Revolution Sealed Pack Game
10/8/2023
I met up with Pirates veteran collector DJesse19 at Mugu Games in Everett Washington! We played a 2×40 Revolution sealed pack game. We used the usual PNW/Seattle house rules. We each opened 2 packs of Pirates of the Revolution, getting nearly exclusively American ships and named crew! Jesse had pulled 2 of the Jarvis, so I traded the Julius Caesar I pulled for one of them.
We set up for a basic game, Jesse’s first in quite some time. He rolled to go first, fielding Jarvis and Julius Caesar with 2 crew on each ship. I had Bonhomme Richard + firepot specialist, Jarvis + explorer, and the Rattlesnake. It would be an all-American showdown!
We were ready to set sail!
Ships headed in all different directions, meaning that each island was likely to be explored relatively quickly. Kikowa helped Jesse’s Jarvis reach land slightly faster.
Neither of us had pulled any captains, so it felt like one of those old-school “newbie fleets” matchups in a way. Julius Caesar (JC) and Bonhomme Richard couldn’t get close without losing the first strike advantage, so they both docked at a wild island instead.
JC shot a mast off the Richard instead of exploring the island, with Richard exploring the island and finding 11 gold and the Neptune’s Trident! In the meantime, Jesse’s Jarvis was home with a pair of coins and my Jarvis and Rattlesnake were busy exploring.
JC kept busy, shooting another mast off Bonhomme Richard, then ramming to knock down a third mast and boarding to take the Trident! I mulled whether or not Bonhomme Richard should ram and board back to try and steal back the UT, but knew I needed the regular gold more. Bonhomme Richard docked at home, while Jarvis (who had deposited a load of 10 gold the previous turn) headed out to play some offense. However, the boarding party resulted in a tie.
This left my fleet wide open to a devastating tidal wave attack!! O_O Jesse unleashed Neptune’s Trident, knocking out 8 of the 12 masts that had been standing moments prior! With one blow, 66% of masts in the game are decimated. Luckily my Jarvis was intact, while Bonhomme Richard could soon repair.
Jesse’s Jarvis rammed my Jarvis, making her derelict. Bonhomme Richard repaired, keeping my hopes alive. However, I had a feeling I was up on gold, so I wasn’t worried if I got knocked out of the game at any moment.
Jesse’s Jarvis touched the JC, who explored to receive a shipwright from the Jarvis. However, this began the second “swing” of the game, as Bonhomme Richard swooped in to capture the JC who immediately repaired as a member of my fleet. The first swing was the Neptune’s Trident play, where Jesse stole it and used it to nearly eliminate my fleet in one go. With the capture of Jesse’s derelict and associated shipwright, I suddenly had the numbers advantage again, which only grew larger on the following turns.
With likely no way to win the current situation, the Jarvis headed back west to pick up some of the final coins in play. I set to work getting my fleet healthy again, with the JC giving the shipwright to the Rattlesnake and my Jarvis getting towed home. After a repair, Rattlesnake was able to dock her loot at my home island. Eventually all 4 ships in my fleet were sailing again (some still in various states of disrepair), as Jesse’s Jarvis sped over to a southern island in hopes the Bonhomme Richard might abandon it. However, I had already explored it and grabbed the 1 that still remained, with Jarvis and Bonhomme Richard going home to unload the final treasures.
- Ben’s Americans: 31 gold
- Jesse’s Americans: 18
A fun sealed pack game! I got better pulls overall and was able to explore 3 of the 4 islands in play. Hard not to get pulls from Revolution that are at least decent, as we both were able to use some good ships. The Jarvis catch-22 was a funny one to think about during the game, as the ships could only really engage each other by ramming.
We each used something we stole from the other to swing the game in our favor. The Trident blast devastated my fleet, but through the captured shipwright I was able to re-establish a numbers advantage.
Thanks for reading!
