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I haven't had the chance to play Pirates of the Spanish Main, which I hope to rectify soon, but reading the ship rules did make it seem like they leave a lot to be desired. I have a whole bunch of those fold-up ships from the card game--never played the game, just wanted the ships--and those seem like they'll be really great for ambience, especially if one ship is "your" ship and you get a feel for its scale and appearance when compared to others. I also have some "Pirates in a Tube" plastic toys I might bring into play as well.I went with Savage World's Pirates of the Spanish Main, and we liked it for the most part but the nautical, ship-to-ship combat seemed definitely flawed. The player's ship was invincible.
These ships???I haven't had the chance to play Pirates of the Spanish Main, which I hope to rectify soon, but reading the ship rules did make it seem like they leave a lot to be desired. I have a whole bunch of those fold-up ships from the card game--never played the game, just wanted the ships--and those seem like they'll be really great for ambience, especially if one ship is "your" ship and you get a feel for its scale and appearance when compared to others. I also have some "Pirates in a Tube" plastic toys I might bring into play as well.
You know this thread is just Séadna's sneaky way of trying to trick me into setting up yet another PBP...
Yeah, I grabbed a bunch of packs at a discount store. I guess the game was out of print or unpopular or something. I got as many as they had so I could have lots of ships either for a pirate RPG, a period ship battle game, or just for fun. I must have at least 20 different ships.
I did about the same thing. I think they started out with historical ships from the 1700s but then got weird. . . like ghost ships and stuff. I have a kraken, too. They are a great scale for table top gaming. I never played the game that they are actually for.Yeah, I grabbed a bunch of packs at a discount store. I guess the game was out of print or unpopular or something. I got as many as they had so I could have lots of ships either for a pirate RPG, a period ship battle game, or just for fun. I must have at least 20 different ships.
Is that an RPG or a board game? Never seen it.ICE's Run Out the Guns is great. It has a lot of detail on what the various members of the crew actually do and a very nice full color map of the Carribbean.
Seems to be a Rolemaster product, but I haven't ever heard of it either. I'm googling it.Is that an RPG or a board game? Never seen it.
Boy if only someone would run a play by post of this. But who? Really who could do it justice? Anyone have a suggestion?I haven't had the chance to play Pirates of the Spanish Main, which I hope to rectify soon, but reading the ship rules did make it seem like they leave a lot to be desired. I have a whole bunch of those fold-up ships from the card game--never played the game, just wanted the ships--and those seem like they'll be really great for ambience, especially if one ship is "your" ship and you get a feel for its scale and appearance when compared to others. I also have some "Pirates in a Tube" plastic toys I might bring into play as well.
You know this thread is just Séadna's sneaky way of trying to trick me into setting up yet another PBP...
Black Vulmea?Boy if only someone would run a play by post of this. But who? Really who could do it justice? Anyone have a suggestion?
Certainly not I. I know very little about the period.
Best kind of table.Run Out the Guns uses a very cut down version of RMSS you pick a background and a crew position and total the bonuses. There are many useful tables. The carousing table would probably cause a stink these days.
I broke several masts on regular ships before I got the hang of it.Just a advanced warning if you use the Dragonships from the pirates of the Spanish Main tactical game. They look awesome but are very fragile when you put them together. Be extra careful when putting it together and don't dissemble afterwards.
Four PbP campaigns are not enough for you?You misbegotten scalawags are tempting me to try to learn Pirates of the Spanish Main by running a PBP. Actually might not be a bad idea to get a better handle on the rules.
Four PbP campaigns are not enough for you?
I'm hoping to read through the basics of Pirates of the Spanish Main this week. I read an overview online but some of the explanatory text of the reviewer was vague; I'm hoping the actual game is clearer. It's probably a little more on the "heroic" side than I usually run, but I can go with a little over-the-top Pirates of the Caribbean-style fun. Just don't expect any dragons and zombies to show up.Four PbP campaigns are not enough for you?
I'm hoping to read through the basics of Pirates of the Spanish Main this week. I read an overview online but some of the explanatory text of the reviewer was vague; I'm hoping the actual game is clearer. It's probably a little more on the "heroic" side than I usually run, but I can go with a little over-the-top Pirates of the Caribbean-style fun. Just don't expect any dragons and zombies to show up.
Fantasy add-ons to historical settings are outside the scope of this thread...and also outside my area of interest.whoa hey now. A certain level of occult shenanigans is baked into both the tactical game and the RPG. You can face zombie ghost pirates as well such mundane threats as megalodons and titan crabs.
Unfortunately I'm not buying any new game products for a looooong time due to the big bucks I had to spend on my son's braces two weeks ago...but I would definitely like to read your review of this game as historical-setting roleplaying is one of my primary interests. I'm not much into fantasy gaming.If you want a purely mundane or historical Pirate game might I suggest, Ultimate Pirates and Privateers and Plunder Guide from Mystical Throne Entertainment using savage worlds system. I even prefer the cargo tables in it over the Pirates of the Spanish Main. As long as everything is thematically consistent it really isn't a big deal.
No, but I hardly watch anything as I'm more interested in novels than television or film. Is that a YouTube show? Is Sea of Thieves an RPG?On a slightly unrelated note have you watched Neebs Gaming lets play of sea of thieves? you want to see how a party interacts on ship combat or see how to incorporate supernatural foes and treasure its all there.
Well, yes, but it was a video game first.Is Sea of Thieves an RPG?
Fantasy add-ons to historical settings are outside the scope of this thread...and also outside my area of interest.
Unfortunately I'm not buying any new game products for a looooong time due to the big bucks I had to spend on my son's braces two weeks ago...but I would definitely like to read your review of this game as historical-setting roleplaying is one of my primary interests. I'm not much into fantasy gaming.
No, but I hardly watch anything as I'm more interested in novels than television or film. Is that a YouTube show? Is Sea of Thieves an RPG?
I love Sea of the Thieves the video game. It is one of my all time favorites. I have had more fun playing that with my brother and friends then just about any other game.Yup on Youtube. Honestly I give Neebs Gaming of Sea Of Thieves a higher recommendation then the UPPPG and it is free. Okay first a little context, Sea of thieves is a video game that was released too early and a lot of people made fun of it for being bare bones and awful. but a loyal base stood by and updates of the game have polished it dramatically. The game is you going on quests to islands to dig up treasure and sell it back at the pirate stronghold but you also have the ability to attack other pirate ships (including loading youself into a cannon to be shot on board their ship) in pvp and take their treasure. Now this might sound like almost every other PVP type game where the fun is to give other players more grief but because of the community sticking by it is much more easygoing.