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PIRATES WITH BEN

For the love of Pirates CSG
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WHAT IS PIRATES CSG?

Pirates Constructible Strategy Game (CSG) is a collectible and constructible
board game that was produced by Wizkids from 2004 to 2008, releasing 13 sets (or
“expansions”) in a five year period.  Topps (who owned Wizkids) shut the game
down on November 10th 2008.  Since then NECA (National Entertainment
Collectibles Association) has bought Wizkids and the Pirates CSG product line
from Topps, proceeding to make a cards-only version of the game.  Pirates with
Ben is the online home of Admiral A7XfanBen, one of the game’s most passionate
fans.

One game pack contains everything you need to play (hence the “Game in Every
Pack!” slogan): two ships, an island, a card with treasure, and both the simple
“Start Here” rules and the “Complete Game” rules.  The packs originally sold for
$3.99.  Wizkids also began making Special Edition boxes and other releases such
as Mega Packs and Scavenger Packs in later sets.

The ships come “unpunched” in their cards.  Punch them out and build them!  Some
ships are harder to build than others, but the Start Here rules have assembly
pictures for each particular ship or hull type for that particular set.  You can
also punch out the islands, crew, and treasure, although some players keep their
crew (especially named crew, the crew that have unique faces and flavor text) in
the cards.

Pirates is similar to a board game but without a board.  This is one of the
biggest appeals of the game – with no set path to go on like almost all other
games have, you can sail wherever you want and do whatever you want!  The game
is extremely customizable, since you can play games as big or as small as you
like.  There are so many ships and crew that you’ll never run out of options
when building fleets.

Feel free to create a free account to participate in the Forum here at Pirates
with Ben!  If you’re new to the game, check out my Beginner’s Guide to get
started where you can find tutorial videos on how to play.

Below you can find the full rules for the game, in addition to supplemental
material that will help when playing.  Full credit goes to those who created and
uploaded the documents at BoardGameGeek.  (On desktop the PDFs will open in a
new tab; on a smartphone you may have to hold the link and hit “download link”
or open in new tab)

Start Here Rules

Complete Game Rules

Master Keyword List

The Pirate Code (FAQ)

Reference Diagrams

Pirates CSG Master Spreadsheet (shared Google Sheet)

Pirates CSG Master Spreadsheet (.xlsx file download)

Master Spreadsheet with all game pieces on one sheet: shared Google Sheet, .xlsx
file download

Other database resources: PSMList, Tilorfire27’s online database


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