Kwatchi

As the colony of Poppy Port started to grow, the inhabitants realized they were at risk of reavers plundering them at will. The townsfolk banded together for the civic project, and the coastal battery of Fort Maartens was built. ===/===/=== This small fort is using up one of the small micro-licenses won by the Sea Rats in Challenge V back in 2017. It is therefore free, but does count towards the colony's fortress limit.

I have to agree on that one. Even as a nickname, its stinks. That is a lovely set of figs you have put together though.

LOL. The axe in the theatre made me laugh. What kind of doctors are you Reds? Another nice idea @Professor Thaum

I love you taking the tower technique and making it look ramshackle. This is a fine addition to the Sea Rats "capital" colony.

We tend not to update much here (being a sneaky and dastardly lot), but us hardy few have been pretty active behind the scenes of late doing sneaky and dastardly things. It recently came to our attention that we had a slew of free micro-licenses dating back to our 2nd place finish in Challenge V... awarded in Jun 2017. So we have been running with it and have held an intra-faction sort-of-competition to finally use them up; because we never doing things the straight forward way. The first round is coming to a close and we'll be posting the results soon. The second round will be for the remaining licenses, and we may actually need out of a couple of out-of-faction judges. Please send me a PM if interested.

While my brother Gulagurag stopped playing BoBS a while ago, he still enjoys building. He showed me this MOC over the weekend and I decided I'd post it for him on the off chance he ever comes back. It'll end up being a small residential property in Bastion.

Nice concept to deal with the volcano fallout. I like it.

Nice twist to explain the rock monster. I enjoyed it.

The fort issue likely stems from the switch of rules mid-Era 1. Originally you had one small fort, which you could upgrade in stages. A colony would upgrade one fort stage per level increase, which could be used as either a fort size increase (with appropriate MOC) or additional small fort. The problem ofc was the gaming data systems could not accommodate that rule set so things morphed into simple Fort license slots. So forts were already overtuned and then their numbers exploded. Tack on challenge micro-forts which were handed out very liberally & the poor financial return compared to trading, and raiding immediately became a dead-end. Which is a pity because as the only succesful colony raider in BoBS history, it gave my brother and I a fun storyline, even if we only made 27dbs in total. My take is that these new rules should be seen more as national army combat rules than for lightning attacks. It was the now defunct SR-Prio conflict that brought to the forefront anyway and it was to be a true war before everyone meddled. True raid and pillaging will require some major changes to the economic and property system before it is made viable, and I doubt that is on the ‘front burner’.

Gorgeous tree.

Dragons? That was a slice unexpected fun. Nice job

Wow. Very nicely composed and executed. Great job.

I chuckled at the conclusion. Great story.

Lovely huts. They are really well thought out and built.

Late to the party, but "Nice work" and great photography.

Fun little scene. The googly-eyed idols are cute and I like the two micro-ships in the background

@Capt Wolf While it is true that patience is a virtue, ... um. ... erm .... my curiosity has gotten the best of me. How is the tallying of results progressing?

It is a very nice schooner, but class 7 is an overreach. You should probably check in the Shipwright Guild Hall thread and get an official ruling.

Really? I always believed a MOC could only be licensed as one thing. MRCA as MRCA, FB as property/ship/sister-ship build, etc.. Only exception were challenge builds which counted as an entry and could be licensed when specified.. If people have been double-dipping, that is very... 'cheesy' is the only term I can get away with here.

It is not "fixed", but hung from a 2x1 grill tile. Having said that, it is far more solid that my yard arms.

Bart is at sea for the next 4 months. Not sure he got his entry in before he left.

Wow! That is an impressive sight! A huge "well done" to you.

To be frank, this is all a tempest in a teacup. The raiding rules came far too late to be of any use - too many microforts got awarded already and the added disincentive of black flagging make a non-starter. Unless the council tries them out with an NPC, I don’t foresee them ever being used in peace time. Dont worry about your game moneys; Traders of Trade Seas will continue unabated.

Thanks for the kind words all. Blarg. Edit incoming.

Your Lego world is always so happy! Fun scene.