Thread: Merchants & Marauders:: Rules:: Upgrading my Sloop in St. John...
by Guthwine3 Avast and a very Happy New Year to all!Playing English Captain Frances Wright. She currently holds two (2) French Bounties and a single Spanish Bounty. Her sloop was damaged in the last...
View ArticleThread: Merchants & Marauders:: Rules:: Opinion Requested regarding the...
by Guthwine3 Curious to hear how others might choose to handle the following:Just drew the Event Card "Employers Calling" which directed me to draw and place onto the board a third Mission Card. I drew...
View ArticleThread: Merchants & Marauders:: Rules:: Fact Check (two Man-O-Wars in my sea...
by Guthwine3 On the final action of my last turn, I sailed south from Havana into an empty Port Royal Sea Zone. The directional instructions at the top of this turn's Event card (WAR & PEACE)...
View ArticleThread: Merchants & Marauders:: Rules:: Of (pirate) Sloops and Brigs . . .
by Guthwine3 Okay, I've just begun a new solo game (using Woelf's solo variant) and the starting pirate seeded is a pirate sloop. On the very first turn of the game, I draw a pirate Brig. I know...
View ArticleThread: Merchants & Marauders:: Rules:: CuraƧao rumors and rumors in general
by Abemis First question. In curaƧao it says ārumor rolls cost no goldā. The question so can you repeatedly attempt the rumor roll during a single Port action. Or, are you limited to one free attempt...
View ArticleThread: Merchants & Marauders:: Rules:: Defending an attack when not your turn
by DrakesDrum What happens when you win a combat as defender when its not your turn? I presume that you can plunder the loser as if you had been the attacker in your normal turn. Are you allowed any...
View ArticleThread: Merchants & Marauders:: Rules:: NPC ship wins crew combat
by Abemis One of the players was hunted by a Dutch npc ship. In battle they both boarded and that battle begun. The npc ship killed all the players crew in battle. The player then played a glory card...
View ArticleThread: Merchants & Marauders:: Rules:: Some questions after a recent play
by Sycopath Hey everyone!I had a few questions after a recent play of the expansion (I have also posted this in the expansions dedicated rules for him but I donāt know how often thatās checked): 1....
View ArticleThread: Merchants & Marauders:: Rules:: Perhaps a very dumb question about...
by terebikun If you are in port, can you scout for the purposes of a Merchant Raid or to attack an NPC/player if they're in your Sea Zone? I know that people can't scout for you while you are in port,...
View ArticleThread: Merchants & Marauders:: Rules:: Weather Events
by Nelly3875 Are the weather events accumulative. i.e. On their respective turns Player A draws a weather event, so does Player B and Player C. Does that mean that the hits on a ship in open water are...
View ArticleThread: Merchants & Marauders:: Rules:: The Marlin and The Hand of Death...
by syd42 both says "buy this(pay for any ship except x)".does this mean i have to pay the price of my current ship?
View ArticleThread: Merchants & Marauders:: Rules:: How do I roll the dice?
by Confusedpirate New to board games. Loving the game so far but me and my wife have no idea how to roll. What does rolling leadership mean? What is a success?? It's very confusing.
View ArticleThread: Merchants & Marauders:: Rules:: Using the Stash
by Judythecat May a player ever dip into one's Stash to buy something during a port action in a non-home port, or must you always have the cash "on" your ship to make purchases?We play in in half an...
View ArticleThread: Merchants & Marauders:: Rules:: Can Pirate Captains defeat NPC...
by chiefsachem I understand that only Merchants receive a Glory Point, Glory Card, and Gold for defeating a NPC Pirate.But since NPC Pirates cannot HUNT for Pirate Captains, can Pirate Captains still...
View ArticleThread: Merchants & Marauders:: Rules:: Rumor card - merchants at war
by Abemis Does the rumor card only apply to the initial flip, or every card throughout the duration of the merchant raid?This is what the card says:Rumor has it that some merchants have taken better...
View ArticleThread: Merchants & Marauders:: Rules:: Do hired Specialists count against...
by Untoldent i have 4 Glory cards. One is a specialist. i hire him.Now i have a Specialist on my ship, and a hand of 3 Glory cards.If i earn another Glory card, would that be my 4th Glory card, or my...
View ArticleThread: Merchants & Marauders:: Rules:: Scout specifically or generally?
by Untoldent The Scouting declaration rules are a touch vague.When i Scout, i have to declare that i am scouting for a player ship, an npc, a merchant ship, or a rumour.When i scout, do i declare one...
View ArticleThread: Merchants & Marauders:: Rules:: M&M Questions from new players
by MBear27 We got M&M a couple of weeks ago and we ran across a few questions:1) When playing with the Captain Sikuma, can you have pirate captains reroll their scouting any time or just when a...
View ArticleThread: Merchants & Marauders:: Rules:: Random damage from the storm
by Dowydas Hello,How random damage from the storm is dealt? Do you roll dices and the assign damage?
View ArticleThread: Merchants & Marauders:: Rules:: Question Regarding Resolution of Crew...
by Guthwine3 Ahoy Marauders and thanks in advance for your help with this.Playing solo today with Percival Whitewood (Seamanship 3, scouting 3, Leadership 2 and Influence 2) as captain of a sloop (2...
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