I was at a game shop in Santa Cruz on vacation, when I found something that will help if you are running ship to ship battles. The is a card game called Pirates that has two snap together ships of various sizes and styles. When I ran the Scarlet Brotherhood blocade in SWW, my PC's got into ship to ship combat, but i didn't have any minis out to show the battle, and they got confused a couple of times. These are perfect, plus they have alot of styles of ships to give the DM ideas. I just wanted to pass this along. I thought it was cool.
Yah I have bought like about 7 or so of these guys. be careful with which pack you pick as some of the sets are more colonial, and others are more late medieval/baroque era. They will make the big ship movements of ship to ship battle easier though. i am also going to use them in the siege of Farshore.
By the way as far as minature sized ships, I have gotten my hands on a Mega-blocks pirate ship that is awesome. It is just the right size and is going to work great for the close up battles. I am trying to get my hands on another for the two ship combats.
Yah I have bought like about 7 or so of these guys. be careful with which pack you pick as some of the sets are more colonial, and others are more late medieval/baroque era. They will make the big ship movements of ship to ship battle easier though. i am also going to use them in the siege of Farshore.
By the way as far as minature sized ships, I have gotten my hands on a Mega-blocks pirate ship that is awesome. It is just the right size and is going to work great for the close up battles. I am trying to get my hands on another for the two ship combats.
I saw a PoTC playset of the Black Pearl That I had thought about getting that was the right size, but we tend to play at a friends house, so I thought it would be a pain to transport.
My group has been using the Pirates card game since the begining of STAP. they are the perfect size for naval combat. they don't get in the way of the other stuff on the table. And when it's time for ship to ship fights just set them aside and use your models or printed maps.
Yes, Pirates of the Spanish Main is published by Wizkids. You can find it at any game or hobby store. A pack costs something like $3-4. As I said earlier watch out for which set you are buying from as some are more napoleonic or Colonial in style and would not work as well in D&D. BTW their most recent set included sea monsters!
I have also bought some of these little ships from a store out of the pack. I was paying like $.50 each and was able to pick the style, buying commons, but who cares right since I am not playing the actual game.
Yah they have a Black Pearl model it is cool, along with Davy Jones' ship (which would work great as a abyssal pirate ship). I ended up getting, as a gift, one of their non-specific Pyrate ship (their spelling). It has red sails and is damm cool. As far as transportation, I guess that would be a pain, however I am the game master so we play at my place about 50% of the time. Maybe leave it at his place eh?
Good Luck folks.
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Yes, Pirates of the Spanish Main is published by Wizkids. You can find it at any game or hobby store.
Or, of course, you can find it right here on paizo.com.