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If Davy Jones copies the ability that states a specific ship type, such as “…this sea monster…” or “…this sea creature…” would Jones be able to use that ability, or would he not be able to, being a crew on a ship instead of a sea monster/creature?

Daily customs continue as we wind through the Farthest Shore!

Hurricane
Nexus Alliance
Points: 20
Masts: 4
Cannons: 3L-3L-3L-3L
Cargo: 6
Movement: S
Ability: You may double the range of this ship’s cannons each turn, but you must roll a 6 to hit. When used at normal range, this ship eliminates two masts with each hit.

Flavor: One of the first…[Read more]

Two more for the Alliance!

Shield of the Savior
Nexus Alliance
Points: 18
Masts: 4
Cannons: 3S-2L-2L-3S
Cargo: 6
Movement: L
Ability: If a friendly ship within S of this ship would have a mast eliminated, eliminate a mast from this ship instead.

Flavor: Duke Exeter wanted a new line of ships that would “shield the Nexus from harm”. However…[Read more]

Suppose I have Grapple Shot on a 4 mast ship and I’m shooting at a 5 mast ship. I decide to use my Grapple Shot last, and hit with it, while my other cannons went 1 for 3. For the boarding party that Grapple Shot initiates, what value does the 5 mast ship use? The one it currently has or the one that it had before I started shooting at it?

The e…[Read more]

Suppose I have Grapple Shot on a 4 mast ship and I’m shooting at a 5 mast ship. I decide to use my Grapple Shot last, and hit with it, while my other cannons went 1 for 3. For the boarding party that Grapple Shot initiates, what value does the 5 mast ship use? The one it currently has or the one that it had before I started shooting at it?

Also,…[Read more]

Is there any way to bring something “extra” along for a fog hop?  “If this ship (sea monster) ends her turn in a fog bank, on her next turn she may use her move action to move out of any other fog bank in play.”
It definitely wouldn’t work with flotillas, and I assume not with towing a derelict either.

You can tow derelicts and Flotillas…[Read more]

We return to the Nexus Alliance for the next cycle!

Sorcerers Hand
Nexus Alliance
Points: 17
Masts: 4
Cannons: 2S-3L-3L-2S
Cargo: 5
Movement: L
Ability: Broadsides Attack. If this ship hits with a Broadsides Attack, every friendly ship within S may repair a mast as a free action.

Flavor: Home to some of Dalgaards most mystical followers, the…[Read more]

Is there any way to bring something “extra” along for a fog hop?  “If this ship (sea monster) ends her turn in a fog bank, on her next turn she may use her move action to move out of any other fog bank in play.”

It definitely wouldn’t work with flotillas, and I assume not with towing a derelict either. I can think of maybe one possibility – if…[Read more]

<p style=”text-align: left;”>Definitely Woodes Rogers, historically the man was to be feared by all pirates. In this game? He’s a joke.</p>

From The Pirate Code:

-Abandoned Crew remain facedown until you use their abilities. While face up, they are treated exactly like their corresponding generic crew.
–They do not count against the point limit of a ship.

Normally crew do count against the point limit of a ship – are these different because they were not paid for in the build tot…

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Also, if everything is “costed right” you may need to increase the suggested point limit of standard games from 40 to something else, as a fleet made of costed right ships might get you one or two ships in a fleet (without heavy crew combos) and max out your build total of 40.

I think it would balance out because of all the overpriced ships – I t…[Read more]

From The Pirate Code:

-Abandoned Crew remain facedown until you use their abilities. While face up, they are treated exactly like their corresponding generic crew.

–They do not count against the point limit of a ship.

Normally crew do count against the point limit of a ship – are these different because they were not paid for in the build total?

If you didn’t have any copies of the Turtles UT, how much would you pay for a full-card Turtles with 10 Turtle coins instead of 1, vs. a regular Turtles UT with just the one turtle coin?

Rounding out the cycle with some more Mercenaries, then back to the Nexus Alliance tomorrow!

Rising Moon
Mercenary
Points: 17
Masts: 6
Cannons: 3S-4S-5L-5L-4S-3S
Cargo: 8
Movement: S
Ability: Mercenary. Junk. This ship gets +1 to her cannon and boarding rolls against sea creatures. This ship gets -1 to her fire mast rolls.

Flavor: Made to…[Read more]

Might be options overload, or could lead to situations where player skill, knowledge and luck become more driving factors than certain ships simply being better than other ships.

Also, if everything is “costed right” you may need to increase the suggested point limit of standard games from 40 to something else, as a fleet made of costed right…[Read more]

Approaching the end of this cycle, two more Ionic ships!

Torak
Ionic
Points: 19
Masts: 4
Cannons: 2L-2L-2L-2L
Cargo: 4
Movement: L
Ability: Two hits in the same shoot action are required to eliminate one of this ships masts. This ship gets +1 to her cannon rolls against any non-Ionic ship.

Flavor: A double planked and coppered hull, and…[Read more]

Why was the original point limit suggestion 30 points?

Why was the suggested limit changed to 40?

Were other suggested point limits for games discussed or tested among the designers?

Why did the suggested point limit for games stay at 40, and not increase later?

What was the reason for the “half of starting gold value” rule?

Were other…[Read more]