Ben

Odin’s Iceberg
Type: Unique Treasure
Rarity: R
Ability: If this treasure was found by a Viking ship, the controller of that ship may place this treasure on any iceberg in play. At the beginning of that player’s turns, the player may move the iceberg S in any direction. The player may also prevent the iceberg from moving as it normally would. If…[Read more]

Oh no, I meant with the Divers event. Doesn’t it allow you to sink a ship with treasure and then take all the treasure for yourself? Bringing back enemy derelicts is definitely an option though, since there shouldn’t be a lot of ships out on the seas to put pressure on a towing ship.

Ah yes.  No problem there, I just prefer not to use even…[Read more]

You can remove a mast most of the time for free, but you sacrifice a move action next turn.

Not necessarily on the second part.  If they move away on their turn after you ram, you could move again on your next turn unless you’re immobilized by something else.  But it can also go the other way – if they don’t move away and they keep masts up, t…[Read more]

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]