by entwife
jonpfl wrote:
Well, one thing we forgot was the fact that you can buy ships with silver!!
I was wondering why it was so hard to do things with ships!!
Whoops.
Thx
jonpfl
I've played it 30 times, and never once bought a ship with silver - it just costs so much and every penny I have (until the last couple of rounds) is needed for either filling gaps on my boards to ensure I get income/bonuses or else emigrating.
I usually aim to have one ship by the end of round one, and if that had to be a whaling boat I'll be aiming to get a red sailed ship by the next round or two (so I can go plundering). I'd never have enough money to buy one that early on in the game.
Then in the mid-late game I try to take the ship+house option that costs 4 vikings (+2 wood and 2 stone), once or twice, and I will aim to emigrate with those ships, and then emigrate anything left by the end of the final round if possible.