Ben

MVP of the match was probably the HMS Algiers. At one point it was able to carry 6 pieces of cargo at once. (Admiral Blake, Watkins Defoe, First Mate Ismail, and 3 gold coins)

Took me a while to figure out how that worked, but very impressive!

I think it looks good!  Tough to fit a canceller into the setup without eliminating the flotilla, even using the F&S Lenoir.

firing first to make sure the ram roll goes our way, keeping an enemy stuck in the water

I assume you’re talking about dismasting them; you get pinned after you ram, not them. (“reverse pinning” doesn’t work even with the…[Read more]

I think Ghost Ship should be cheaper, not more powerful.  I do like the shipwreck idea though.

Loser chooses for crew elimination, else it would be too easy to just pick off an opponent’s Davy Jones very early in the game/etc.  The Superbe barely has better killing power, you’re mostly paying the extra points for the valuable speed increase.

I love the Magnifique as well, she was my first 5 master!  The French got a lot of good and b…[Read more]

@Ed: I think Gojira actually works!  That point cost seems about right given the abilities and stats.  I think the attack limitation helps as a “negative” ability.

Is this really just a giant crab?  How would Godzilla carry all that cargo?

Bladestorm
Type: Ship
Faction Affiliation: Mercenary
Rarity: U
Point Value: 30
Number of Masts: 4
Cargo Sp…[Read more]

3 more points.  The Superbe is a better ship, but not necessarily when you factor in point costs.  I did rank the Soleil Royal as the best French gunship.  Looking at that, Superbe should probably be #3.

Which one is better just depends on the points you have available.  If you can include Superbe without cutting too many corners, the speed is l…[Read more]

Noble Glacier
Type: Ship
Faction Affiliation: Viking
Rarity: R
Point Value: 17
Number of Masts: 3
Cargo Space: 5
Base Move: S+L
Cannons: 2S-3L-3L
Ability: Icebreaker. This ship gets +1 to her d6 rolls if she is within S of an iceberg.
Link: Hammupyklos, Grand Paladin

Flavor text: The Noble Glacier is a fast icebreaker capable of defending herself…[Read more]

I really do feel like Marines were meant to be stacked. If Woelf’s lurking maybe he can correct me here, but as the only ability that can stack in the game I wonder if Wizkids meant for people to play 2-3 Marines per fleet, like an army to compliment your navy. But their point cost would make even less sense in that case.

You can absolutely do t…[Read more]

Just republished 4 Fleets since I missed yesterday.  Including some relatively complicated switchblade crew setups that should be fun to play.