Susanna
Set: Pirates of the Age of Sail
Release: Golden Age of Piracy: Part 2 (GAOP2) (September 2026 Mega Pack)
Collector’s Number: 102 (Lord Horatio Nelson is #101 due to my numbering scheme for the Age of Sail set changing in 2025)
Nationality: Pirate
Point Cost: 5
Masts: 2
Cargo: 4
Base Move: S+S
Cannons: 4L-4S
Ability: This ship gets -1 to her d6 rolls.
Link: Thomas Wake
Flavor text: A 10-gun vessel commanded by Thomas Wake, she was too slow to participate in the capture of the Ganj-i-sawai. After Wake and many others became sick and perished in Madagascar, the remaining crew took her to Saint Augustine where some of them were killed by Malagasay natives.
This ship had problems and didn’t seem to accomplish much, so I wanted her game status to reflect that. Her poor luck will follow her wherever she goes…. One could argue her cargo could be upped to 5, but I didn’t want her to just become another automatically great Pirate gold runner with a negative ability that barely comes into play given her typical role (like Bloody Jewel/etc). She looks as ragged as one would expect, with yellowed sails peppered by shot holes, a shoddy deck situation, and some gunport lids either askew, closed or missing. I rarely opt for a missing sail because the black background contrast can be jarring to see, but I wanted to finally try that again given the decrepit state of the ship. The pirates have been too sick to replace that sail, with the yardarm dangling suspended in the rigging.
Thomas Wake
Set: Pirates of the Age of Sail
Release: Golden Age of Piracy: Part 2 (GAOP2) (September 2026 Mega Pack)
Collector’s Number: 108
Nationality: Pirate
Point Cost: 5
Ability: Captain. After looking at treasure on a wild island, you may trade any one treasure from that island for a random treasure on any other wild island. This ship must load the traded treasure.
Link: Susanna
Flavor text: Wake joined Henry Every and other pirates for the pursuit of the Mughal convoy in the Indian Ocean. With his ship too slow to keep pace, he and his crew missed out on the immense winnings. Their bad luck continued, with most of the crew dying of illness on Madagascar following a visit to Adam Baldridge’s pirate trading post.
Susanna’s captain just barely fits aboard the ship (point cap space of 5), though I realize most players probably won’t put him there. Overall a solid addition to the Pirate named crew ranks.