Franklin’s Lost Expedition Mega Pack

Description

Franklin’s Lost Expedition Mega Pack

Join Sir John Franklin, Captain Francis Crozier and others on a harrowing journey to the Canadian Arctic. HMS Erebus and HMS Terror star in this historical release. New 3 Mast Bomb Vessel ship type! There are also a few American game pieces that just missed the cut from my War of 1812 Mega Pack.

The price is higher than my usual Mega Packs because it was originally released exclusively to subscribers of my Buccaneer’s Booty Box, which is my primary product.

• Ships: HMS Erebus, HMS Terror, Barretto Junior, USS Ariel
• Crew: Sir John Franklin, Francis Crozier, James Fitzjames, Graham Gore, Henry Le Vesconte, Thomas Holdup Stevens, Cyrus Tiffany
• Unique Treasure: Bad Rations
• 12 total brand-new game pieces across 12 cards!
• Gameplay details seen on the cards pictured. Unboxing video at bottom of this product description as well.
• Designed and Produced by: Pirates with Ben (A7XfanBen)

Bomb Vessel (new keyword): Ramming cannot eliminate this ship’s masts. This ship has an additional rank-4 mortar cannon assigned to each of its first two masts. These mortars can only shoot once per turn each, and can only hit targets more than L away but not more than L+L away. These shots are not blocked by other ships, and get +1 to their rolls when targeting a fort. If a mortar shot hits, replace a mast on the enemy ship with a fire mast instead of eliminating it; if the mortar roll is a 1, replace that mast on this ship with a fire mast. The following cannot be applied to these mortar shots: specialists, grape shot, chain shot, smokepot shot, other abilities that improve cannon accuracy.

Disclaimers:
-This product is not affiliated with Wizkids. This is your chance to support a new company that is making the product in the USA!
-Health hazards: Styrene is a possible human carcinogen; do not inhale it. Recommend washing hands and cleaning up area after building the ships. Punching pieces out of the cards can be messy – it’s best to clean up the styrene dust after handling.
-The laser cutting can distort the artwork slightly, seen if you look closely. Some cards may have laser scorch marks on them, which can actually look cool as battle damage.
-There may be some areas where the cuts are more jagged.
-Some of the artwork may be slightly misaligned from front to back, due to the difficulty of aligning both the print jobs and the cut process.
-Thoughtful design: These game pieces have not been playtested, but they were carefully crafted and edited using a combination of Ben’s extreme experience (600+ PCSG games played!) and guidance from four different point-costing systems.

Tips for constructing your new fleet:
-Thicker plastic=More durability! My styrene is a bit thicker than the plastic used for the original cards, but please be patient when building the ships – they can be fragile.
-When punching out the pieces, it’s best to push on the areas near where they are connected to the card via tabs (ex: the top and bottom of masts).
-There may be discrepancies on slot tolerances – the ships should construct well as shown in the pictures, but results may vary. Some slots may have small extra bits of styrene that must be removed in order to fit the pieces together.
-Best to leave ships constructed – due to the laser burning away material, they generally don’t go back into the cards well.
-Recommended to insert some tabs into slots in isolation to test fit before building a ship in full.

Material: .04″ white styrene with UV ink. The high-quality ink doesn’t scratch or flake!

Here’s a look at the full contents of the release: