Xerecs

Two more from the Farthest Shore as this cycle continues! Today the French are here!

Chant du Cygne
French
Points: 13
Masts: 3
Cannons: 2S-4S-3S
Cargo: 2
Movement: L+L
Ability: Blockade Runner. This ship sinks when her last mast is eliminated.

Flavor: As her name might imply, the “Swan Song” is largely crewed by condemned men and those the…[Read more]

Two more for the Cursed from the Farthest Shore!

Separator
Cursed
Points: 11
Masts: 2 (A)
Cannons: 2L-3L
Cargo: 3
Movement: L
Ability: This ship gets +1 to her cannon rolls against ships with more remaining masts than her.

Flavor: This vessel was re-named for the crews penchant for separating heads from shoulders in boarding…[Read more]

If you’re looking for point cost recommendations on Foxtrot, I’d probably start at 9 or 10.

Oops, she does have a point cost, incidentally it’s a point cost of 10. I just left it out by accident when I posted last night. That said I think I like 9 better. Adj…[Read more]

We return from a holiday hiatus! Picking up where we left off in the Farthest Shore, we have some Americans!

USS Fearless
American
Points: 13
Masts: 3
Cannons: 2S-2L-2S
Cargo: 4
Movement: L
Ability: Blockade Runner.

Flavor: The crew of the Fearless take one of America’s oldest quotes to heart: “Give me Liberty or give me Death!” Charging guns…[Read more]

We move to the next cycle of the Farthest Shore, starting with the English!

HMS North Wind
English
Points: 13
Masts: 3
Cannons: 3S-3L-3S
Cargo: 3
Movement: S+S
Ability: Schooner. This ship gets +1 to her cannon rolls against any non-English ship.

Flavor: TBD

HMS Goodrich
English
Points: 8 (B)
Masts: 2
Cannons: 4L-4L
Cargo: 4
Movement:…[Read more]

Two more for the Nexus Alliance as this cycle comes to a close. Tomorrow, the English!

Blue Blade
Nexus Alliance
Points: 13
Masts: 3
Cannons: 3S-2L-3S
Cargo: 7
Movement: S
Ability: <span…[Read more]

We continue with the Alliance! Two more as this cycle comes to a close!

Meldric’s Stream
Nexus Alliance
Points: 11
Masts: 3 (B)
Cannons: 4S-3S-4S
Cargo: 7
Movement: S
Ability: 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…[Read more]

You should make that a “once per turn” or “as part of a XXXXX action” ability, just so players can’t use it to annoy opponents by looking at the same coins over and over.  As written, it could be used at any time and as often as you wanted, without any timing restrictions or limits.

I’ll likely adjust it to a once per your turn, as I don’t want…[Read more]

I’m not sure where you have the current version priced, but adding this negative could drop it down to being a 1-point ability.    Making it zero-cost is tempting, but the Sargasso benefit is still slightly better than the reef negative.

Currently the Jungle is a 4 point ship.

Is there a reason why the use of this needs to be declared ahead of…

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Two more for the Alliance!

Ice Tumbler
Nexus Alliance
Points: 14
Masts: 3
Cannons: 3L-4S-3L
Cargo: 3
Movement: S
Ability: Junk. Two hits in the same shoot action are required to eliminate one of this ships masts.
Link: Zachariah Shard

Flavor: The eccentric Zachariah Shard insisted that the hull of the Ice Tumbler be double layered. This has…[Read more]

Grand Boulder is somewhat powerful, though I still think Repeating Guns should be a cheaper keyword. I know I’m a bad example, but I would almost never get to benefit from it.  XD

Based on her flavor text, I think an alternate ability could work too: +1 to cannon rolls when she is given a shoot action (rather than shooting in general, which wi…

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I got chewed up by life for a couple days, but we are back with the next two ships for the Alliance in Farthest Shore!

Grand Boulder
Nexus Alliance
Points: 18
Masts: 3
Cannons: 2L-2S-3L
Cargo: 3
Movement: S+L
Ability: Junk. Repeating Guns. This ship gets +1 to her cannon rolls against Mercenary ships.
Link: Christopher Stone

Flavor: Another…[Read more]

We return to the Nexus Alliance for the next cycle!

Charger
Nexus Alliance
Points: 7
Masts: 3
Cannons: 3S-3L-3S
Cargo: 3
Movement: L+S
Ability: Junk. Forts cannot hit this ship. This ship gets -1 to her cannon rolls when her linked crew is assigned to her.
Link: Kenneth Smith

Flavor: The regular sailors that man this ship take great comfort…[Read more]

Two more for the Mercenaries from Farthest Shore!

Xibalba
Mercenary
Points: 15
Masts: 3 (A)
Cannons: 2S-2S-2S
Cargo: 3
Movement: S+L
Ability: Mercenary. Fear.

Flavor: The sailors who crew the Xibalba know one universal fact about mankind. When something is named after a God of Death or their domain, people come to fear what it is capable…[Read more]

Replacing that with “If Cursed, the point limit for cargo on this ship is reduced by 1.” would make it a much more direct analog for the original Black Mark.  The ship allowing one less point of space is the functional equivalent of a BM crew needing one extra.

Something like this?

Black Totem v.2
This ship may begin the game as a member of t…[Read more]

First draft of a new keyword:

Black Totem
This ship may begin the game as a member of the Cursed nation instead of its own. If it does, change its flag to Cursed during set-up; it is now a member of the Cursed nation (any crew aboard the ship retain their original nationalities). If Cursed the rank of each of this ships cannons is increased by…[Read more]

Two more Ionics from the Farthest Shore!

Sea King
Ionic
Points:12
Masts: 3
Cannons: 3S-4L-3S
Cargo: 3
Movement: L
Ability: Submarine. This ship may shoot at submerged targets.

Flavor: TBD

Razorfish
Ionic
Points: 20
Masts: 3
Cannons: 3S-4S-3S
Cargo: 4
Movement: L
Ability: Submarine. This ship may eliminate up to two masts on a successful…[Read more]

Two more Spaniards from the Farthest Shore!

Corazón de Invierno
Spanish
Points: 12
Masts: 3 (B)
Cannons: 4L-3S-3L
Cargo: 7
Movement: L
Ability: Blockade Runner. Enemy ships get +1 to their cannon rolls against this ship.

Flavor: Built tough, to withstand icy weather, the Winter’s Heart will likely receive her first test against cannons when…[Read more]

Hoist the tri-color, two more for the French from Farthest Shore!

Daaé
French
Points: 9
Masts: 3 (A)
Cannons: 3S-4L-3S
Cargo: 4
Movement: S+S
Ability: Parley. Oarsman.

Flavor:  A private ship owned by the Vicomte, Raoul de Leroux, the Daaé was named in honor of the woman he’d loved.

Cyrano
French
Points: 12
Masts: 3 (A)
Cannons: 2S-3…[Read more]

Two more for the Cursed from Farthest Shore!

Dihnet
Cursed
Points: 14
Masts: 3
Cannons: 2L-2L-2L
Cargo: 3
Movement: L
Ability: After this ship completes a shoot action, any enemy ship within S is moved L away from this ship.

Flavor: TBD

Ribspreader
Cursed
Points: 7
Masts: 2 (B)
Cannons: 3S-3S
Cargo: 4
Movement: S
Ability: Equipment do not…[Read more]