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Bonny Kate
Pirates - Spanish Main

English crew may use their abilities on this ship.

Type - Ship
Collector's Number - PS-025

Piece Ratings: 2.85

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

Date Reviewed - 01.20.06

Aethereal	Bonny Kate Seven points gets you two masts, S+L movement, two cargo spaces, and a 2S and a 3L cannon. English crew can also work on this ship. I've never been a big fan of the "[nation] crew can use their abilities on this ship" ships and this isn't changing my mind. The ship itself is decently priced but I'd just rather play an English ship and use my English crew on that. Only two cargo spaces doesn't give you much to work with as far as crew goes, which makes the ability even worse. S+L movement is solid and the cannons are nice, but the ability isn't that useful, making this just a decent ship for 7 points and you can find better than that. Rating: 2.5/5
Richard	Bonny Kate Ability: English crew may use their abilities on this ship Points cost 7 Guns 2S, 3L Movement S+L Cargo 2 ‘The Bonny Kate is a welcoming berth to any British lad who will take an oath against all kings.’ And you may lay to that. Now I have a soft spot for the Bonny Kate. Maybe it’s because I am a British lad, but I think that brief line of flavour text is one of the neatest and most elegant in the entire game. She’s a trim enough little barque too. Cargo is pretty measly - but she has a good base move at S+L, and a pair of useful guns: slightly better than average (although it’s a shame the 2-rank is a shorty). But for only 7 points, she’s not a bad bet. Unfortunately, her ability is rendered obsolete once you have amassed a sizeable collection, since you will quickly collect plenty of pirate crew who replicate all the abilities possessed by English crew (and exceed them, since the English don't have a sacrifice captain). In fact, I’m hard pressed to think of an English crew member with an ability that the pirates don’t have for themselves. (Maybe Commodore Temple – although the pirates have several ships with that derelict collecting ability built in.) So… If you’re new to the game and don’t have that many pirate crew, her ability might just come in useful – but apart from that, it’s something of nothing. Still quite a reasonable little terrier though - although if you’re going to use her offensively, the requirement to ship a captain aboard means that she’s up to 10 points, which isn’t quite so attractive. My rating – 3/5.
Sean	Bonnie Kate Ability: English crew may use their abilities on this ship Points : 7 Cargo : 2 Masts 2: 2s, 3L Movement: 1s 1L The bonnie Kate is an average ship. It has good movement but can't be used as a cargo runner due to its cargo space of 2. It has good cannons so its most effiecent role is one of escort. Its low cost for good movement and pretty good cannons make it a reasonable pick. I'd have trouble putting a captain on this ship in any game less than 50pts but if you can spare the three points he'd boost the Bonnie Kates power. This ship would make a good "Specialist" carrier because of it's 2s cannon. Firepot is always my favorite for an escort aiding a gunship, but if you are escorting a cargo ship a chainshot specialist would be a better pick. It's ability is quite useless unless you are low on pirate crew because you can't really fit any special combination of English and Pirate crew on this ship. Over all I'd give it a 3/5.