G'day Guys 'n Girls,

Im a Mechwarrior player who has just suddenly become interested in PoSM, and I am wondering a couple of things (I hope they can be answered...)

Whats the general time frame of a game?

Is there any "metagame" structure (like the one found in Mechwarrior: Dark Age?)

Are there specific power pieces?

Can ALL game pieces be obtained in boosters?

And (one for the Aussies) anyone play in the sydney/greater sydney area?

Thanks :)

I realised I made a mistake, I posted accidently in the wrong forums :( Sorry!

Whats the general time frame of a game?10-30 minutes unless titan is in the game:mad:

Is there any "metagame" structure (like the one found in Mechwarrior: Dark Age?) ?:confused: not sure about these as pirates is the only wizkids game i play

Are there specific power pieces? ?:confused:

Can ALL game pieces be obtained in boosters? Yes you can obtain all pieces in boosters except for tournament prizes

hope this has been a help

the great fuzzball

The general time is about 10-20 min for a 2 player game. The more people you add the more time it takes. 3 ppl- 30-40 4 ppl- 45-60 etc.

What is a metagame, i could answer if i knew what that ment.

If by power pieces you mean really good stuff, loaded(with crew) Titans, Harbringer etc.

No, there are a few things that can't. There were a few things given away in Scrye, a few American ship in the "Mega Pack" which was only avilable in L.A., and then thir are goast ships that just look different as tourey prizes.

Meta game is basically the analysis of strategies and units to find the most powerful combinations...

Power pieces are game pieces that can pretty much win a game on their own almost, or allow specific actions to happen that would be consider very powerful...

The "metagame" generally is anything outside a specific game that affects the game. The most common usage deals with the local play environment. For example, if most players in your area play with galleys, then you have to plan for it. You are playing the "metagame" by designing your fleets to deal with galleys.

Ohh, god where to start? The metagame is VERY important in Pirates.

Treasure-- One very big things is choosing treasures, what mix of uniques and regular coins are you going to use, how many uniques, if any? Are your opponents going to use any and what are you going to do about it.

Fleet Build-- Are you building to get alot of treasure, or to try and gun ppl down? The ships and crew you use depend on what you are trying to do.

Terrian-- Also there are now terrian on the back of islands in CC you have to choose if you are going to use any.

Island Placement and Player Placement-- Based on what your opponents are running for a fleet and what you are running where do you place the island and where do you place them?

Titan-- Many people use the HMS Titan with a lot of crew so they get alot of actions, are you going to see this or something like it?

Cool thats what i was looking for :)

Thanks for that.

No problem, hope you like the game! Don't hesitate to ask question's if they come up as you play, ppl around here will help you out.