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Gentil de la Barbinais
French - South China Seas
This ship gets +1 to her cannon rolls against any
non-French ship.
Type
- Crew
Collector's Number -
083A
Piece Ratings:
3.75
Ratings are based on a 1 to 5 scale 1 being the worst.
3 ... average. 5 is the highest rating.
Date Reviewed - 03.15.06 |
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Ken Wang Cho
English - South China Seas
Jade Rebellion
crew may use their abilities on this ship.
Type
- Crew
Collector's Number - 057A
Piece Ratings:
1.75
Ratings are based on a 1 to 5 scale 1 being the worst.
3 ... average. 5 is the highest rating.
Date Reviewed - 03.15.06 |
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Aethereal |
Gentil de la Barbinais
This is a quick one. Gentil de la Barbinais is the
French version of Chang Pao - 4 points gets you +1
against non-French ships. This is a good ability to
have for the most part. You may not always want to
invest four points into something that just gives
you a +1, but it's worth it if you ask me.
Rating: 3.5/5
Ken Wang Cho
For a low cost of 2 points, all Jade Rebellion crew
on the same ship as this dude can use their
abilities. I said yesterday that I dislike these
types of abilities, and this one is no exception.
Actually, this guy is even worse than the ships with
the abilities, because he costs a cargo slot. You're
not required to play any one faction...so why not
just play a Jade Rebellion ship instead of this guy?
Rating: 2/5
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Richard |
Gentil de la Barbinais
Points: 4
Ability: This crew gets +1 to her cannon rolls
against any non-French ship.
This is the French version of a new crew type which
was introduced in Pirates of The Barbary Coast with
Brent Rice for the Americans. I really do like this
ability. I use Brent Rice a lot, and when I get
Gentil de la B (and I have him on the way, courtesy
of a trade), he will become a well-used addition to
my French fleet. My only slight reservation is that
4 points seems a little overpriced – I think 3 would
have been more reasonable. Nonetheless, the simple
act of adding +1 to your cannon rolls, means that
paired with the right ship (La Ville de Paris, for
instance), you have virtually guaranteed hits with
every single gun you fire (unless you roll a 1,
which is of course a guaranteed miss anyway!) Bl**dy
fabulous!
I also particularly like his portrait – a throwback
to some of the great miniature portraits of the
original Spanish Main set. I can already see this
guy grinning out from the lid of one of the next set
of special collectors tins Wizkids release (hint
hint!)
My rating – 4/5. I like this crew type a lot. And I
like the French - so this is a winner!
Ken Wang Cho
Points: 2
Ability: Jade Rebellion Crew may use their abilities
aboard this ship.
Hmm. Can’t get excited about this one. Ken is
British Chinese – in other words, he’s a reference
to the historic British link to Hong Kong. His
ability allows you to use Jade crew on a British
ship, and this costs you two points. And…
That’s about it.
Not very exciting is it?
And not very useful either, although it does allow
you to deploy one or two of the more exotic Jade
named crew onto a British ship. Llike Zheng Li Kwan,
for instance - the sacrifice captain who doesn’t
also give you the basic captain move and shoot
ability - so he’s a bit feeble isn’t he?
In short, why would you bother with this at all?
My rating – 1/5. Back to Barbie, Ken.
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