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Pirate Piece of the Day

le St. Denis
French - Barbary Coast

Galley. As part of a move action, this ship may initiate a boarding party against a ship up to S away from her, without having to ram. The boarded ship may not use any boarding bonuses.

Type - Ship
Collector's Number -  074

Piece Ratings:

Ratings are based on a 1 to 5 scale 1 being the worst.
3 ... average. 5 is the highest rating.


Date Reviewed - 12.06.05

 
I M Einstein Le St. Denis- Barbary Coast- French

St. Denis is a very costly ship at 15 pts. The ship only has 4 masts which for 15 points, isn't worth it. 2/5

Le St. Denis has a good movement action at S + L it probably doesn't need a helmsman, but could always come in handy. 3.5/5

The cargo capacity is 4. That is an average capacity; just enough for crew.3/5

The cannons are 3L 4L 4L 5L. The accuracy is awful especially for the 5L, but they are all L, so that helps. 2.5/5

Overall a 3/5 a standard ship.
 

 WildWill

Pirates of the Barbary Coast – Le St. Denis #074

Name:  Le St. Denis

Set: PBC

Card #: 74

Rarity: Rare

Type: Ship

Cost: 15 Points

Masts: 4

Cannons 3L, 4L, 4L, 5L

Cargo: 4

Movement: 1S + 1L

Faction: French

Ability – “Galley. As part of a move action, this ship may initiate a boarding party against a ship up to S away from her, without having to ram. The boarded ship may not use any boarding bonuses.

Flavor Text – “The Knights of Malta recruit French Corsairs to crew Le St. Denis so that they can fight the Barbary Corsairs on equal footing.”

This ship is basically the French version of “Silent Death” that we reviewed here: http://www.pojo.com/pirates/CotD/2005/Nov/15.shtml.  Only she costs 3 more built points, and err…she has two more masts with craptacular guns.  If it seems like we’re picking dogs for the COTD, you’re not mistaken.  We are, and that’s indicative of the entire set so far.  I haven’t seen a single piece that I’m overjoyed to get, though some of the crew was long overdue (can you say more Marines?).  About all this particular ship is good for is boarding, because those guns won’t do much good.  Sure, she’s fast, but she doesn’t hold enough cargo to be a treasure runner. 

 

Oh and she’s a rare, so that makes her harder to pull, and slightly more valuable than your standard ship.  Not much, but slightly.

 

WildWill’s Patented Ebay Auction Report 11-25-05

# Sold Items: 4 (total # of auctions 4)

High Sale Amount: $2.75

Low Sale Amount: $0.99
Average Sale Amount: $1.76

 

Wow, what a bargain!  You can get a five…no…wait, the rares in this set are all FOUR masters, so…four, four masted ship for under TWO bucks.  But wait, you could do that before this set.  How disappointing.

 

My Ratings:

Playability 2 of 5

Collectability 2.5 of 5

 

Next Time – We’ll double up on the French crew.  Boy, in some contexts that could sound sleazy…


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