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Draddog
04/09/2004, 13:13
You guys seemed to have some interest in this, so I post it for your commenting enjoyment:
<P ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://www.realmworx.com/images/PiratesoftheSpanishMain.gif"><BR><FONT SIZE="3" CLASS="HEADER"><B>Pirates of the Spanish Main™<BR>
Constructible Strategy Game™</B></FONT><BR>Product Information<P><B>Stock Number:</B> WZK6000<BR><B>Title:</B> <B>Pirates of the Spanish Main™ Constructible Strategy Game™</B><BR><B>MSRP:</B> $3.49<BR><B>Expected Release:</B> July 2004<P ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://www.realmworx.com/images/Pirates1.jpg"><P>WizKids has once again revolutionized the world of gaming with the first ever Constructible Strategy Game™ (CSG), <B>Pirates of the Spanish Main</B>™. Packaged like a collectible card game, the styrene cards can be punched apart to construct highly detailed 3-D sailing ships. In this fun, fast-paced game, players navigate stealthy pirate ships, majestic Spanish galleons, and speedy British schooners through the treacherous waters of the Spanish Main collecting as much gold as possible while fending off enemy attacks. <P>Each affordably priced pack contains everything one player needs to get their high seas high jinks started including two complete ships, treasure, rules, an island card and a die. There are 68 different ships to collect and construct in addition to 54 different treasure and crew cards. The fleet building and treasure plundering strategies are endless!<P>WizKids’ Approved play program will support Pirates of the Spanish Main with monthly League kits. Be sure to check wizkidsgames.com for more information.<P><B>Contents</B><UL><LI>2 sailing ships<LI>1 treasure or crew card<LI>1 cardboard island card
<LI>1 rules sheet<LI>1 die </UL>
JtHM_Dude
04/09/2004, 13:15
not this junk again


ughh
raising the price of clix all over the 7 seas
honky
04/09/2004, 13:15
yarrg! Booty!
Manchine
04/09/2004, 13:16
Got to love PIRATES!


I will pick it up just to see how it is.
TechLee
04/09/2004, 13:17
I'm with Manchine. Looks decent, we'll have to see how it plays, though. It's cheap enough. :)
thugit
04/09/2004, 13:18
Just going off of Draddog's first line of the post, I imagine that he gets a kick out of posts like:

"not this junk again


ughh
raising the price of clix all over the 7 seas"


Draddog, you're a glutton for punishment.
;)
Mar-vell
04/09/2004, 13:28
Now the first time this was posted, I was like "Uhm, yeah, not for me." But now that it has been posted AGAIN, I can't wait to get my hands on the stuff! ;)
AlgertMan
04/09/2004, 13:49
Sweet
lukebuchanan
04/09/2004, 13:56
It's cheaper than lunch, and gives me and my crew an excuse to get loaded on Rum on a sunny afternoon. I'm in.

And Thugit, I wish I could make a gun sign with my hand and shoot in the air while saying "natch" about your post. :cool:

Luke B. a Ninja for Life.
mbdeyes
04/09/2004, 14:00
Originally posted by Mar-vell
Now the first time this was posted, I was like "Uhm, yeah, not for me." But now that it has been posted AGAIN, I can't wait to get my hands on the stuff! ;)

Sucker.....


Seriously, though, if you don't need to invest in a starter to find out how it plays, I might pick one up. The only problem I can see is that I expect that I'll still be buying Ultimates boosters in July.
DreadDormammu
04/09/2004, 14:01
Has anything changed about this since it was first posted? Is there new information here?
Danger
04/09/2004, 14:19
yarr, it's going to be fantastically awesome because pirates are totally boss.
DaLuvster89
04/09/2004, 14:29
I just threw up on myself... again. ;)
VampireHunterD
04/09/2004, 15:06
as bad arse as pirates are, this game still seems lame. carboard boats do not a good game make.

VHD
skeevo666
04/09/2004, 15:14
Originally posted by DreadDormammu
Has anything changed about this since it was first posted? Is there new information here?


