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Pirate Piece of the Day

Granada
Spanish - Barbary Coast

Schooner. This ship gets +1 to her cannon rolls and boarding rolls against Barbary Corsair ships.

Type - Ship
Collector's Number -  062

Piece Ratings: 3

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


Date Reviewed - 11.22.05

 

 WildWill
Pirates of the Barbary Coast – Granada #062
Name: Granada
Set: PBC
Card #: 62
Rarity: Uncommon
Type: Ship
Cost: 13 Points
Masts: 4
Cannons 2S, 3L, 3L, 3S
Cargo: 4
Movement: 1S + 1S
Faction: Spanish
Links: Admiral Alarico Castro and Castro's Loyalists
Ability – “Schooner. This ship gets +1 to her cannon rolls and boarding rolls against Barbary Corsair ships. “
Flavor Text – “The mighty Granada is Admiral Castro’s flagship in the Mediterranean. She is known for ruthlessly hunting Corsairs to the very ends of the Earth.”
Wow, a ship with TWO links to it. That’s pretty nifty. And she’s a schooner too, which means she can move on her axis after completing a movement. That’s pretty nice, to make sure you’re well in line with your cannons for maximum cannon effect. At 13 points and 4 cargo spots, you’re going to definitely want to utilize those links. The loyalists give you +1 to all boarding roles, and the Admiral we’ll be reviewing on Wednesday, so I don’t want to give it away yet, but suffice to say, you CAN afford the added points and cargo holds. Heck even after you place the two linked crew on board, you’ve got 4 more points of build left to take up with a Captain for Move and Shoot, or Helmsman for that extra S of movement. I might not even use the Loyalists because they are pretty expensive, unless you’re planning on building a ramming specialist. But using this ship WITHOUT Admiral Castro (and not Captain Castro), is a crime.

Uncommons rarely go for much more than a few dollars, and while Granada is a NICE ship that Spanish Players will be flocking to in droves, she still isn’t worth more than a couple bucks.

My Ratings:
Playability 3 of 5
Collectability 2 of 5

Next Time – You already KNOW one of the Crew-fers…who’s the other? Have to wait and see.
 
Richard Granada
13 points
Uncommon
Link Admiral Alarico Castro and Castro's Loyalists
Cargo 4
Cannon 2S, 3L, 3L, 3S
Move S+S
Ability: Schooner, +1 to cannon and boarding rolls against Barbary Corsair ships

Boring, boring, boring. A weighty 13 points for a makeweight ship, presumably required to furnish a sufficient number of new ship cards in the POTBC expansion. Average movement, average cargo capacity, marginally better than average guns, and an ability which is useful if you know you’re going to be playing against Barbary Corsairs, but otherwise… This ship isn’t going to see much action in typical 30 – 50 point Spanish fleet builds - not with so many better options available. It’s a dull and unoriginal offering. Granada does have the schooner keyword, which has the theoretical capability (with a captain aboard) of moving, shooting, and then heeling on her stern out of the way of a counterpunch. This requires very adept manouvering however, and rarely seems to actually work in practice. And against an enemy ship with a captain of its own, ‘schoonering’ is next to useless anyway, since your opponent will simply move in after your schooner and blast it.

My rating: 1/5. Shouldn’t bother if I were you
 
Aethereal

 

Granada

Welcome to Spanish Barbary Coast week. As if the name doesn't already give it away, this week we'll be looking at what the Spanish got in the new set.

First up is the Granada, a four-masted 13-point Schooner with 2S, 3L, 3L, and 3S for cannons. It also has S+S movement and four cargo spaces, which is about average for both of those stats. Oh yeah, and the Granada also gets +1 to cannon and boarding rolls against Barbary Corsairs. That ability is only useful if you know you're going up against lots of Corsairs, or you're playing sealed (and this is a great uncommon to have in Barbary Coast sealed, by the way). Essentially, this is a fairly average ship. The cannons aren't too bad but not awesome either, and everything else is just average. Schooner is a much better ability now because of the removal of the come about action, so the Granada gets bonus points for that. Overall not too bad.

Rating: 3/5
 

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