Pirates CSG Podcast

#51: Getempowder War Stories!

Apr 4 • 61 min

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 DayA7XfanBen: What impact do you think the virus/recession will have on the…

#50: The Call-In Podcast!

Dec 4, 2019 • 156 min

Discord server: https://discord.gg/qeY7e3Q Past podcasts: http://shoutengine.com/PiratesCSGPodcast/ Take the podcast survey! https://goo.gl/forms/CsnwVmi3qhtqik323Feel free to rate and review the podcast on iTunes:…

#49: In Las Vegas with Randy!

Nov 21, 2019 • 35 min

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.pdfFind all the game pieces…

#48: A7XfanBen and Xerecs Talk Campaign Games

Nov 10, 2019 • 132 min

Xerecs’ profile page at Pirates with Ben: https://pirateswithben.com/members/xerecs/CoEC 2019: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLY5ESzOKns5gkP98K49iP—589KmYKaNfThe Huge Game Legacy Thread:…

#47: A7XfanBen Chats with Creeps

Nov 9, 2019 • 53 min

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.pdfFind all the game pieces in the Master Spreadsheet:…

#46: Former Rules Arbitrator Tony Vigil! (Piranha)

Nov 5, 2019 • 120 min

Tony Vigil (Piranha) was the Rules Arbitrator before Woelf.His store: http://neverlandgames.tcgplayerpro.com/ Questions of the DayPiranha’s QotD: What is your favorite house rule?Ben: What is the most difficult Rules situation you have come across while…

#45: Former Wizkids Product Manager Tiffany O’Brien!

Jul 21, 2019 • 67 min

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:…

#44: News, Current Market, Favorite Strategy, Customs and More! (with Xerecs)

Jun 22, 2019 • 79 min

Questions of the DayA7XfanBen: 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…

#43: Jason Mical! (former Wizkids Communications Manager)

Jun 11, 2019 • 64 min

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…

#42: MIKE SELINKER, Pirates CSG Game Designer!!!!

Apr 9, 2019 • 128 min

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:…

#41: GAME DESIGNER JAMES ERNEST!!!!

Feb 25, 2019 • 75 min

James Ernest is one of the original game designers for Pirates CSG. He has his own Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_ErnestWebsite: https://cheapass.com/Bio: https://cheapass.com/about-james-ernest/Check out his free pirate game called…

#40 - Casual Discussion with Xerecs

Feb 2, 2019 • 30 min

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…

#39: A7XfanBen and Xerecs Review Custom Game Pieces!

Jan 26, 2019 • 45 min

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…

#38: News, Game Essentials, Playing Solo, Pirate Code Page, Try 20 Point Fleets!

Jan 19, 2019 • 31 min

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:…

#37: Optimizing and Using Lesser Ships and Crew | Circle of Blood Review

Dec 22, 2018 • 33 min

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…

#36 - News, Recent Rulings, How to Use Synergistic Pieces, and Norvegia

Dec 15, 2018 • 32 min

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…

#35: Return to Savage Shores Set Review

Dec 1, 2018 • 101 min

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…

#34: Custom Game Piece Reviews with Xerecs

Nov 20, 2018 • 62 min

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? NewsWorking forum up at Pirates with Ben - 20 confirmed members so far…

#33: Savage Shores Set Review

Nov 3, 2018 • 128 min

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 InformationWikipedia:…

#32: Changes to game pieces in the Official Wizkids documents

Sep 29, 2018 • 109 min

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…

#31: UNRELEASED AND UNEXPECTED

Sep 22, 2018 • 160 min

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!…

#30: Survey Suggestions, Gameplay Tips, Building a Fleet, Ranking the PotC Movies

Sep 17, 2018 • 47 min

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:…

#29: Change of Format, News, Uncommon Combos, and Small Campaign Games

Aug 15, 2018 • 33 min

Take the podcast survey! https://goo.gl/forms/CsnwVmi3qhtqik323Podcast 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…

#28: Fire and Steel Set Review (Part 2)

Jul 20, 2018 • 198 min

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_SteelFind the set here:…

#27: News and Custom Game Piece Reviews

Jul 12, 2018 • 90 min

NewsOTC3 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/ CustomsCustom Ships organized version:…

#26: Fire and Steel Set Review (Part 1)

Jun 28, 2018 • 164 min

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_SteelFind the set here:…

#25: Custom game pieces galore + News, Rules, and Combos

Jun 11, 2018 • 93 min

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…

#24: Rise of the Fiends Set Review

May 28, 2018 • 182 min

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…

#23: Captain_Vendari joins for a plethora of topics

May 12, 2018 • 59 min

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-YmEH7oPirates with Ben:…

#22: Caribbean Set Review

Apr 30, 2018 • 155 min

Pirates of the Caribbean set: http://m.miniaturetrading.com/?action=selectCard&series_id=916&goal=&cards_lang=&sort=cASC&new_sort=nQOTD: What do you think of Caribbean? Woelf’s fleet, Denial of Service Attack:…

#21: News and Custom game pieces

Apr 15, 2018 • 61 min

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

#20: Ocean’s Edge Set Review

Apr 3, 2018 • 193 min

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

#19: Customs and other random topics!

