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Seems I made a mistake somewhere, as there are only 5 pre-built ships. We’ve seen three of them, now I present the final two!

Tuli
Ionic
Points: 11
Masts: 4
Cargo: 4
Movement: L
Cannons: 3S-4L-4L-3S
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…[Read more]

Hmm. Interesting sub in the Moss Keg. The wording doesn’t specify that the Sargasso can’t be placed such that it touches another ship, so I’m assuming you could use this to place a Sargasso under an enemy, as long as it was still in contact with the Moss Keg.

Actually, looking again, outside of her ability, she doesn’t seem all that impressive.…[Read more]

Another day, two more! I’ll probably take a break from Customs for the next two days. Will resume on the 26th!

Akamu
Ionic
Points: 15
Masts: 4
Cargo: 3
Movement: S+S
Cannons: 3S-3S-3S-3S
Ability: Ghost Ship.

Flavor: The crew of the Akamu draws as little attention to themselves as possible. This has enabled them to slip in and out of ports…[Read more]

I would vote Lordstu as well, for the same reasons you mentioned Ben.

My other vote/nomination would go to Bookwyrm (no longer a MT member I think).  Some of the most comprehensive miniature reviews I’ve ever read, and inspired me to try and write miniature reviews in as detailed a way possible. One of the things I miss most about being banned…[Read more]

-Only automatic unloading at home islands?  (choose at forts)

I’m not sure that this would have a big effect, since gold is not unloaded at forts all that often during games in my experience.

Same here. I thought automatic unloading at home islands was already part of the rules though? It’s why gold factory fleets need to unload one coin at a ti…[Read more]

Sa-Drah seems fine at 9 or 10.

All right, I’ll go with 9 for now. If we ever get to see her in action (CG4 maybe, hopefully :D), I might bump the cost back up to 10.

Dris might work in the 10-12 range, interesting ship.

I’ll take the middle, cost her at 11 for now.

Gormagog would love being “snot sure”.  XD

Dangit. That happens some…[Read more]

Gormagog sounds completely disgusting. The Pirates have a few Sea Monsters that are very good, so you could easily build a Monster shock fleet.

The Crossbow is interesting. In theory you could stack it up with any other crew eliminating ability, such as the standard once per turn version, or the more devastating cargo-wrecking ability. Hmmm.…[Read more]

I have started picking up foam, cardboard, and paint from work to begin making 3d terrain and new features to implement.

Any chance we could see some pictures of those?

I can bump N’Pu to 11 points, no problem.

Two more!

T’Mroo
Ionic
Points: 18
Masts: 3
Cargo: 4
Cannons:
Movement: S+S
Ability: Double Catamaran. At the beginning of each of your turns, decide if this ship is submerged or on the surface. If submerged, it can only move; it cannot shoot, be shot at, and it cannot dock or touch other s…[Read more]

Missed four days…. Not going to post 4 days worth of ships though. Just a double helping this time around. We’re getting down to the wire for SpMg, not too many left to post!

H’Fu
Ionic
Points: 13
Masts: 3
Cargo: 4
Cannons: 3S-3S-3S
Movement: L
Ability: Double Catamaran. One of this ships treasures is worth +1 gold when unloaded at your h…[Read more]

Two more mega card ships!

M’ku
Ionic
Points: 14
Masts: 2
Cargo: 3
Cannons: 3S-4S-3S
Movement: S+S
Ability: Double Catamaran. This ship gets +S to her base move if a captain is assigned to her.

Flavor: Part of the Ionic navy’s re-purposing of civilian vessels, the M’Ku was once a simple fishing canoe. Now she has been expanded and out fitte…[Read more]

We begin the special edition section! Starting off with some mega-card pieces!

Cutter
Ionic
Points: 13
Masts: 3
Cargo: 3
Cannons: 2L-4S-2L
Movement: S+S
Ability: Double Catamaran. If this ship begins her turn within S of an island, she gets +S to her base move that turn.

Flavor: Like her name suggests, the Cutter seems to cut through waves and…[Read more]

I’m not quite understanding the ability of the bowmen legion…. I think they give you the crew elimination ability on all of a ships cannons, but they have a rank of 3L, which means you’d roll for every cannon a ship shoots twice. Once for the printed rank on the mast, and again for the Bowmen, correct?

The Super Rares! We’re getting close to the end of SpMg! Tomorrow we’ll likely see the Special Edition ships (megacards/ pre-built box ships).

As a heads-up, I think this SR pack is full of powerful pieces….. Ye have been warned. 😀

Golden Armor
Ionic
Points: 30
Masts: 5
Cargo: 3
Cannons: 2L-3L-3L-3L-2L
Movement: L
Ability: You may give…[Read more]

About how many points would Ykkandri be without the last part of his ability?

Missed a couple days, so we have the last treasures of SpMg! Tomorrow we’ll see the Super Rare pack!

Matatu
Give this ship a move action but do not move her. Instead you may move any other ship within 3L of this ship.

Calix
This ships cannons have L+L range. This…[Read more]

Not sure if I like rank 1 cannons….. The ability is interesting, and sounds good. But I think it’d be too hard to pull off, since almost no ship ever just moves in a straight line, especially when islands and terrain are crowded in close. That said, I like this ship overall, makes for a very good ‘hit and run’ or light gunship, capable of making…[Read more]

The Banshee is an interesting crew. I’d try to get her onto a ship that has a large cargo hold (for equipment and specialists) and has some kind of sniping or ER. Then again, considering her Horror keyword, I  might try to get her onto a short range brawler to take advantage of it.

When I first saw Delmas I thought he was overpriced, but then I…[Read more]

I love pairing that ability with the Dreadnought’s, so now I’ve got to see if the Jades have that ability somewhere. 😀

Telescope was going to be the last treasure, but I wasn’t satisfied so I went and added about ten more! That means we’re getting into the home stretch of the UT’s and will be taking a look at the Super Rares next….

Mask of…[Read more]

GV could very easily become a juggernaut in large games, with plenty of cargo and point space to pull in fun and interesting crew.

I’m not sure I’d use the Ceremonial Slaying. I see that ability as negative, since it would push ships away from the battle zone, and therefore make them harder to shoot at.

Missed a day, so double the…[Read more]

Amazon journey is an interesting hybrid. Lots of cargo for gold, but decent cannons and the catamaran keyword keeping her somewhat safe for the first couple of hits. Her abilities are interesting as well. I’m not sure how relevant that form of cancelling will be, but in large games any form of it will probably be sought out. The other ability is a…[Read more]