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Pirate Piece of the Day

Name
 HMS Bartlesville
 Type  Ship
 Point Value  12
 Collector's Number  201
 Rarity  Limited Edition

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 - 4.30.07

 
Cadet-Captain Mike Name: HMS Bartlesville
Card: FN #201 (Limited Edition)
Points: 12
Faction: England

Masts: 1 (rating: 1 / 5)
Cargo: 2 (rating: 1.5 / 5)
Moves: L (rating: 2 / 5)
Guns : 2S x2 (rating: 3 / 5)
Hit %: 134 (S), 0 (L)
Keyword: Longship
Ability: This ship gets +1 to her cannon rolls against any non-English ship.

In real life, the Royal Navy would often put captured ships into service, even using them against their former owners. But a Viking longship flying the White Ensign? Well, this game isn't about real life.

Her cargo is quite small, and her speed is low, which makes her a poor gold ship. Her one mast makes her a poor boarder. Like all longships, she fires each cannon twice, but that means she loses two shots each time she loses a mast; this makes her a poor fighter, her special ability notwithstanding. The best thing I can think of to do with her is give her the usual Captain and Helmsman, and use her against enemy gold ships.

But why bother using this ship as a raider when you could raid with HMS Guy Fawkes, which adds a 3S cannon and a cargo space, has the same speed and ability, isn't a Longship, but costs 1 point less? HMS Bartlesville is one of the least expensive longships, but her ability isn't suited to a one-masted ship, and the English have many better ships to choose from.

Total rating: 1.5 / 5
Sumpbeast HMS Bartlesville
Typically I like the english and dislike the longships. In this case the dislike wins out. HMS Bartlesville has an excellent cannon, firing twice at
2+ to hit due to her "world-hater" ability. She suffers from the speed loss of the set and having only a single mast.

Have her follow a larger ship into the fray and sneak behind the enemy ship where retaliation is less likely (unless your fighter is sunk). A longer range cannon would be what I want on this ship. I am not sure if there is an English personality with that ability. HMS Bartlesville is a nice little support ship, a bit high for the cost. However nice does not work when dealing with Pirates, 2/5.

-- Sumpbeast
BAILEY
HMS Bartlesville
Masts - 1
Cargo - 2
Points - 12
Move - L
Cannons - S2
Ability - Longship. This ship gets +1 to cannon rolls against any non-English ship.
 
     Well, I guess they had to put in a longship without the "load treasure from your enemy's home island" ability. It's still not very good. The way I see it, the only way to make longships effective is to give them 3 or more masts, because they are just too expensive to use as sacrifice ships. This one has a nice ability, but only 1 mast.
     So lets look at how she can be used. You can just sail in, shoot twice, and then get killed. Or, you can sail in, try to evade them for a little, shoot twice, and then... get killed. Well, that doesn't seem exactly correct, does it?
     It doesn't have any cargo and its move is only a L. True, it has a good cannon and a killer ability, but.... it only has the one mast. Once you sail in, you have to hope for either really bad cannon rolls from your opponent, or that your opponent has the IQ of a dead rock. I'll give this ship a very genorous 2/5.
Vladsimpaler HMS Barlesville, 12 points
Masts: 1
Cargo: 2
Speed: L
Cannon: 2s
Ability:Longship. This ship gets +1 to her cannon rolls against any non-English ship.
Flavor Text:
The queen of England herself ordered this ship built in order to extend England's empire to lands where the sun never sets.

HMS Bartlesville, which is 12 points, is probably one of the worst things to spend 12 points on. I think that by now, virtually everyone who plays pirates knows that the only good longships are the USS Kettering, and in my opinion, the Naegling. So yeah, don't use it.
It's a nice looking ship, but that's all that it has got going for it.
Sure, two 1s cannons are nice, but I'd rather pay another point for HMS Royal, which is going to be reviewed later. Or, even pay one less point and get the infinitely better HMS London.
Ummm...
HMS Bartlesville gets a 1.5/5
At least it's cheaper than most longships....

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