Time and Pirates!

[orikes]

I’d like about ten more hours in the day. I honestly don’t mind working ten hour days, other than the fact that I can’t really complete all the non-work things I want to do when I get home. Housework gets ignored and I don’t have enough brain power for many of the computer projects I have lined up.

I did have a pretty productive weekend, even with having most of Saturday spent at a Gradumatated party for a friend. Sunday I was able to completely clean my kitchen and dining room to a point where I wasn’t totally disgusted by going into them. And Marnie even felt the urge to clean her glasses when I was done (Marnie doesn’t use dishes otherwise, but she goes through about two glasses a day and just leaves them on the counter or in the sink – this wouldn’t bother me since I’m far more of a slob, but occasionally a glass gets knocked over and broken which bothers me since they are my glasses).

I got to play Pirates this weekend, which was quite cool. Pirates is a collectible card game where you buy packs and get little ships you can put together along with other little doodads. It’s rather fun and addicting. I got my ass kicked as far as the gold gathering goes, but I did sink the most number of ships. Out of my opponents eight ships, I sank four of them. Of course, they stole two of my ships and sank one, and my gold was quite paltry compared to theirs. I had the bad luck of finding some of the ‘special’ treasure. Like Plague. Yes, Plague is considered a treasure. Blargh. :) Anyway, I’m thoroughly addicted. Need more ships!

And I need blue felt to serve as an ocean and clips to hold the felt to the table and I want a carrying case for my ships and I want special skull and cross bones dice for rolling and I want more ships, of course!

Tonight maybe I’ll take a picture of a couple of my ships. I’ve got some good ones. ;)

Comments

[fleetfootmike.livejournal.com]

Oo. Got a link for Pirates?

[orikes13.livejournal.com]

Here's the link: PIRATES! (http://www.wizkidsgames.com/pirates/)

It is a collectible card game, so the object is to make me buy more, but I've enjoyed it so far, and it's not nearly as complex as Magic seemed to be when my friends were into that. :)

[jengagne.livejournal.com]

That sounds fun. The first card-collecting game that's ever appealed to me, actually... little ship thingies, huh? Definitely take pictures!

What happens when you lose a ship, do you give it to the other player permanently? What if one sinks?

[orikes13.livejournal.com]

The only thing the rules suggest as far as permanent loss is treasure, which is basically little coins you punch out from the card with a few rare, unique ones.

I suppose there are groups that play with cutthroat rules and take ships, but most seem to leave ships with the owners.

You're supposed to keep track of how damaged a ship is by removing masts. Each mast represents a hit. When a ship has lost all masts, it is a derelict and can't go anywhere. If you shoot it once more after that, it sinks. So it's out of play. Otherwise, you can tow a derelict and repair it. :)

[jengagne.livejournal.com]

After some reading, I zipped across the street and picked up some packs so my brother and I (and maybe Andy) can play. I'm figuring we'll start with two packs for each of us -- how's that sound?

The little ships are SO cute and SO incredibly well made! No little plastic tab-scars or anything. I am le thrillez!

Beyond that of course, the game looks really fun and not-too-complicated-at-first, both key features.

If we want to reduce the "go buy more packs!" factor and we're only playing amongst ourselves, we'll probably keep the treasure as part of an uberplot, and reset it when somebody runs out.

[orikes13.livejournal.com]

That sounds great! I know I had fun playing it with my friends this past weekend. I even brought out the blue tablecloth for the ocean. ;)

The 'go buy more packs' thing for me is actually wanting to see more ships. There's also that little tiny thrill at knowing I got a rare one. Like my La Victorie. Pirate ship with a French crew. Kicks complete arse and both of my opponents came to fear her black sails! YAR!

But I'll probably end up buying a few more packs and then cut back some. :) Right now I'm working on American and Pirate fleets. I also have one tiny little French ship. Le Woo!