? Rules for Thought #17: https://pirateswithben.com/forums/topic/rules-for-thought-17/ Rules for Thought #18: https://pirateswithben.com/forums/topic/rules-for-thought-18/ Recent game recaps? Funny and/or unfortunate “Oh crap” game moments (for Ben - El Toro literally rippi…

Question of the Day: Do you have a favorite custom game piece from this episode? Do you enjoy the custom review episodes more or less than the other episodes? Custom Ships organized version: http://m.miniaturetrading.com/im/forum/viewtopic/t=8682/// Rise of the Moon Sorcerer: https://boardgamegeek.com/filepage/167110/pirates-cursed-seas-rise-moon-s…

New Idea: Challenge. Your next game of Pirates CSG should NOT be at 40 points! (20/60/etc) Question of the Day: Any ideas for new segments we could pursue? News: MT alive into the new year. Posting entire story of EE game on IG: https://www.instagram.com/piratescsg/ Obago Deuce for $500! https://goo.gl/w9KSTJ Proof: https://i.postimg.cc/85gX4J8V/Ea…

Question of the Day: How do you get lesser ships and crew into action? “thoughts on optimizing less/not utilized ships" -MUST have speed, so helmsmen pretty much always necessary (especially since a lot of lesser ships are slow). Beyond that, try to find a niche use for specific game pieces. For example, 1 cargo and fast speed? (Dark Fox) Scout exp…

Question of the Day: How do you use pieces synergistically? (combos/etc) News -HWG out of DJC SE 4 box lot for $20 (Hill’s Wholesale Gaming: http://www.wholesalegaming.biz/pirates/) -New posts up at Pirates with Ben - comments on posts/pages will help the site with rankings/etc. https://pirateswithben.com/ranking-pirates-of-the-caribbean-movies/ -S…

Return to Savage Shores Set Review -RTSS WAS NEVER PHYSICALLY RELEASED! Woelf provided the information in 2012. It is not a set you can collect, and you’ll have to use proxies, custom made ships, or VASSAL to use it. Question of the Day: Do you like Return to Savage Shores? Do you wish it was released? Do you like it more or less than Savage Shores…

Question of the Day: Do you have any custom game pieces you want us to review? What other topics should we discuss on future episodes? News Working forum up at Pirates with Ben - 20 confirmed members so far (https://pirateswithben.com/forums/forum/pirates-csg/) Play has begun in The Hourly Campaign! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRq8fy93o3…

Question of the Day: What is your opinion of Savage Shores? We recorded this just in time for the 10th anniversary of Savage Shores, which was released on November 5th 2008!! Get Savage Shores here: https://goo.gl/gPFFtK Information Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirates_Constructible_Strategy_Game#Savage_Shores Page at Miniature Trading:…

Document with changes Pirates CSG Master Spreadsheet Get the official Wizkids documents here, courtesy of Woelf sharing them with me: https://pirateswithben.com/official-wizkids-documents/ Question of the day: What would things have been like if this were reality? Info on the Miniature Trading crisis: http://m.miniaturetrading.com/im/forum/viewtopi…

Pirates CSG Master Spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/18Z-x-z9gaWiKFLk-kw1weamc0A1-NxMN3xLjWWKsUmA/edit?usp=sharing I will also release the documents that led to this episode that Woelf has shared with me, so everyone can look at them! Question of the Day: Which of these game pieces would you most want to use? Which ones excite you…

This was recorded before the Miniature Trading crisis started, which is why you won't hear me talking about that in this episode. http://m.miniaturetrading.com/im/forum/viewtopic/t=9350/// Game history: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirates_Constructible_Strategy_Game Gameplay tips: https://pirateswithben.com/gameplay/ Fleets! HMS Grand Temple: htt…

Take the podcast survey! https://goo.gl/forms/CsnwVmi3qhtqik323 Podcast length poll on MT: http://m.miniaturetrading.com/im/forum/viewtopic/t=9155/// Sign the Petition! https://www.ipetitions.com/petition/bring-back-pirates-of-the-cursed-seas Entries for Ocean Terrain Contest #3 start here: http://m.miniaturetrading.com/im/forum/viewtopic/p=67781//…

Find Part 1 of the Set Review here: http://shoutengine.com/PiratesCSGPodcast/pirates-csg-podcast-26-fire-and-steel-set-review-60927 General info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirates_Constructible_Strategy_Game#Fire_and_Steel Find the set here: http://m.miniaturetrading.com/?action=selectCard&series_id=1051&full_format=1&sort=bASC&new_sort=n Buy F…

News OTC3 deadline is August 1st: http://m.miniaturetrading.com/im/forum/viewtopic/t=9079/// Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/165340696838921/ GenCon Indianapolis on 8/2-8/5: https://www.gencon.com/ Customs Custom Ships organized version: http://m.miniaturetrading.com/im/forum/viewtopic/t=8682/// Pirates of the Epic Seas: https://doc…

Question of the Day (QOTD): What do you think of Fire and Steel? General info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirates_Constructible_Strategy_Game#Fire_and_Steel Find the set here: http://m.miniaturetrading.com/?action=selectCard&series_id=1051&full_format=1&sort=bASC&new_sort=n Buy F&S here: 6 packs: https://goo.gl/c8vVJb 18 packs: https://goo.gl/CR…

Question of the day: Do you think specialist crew should be cheaper? (what cost for each?) Requests: -If you’d like us to review specific customs you’ve made, feel free to post them in the Podcast thread at Miniature Trading. -Post in godmason’s “worst ships” thread (link to Miniature Trading below) -Fill out the podcast survey if you haven't alrea…

Wow, this was a big one. We went live on youtube, where some watchers showed up after I posted about it on MT, Facebook, reddit, Twitter, etc. Question of the day: What do you think of Rise of the Fiends as a set? Like/dislike? Favorite or least favorite things about it? Amazingly enough, when we recorded this podcast, HWG had BOTH their 36 pack lo…

QOTD: What is your favorite feature or topic of the podcast? What do listeners want long-term after official set reviews are done? CG4 video with John Ward noise: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e00n-YmEH7o Pirates with Ben: https://pirateswithben.com/ Raintyger.com: http://www.raintyger.com/ Custom Ships Organized Version: http://m.miniaturetradin…

Pirates of the Caribbean set: http://m.miniaturetrading.com/?action=selectCard&series_id=916&goal=&cards_lang=&sort=cASC&new_sort=n QOTD: What do you think of Caribbean? Woelf’s fleet, Denial of Service Attack: http://m.miniaturetrading.com/im/showDeck/deck_id/170910/grouping/0/extended_format/true Review of the Pearl: http://m.miniaturetrading.com…

Fiends of the Blood Islands: http://m.miniaturetrading.com/im/forum/viewtopic/p=52705///#52705 My custom sets: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wB1CDawx3PkRJus_3m0L_04OBxpujzL8xmjSr_QYN9c/edit?usp=sharing

Ocean's Edge can be found here: http://m.miniaturetrading.com/?action=selectCard&series_id=881&goal=&cards_lang=&sort=cASC&new_sort=n

Custom Ships Organized Version Return of Davy Jones