Mar 17, 2018 • 79 min

Custom Ships Organized VersionReturn of Davy Jones

#18: Frozen North Set Review

Mar 5, 2018 • 235 min

You can find Frozen North here: http://m.miniaturetrading.com/?action=selectCard&series_id=836&goal=&cards_lang=&sort=cASC&new_sort=n(hit extended format in the top right for best viewing)

#17: A7XfanBen and Xerecs talk customs and campaign games

Feb 20, 2018 • 170 min

Sorry about the echo! Not sure what caused that.You can find my custom sets here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wB1CDawx3PkRJus_3m0L_04OBxpujzL8xmjSr_QYN9c/edit?usp=sharingThe Huge Game Legacy Thread has links to all of our campaign game battle…

#16: Mysterious Islands Set Review

Feb 3, 2018 • 198 min

Find Mysterious Islands here: http://m.miniaturetrading.com/im/selectCard/series_id/794/goal/Here is the answer from Woelf about how one of the MI’s functions: http://m.miniaturetrading.com/im/forum/viewtopic/p=63109///#63109Here is the clarification on…

#15: Customs, Maps, and Video Games

Jan 20, 2018 • 120 min

Custom Ships organized version: http://m.miniaturetrading.com/im/forum/viewtopic/t=8682///Return of Davy Jones: https://boardgamegeek.com/filepage/143434/pirates-return-davy-jonesRules for thought #1:…

#14: Davy Jones’ Curse Set Review

Jan 11, 2018 • 194 min

You can find Davy Jones’ Curse here: http://m.miniaturetrading.com/im/selectCard/series_id/722/goal/

#13: “Holiday Special”

Dec 23, 2017 • 84 min

Not much actual holiday stuff ahead haha…Custom Ships organized versionReturn of Davy Jones Question of the day: What is your play style?

#12: South China Seas Set Review

Dec 11, 2017 • 176 min

Find South China Seas here.

#11: More customs, random topic discussions, and an expiring patent!

Nov 26, 2017 • 62 min

Custom Ships organized versionReturn of Davy JonesLegal stuff with patents/etc.

#10: Barbary Coast Set Review

Nov 13, 2017 • 212 min

With Xerecs as our first guest, we review the fourth set released, Pirates of the Barbary Coast.http://m.miniaturetrading.com/im/selectCard/series_id/631/goal/

#9: Pirates goes mobile?

Oct 28, 2017 • 69 min

After a handful of custom game piece reviews, we go in-depth discussing the prospect of Pirates coming back as a mobile game.

#8: Revolution Set Review

Oct 18, 2017 • 127 min

We go over the third set, Pirates of the Revolution.

#7: Random topics, custom reviews, and more!

Oct 1, 2017 • 87 min

Hypothetical Banned Items List: http://www.miniaturetrading.com/im/forum/viewtopic/t=5013Custom Ships organized version: http://m.miniaturetrading.com/im/forum/viewtopic/t=8682///Ktulu’s Mercenary rework:…

#6: Crimson Coast Set Review

Sep 16, 2017 • 91 min

We talk about the second set released, Crimson Coast.

#5: Reviewing custom game pieces!

Sep 3, 2017 • 65 min

Here is Xerecs’ custom set, Return of Davy Jones: https://boardgamegeek.com/filepage/143434/pirates-return-davy-jonesHere are the lighthouse ideas from vixenishcoder66: http://m.miniaturetrading.com/im/forum/viewtopic/p=63648///#63648

#4: Spanish Main Set Review

Aug 18, 2017 • 125 min

The first episode in the Set Review Series, where we talk about the first set, Spanish Main.

#3: Forum topic discussion

Aug 5, 2017 • 41 min

a7xfanben and godmason discuss various topics suggested on the forum at Miniature Trading.

#2: Advice for newbies

Jul 25, 2017 • 54 min

We discuss what’s best for newbies, in terms of collecting, storage, playing, and more!

#1: Origin stories and random topics

Jul 24, 2017 • 47 min

In this podcast, we talk about how we got started in the wonderful world of Pirates CSG. We also get off-topic numerous times and cover various random stuff.