The release date & full booster contents.


Say, didn't the FF get sent back to the Spanish Main and The Thing got mistaken for Blackbeard in one of their early issues? Time for a recreation!
Castiglione
04/09/2004, 15:17
Originally posted by DreadDormammu
Has anything changed about this since it was first posted? Is there new information here?

Yes- they breakdown of the booster. 2 ships, 1 crew or treasure and 1 island. Rules and die in each pack. Also, now we know the price.

VHD- btw, the cards are styrene, ie-plastic, not cardboard. Maybe it doesn't make a diff to you, but at lest they will be durable.

Yes, I can see buyiing a few just to see if it's a good beer and pretzels game, but I suspect I will have a hard time finding it in my area after the burn my local store took on Indy, Shadowrun, and Crimson Skies.....you know, sort of a fool me 4 times, shame on you,fool me a FIFTH time shame on me sort of thing. But then again he has almost managed to sell half of the MLB clix he bought(half a case....)

c
mbdeyes
04/09/2004, 15:24
I wonder if we'll be able to use the boats as props in HC? Maybe a bit small for that.... you never know...

Can you imagine how many dice you'd end up with if you collected this game?
HydraBoy
04/09/2004, 15:41
So, wait... how are they going to fit a bottle of rum into a booster that cheap?
skeevo666
04/09/2004, 15:50
Originally posted by HydraBoy
So, wait... how are they going to fit a bottle of rum into a booster that cheap?


Bottles of Rum (yo hoho &) will be the LE prizes ;) :eek: :cool:
mbdeyes
04/09/2004, 15:54
Originally posted by skeevo666
Bottles of Rum (yo hoho &) will be the LE prizes ;) :eek: :cool:

So the fine print will read:

"Must be of legal drinking age to participate in Wizkids Sanctioned Events."
skeevo666
04/09/2004, 16:00
Originally posted by mbdeyes
So the fine print will read:

"Must be of legal drinking age to participate in Wizkids Sanctioned Events."


or a parent can "hold" the prize for their youngin' . . .
BudPalmer
04/09/2004, 18:26
The parents might need the rum to get through the "amazing nautical advantures"! No offense Wizkids but did you learn nothing from Crimson Skies, Shadow Run or Creepy Freaks?
Quade
04/09/2004, 18:38
Didn't we already see this post or am I having De'ja-vu?
mbdeyes
04/09/2004, 19:01
Originally posted by BudPalmer
The parents might need the rum to get through the "amazing nautical advantures"! No offense Wizkids but did you learn nothing from Crimson Skies, Shadow Run or Creepy Freaks?

Of course they did. The new set's made of foam, isn't it?
doctorfate77
04/09/2004, 19:05
THIS IS THE GREATEST GAME SINCE HEROCLIX!!!!!!!


PIRATES HOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BudPalmer
04/09/2004, 19:05
Touche'
admironheart
04/09/2004, 19:35
I wonder how easy it will be to clad your ship so that all the sails sport scantily clad pirate babes. All the kiddies would love to see your ships and the buxom wenches displayed on the sails!!

Now to dig up a bunch o pix of pirate vixens and paste them all over the the sails of the "NASTY WENCH" the loveliest and naughty pirate ship of the new world!!

A ship full o baaaddd babes in next to nothing garments!!
{sounds like the expansion that could save this game!!}

:o
Summoner Geek
04/09/2004, 20:22
These look awesome, can't wait to put them in some bottles I have lying around.
Captain K.
04/09/2004, 22:51
Originally posted by BudPalmer
The parents might need the rum to get through the "amazing nautical advantures"! No offense Wizkids but did you learn nothing from Crimson Skies, Shadow Run or Creepy Freaks?

Yes, they learned that their product lines that don't have Envoys or tourney prizes fail. Which is why they're going to have "Privateers" for this game.
GroovyBoy
04/10/2004, 08:25
Jon L has already stated that there will be no ninja expansion because (and I quote) "It wouldn't even be a contest. One booster of ninjas would wipe out an entire case of pirates, and everybody knows it."
Scipio
04/10/2004, 08:57
WHAT'S the SCALE?

