I have been asked to resurrect my giant pirate game for a convention next year. However, the timing of the convention is not good being on Easter weekend. And then there is my desire to turn the collection in a different direction with one principle town - with a fort - and maybe a smaller piratical lair. Also, I am seriously thinking of reducing the size of the collection though I do have a couple of hundred additional pirates to finish painting. Last, there is the fact that my focus is on other collections these days and I don't want to derail that forward progress. Time will tell.
And, yes, I have regained access to this - and other - blogs that got 'lost' for a time; don't know why just couldn't access it. Seems fixed for now and that is good.
Oh, and I've added a very nice pirate ship to my collection I'll have to try and get a picture of and post here.