No, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn last night...

@sammyr0cks

I do love the black powder keg, I want a life sized plushy of that thing to sleep with lol

Yeah, sometimes sneaking onboard someone's ship while it's unattended and stealing stuff and rowing away on a rowboat is more fun than sinking them or blowing them up... Well maybe not more fun than blowing them up with a black powder keg but still fun! It hasn't happened to me in a long time but when it has, its been kinda funny 😂

One of my favorite ways to play this game is to sneak. I'm on the offensive side of sneaking. So, tucking, rowboating, etc. My crew will certainly brute force a steal if we have to, but in general if we can get a steal without using our ship, it's much more fun.

One thing we've always said is, if someone doesn't want to get their loot stolen, and are willing to put the work in to avoid losing their loot, it's almost impossible to prevent it. Rowboat plays, hiding keys/loot, diversions, etc. All are viable plays, and very difficult to counter. That cat and mouse game is what, to me, differentiates SoT from any other game out there. It's one of the reasons why I'm not a huge fan of safer seas. I understand if you just want to sail around and enjoy the beauty of the game. But if you are on safer seas to avoid conflict, you are missing out on the best part of this game. The OP illustrates this perfectly.

Be a smuggler! Sneaky sneaky! Avoid others! Keep your eyes peeled and your head on a swivel, always have an escape plan! After awhile you start to enjoy getting chased

Sounds so simple, its amazing nobody can do these things. Because it requires "work"