I want to see one of these things beside Aquaman...
mbdeyes
04/10/2004, 13:27
Originally posted by Scipio
WHAT'S the SCALE?

I want to see one of these things beside Aquaman...

I expect those coins next to the ships are about the size of a clix base... just a guess.
Silver Ghost
04/11/2004, 01:42
Ahrrrrr!
They be cheap, they be sorta cool lookin', and I be pickin' up a pack or four just to see if is any good!

Ahrrrr!

Booty! Wenches! Drink!
The wide expanse o' the 7 seas - what could be finer???
:grin:
Dr. Octopus
04/11/2004, 02:13
Yarr!!!

This looks to be just in time - I've been trying to persuade me mates to play nautical games of one stripe or another for months.

Looks affordable, too.

Patrick J McGraw
the itsy bit
04/11/2004, 06:50
Originally posted by skeevo666
or a parent can "hold" the prize for their youngin' . . .

But Daddy why IS the Rum gone ?:classic:
StyxParadox
04/11/2004, 10:56
My concern with this game is that I hear that as the ship takes damage that parts are removed. If the ships are not very durable then then they will wear out and break. So my super rare $15 spanish main will be worthless after a few times of playing with him. Un like say Nightcrawler where as long as you don't break his sword he should keep working for many games and still be just as valuable as the day you got him.

Other than that I like the game becuase it is different. I like trying new things.
PantherPriest
04/12/2004, 03:07
I would say "Arr $3 of pirates." if it was still originall or witty.
Gacy's Clown
04/12/2004, 09:30
Originally posted by GroovyBoy
Jon L has already stated that there will be no ninja expansion because (and I quote) "It wouldn't even be a contest. One booster of ninjas would wipe out an entire case of pirates, and everybody knows it."

#### straight!
zeppelined
04/12/2004, 13:55
I was thinking this game could be pretty cool, but then I got a whole stack of Mage Knight 2.0 constructible terrain. It can be extremely difficult to assemble some of the three-piece terrains, and the pirate ships look far more complicated. I'll still check it out, but I'm worried about the styrene thing.
Grifter
04/12/2004, 16:44
This just in: the first expansion will introduce a new 'uber' unit class that can fire pogs that hit everything in a circle of 3" radius at twice the range of all other ships. All teams that do not load up on these new types of ships will be instantly made obsolete.






Apologies to any disgruntled MW players for the thinly veiled comparison to your artillery units, which really trashed what could have been a darn fine game IMO.
Puuka
04/12/2004, 17:02
Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Puuka
04/12/2004, 17:09
Originally posted by admironheart
I wonder how easy it will be to clad your ship so that all the sails sport scantily clad pirate babes. All the kiddies would love to see your ships and the buxom wenches displayed on the sails!!

Now to dig up a bunch o pix of pirate vixens and paste them all over the the sails of the "NASTY WENCH" the loveliest and naughty pirate ship of the new world!!

A ship full o baaaddd babes in next to nothing garments!!
{sounds like the expansion that could save this game!!}

:o

My "SKANKY HO" can blast your "NASTY WENCH" out of the water. With the head pirate Black Bra Brazier
mbdeyes
04/13/2004, 03:30
Originally posted by Grifter

Apologies to any disgruntled MW players for the thinly veiled comparison to your artillery units, which really trashed what could have been a darn fine game IMO.

I thought it added some strategy to the game... but hey, that's me....
CaptainMarvel
04/13/2004, 11:10
Originally posted by GroovyBoy
Jon L has already stated that there will be no ninja expansion because (and I quote) "It wouldn't even be a contest. One booster of ninjas would wipe out an entire case of pirates, and everybody knows it."


Not surprising. The only ones who would disagree would be the pirates and how many of them are there really?.....like 3?:p