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Pirate Piece of the Day

Bashaw Folly
 
 Name
 Bashaw Folly
 Type  Ship
 Point Value  12
 Collector's Number  015
 Rarity  Common

Piece Ratings: 3.50

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


Date Reviewed - 3.14.07

 
Cadet-Captain Mike
 
Name: Bashaw Folly
Card: MI #15 (Common)
Points: 12
Faction: Mercenary

Masts: 2 (rating: 2 / 5)
Cargo: 2 (rating: 1.5 / 5)
Moves: S+L (rating: 4 / 5)
Guns : 2S,2S (rating: / 5)
Hit %: 134 (S), - (L)
Keyword: Mercenary
Ability: This ship gets +1 to her boarding rolls. She gets +2 instead if her opponent is a sea monster.

This ship, unlike the Hare's Luck, is unambiguously a fighter. Two good cannons, enough speed to not need a Helmsman, and a tiny cargo that couldn't tempt anyone into mistaking her for a gold ship. Ironically, the Hare's Luck is cheaper, even with the Helmsman crew added.

The extra point cost is for the boarding ability. You won't want to board for gold; where would you put it? Board to kill crew instead. You've got a 50/50 chance against the larger submarines, and likewise against sea serpents. Such critters will probably leave you alone, unless they can ram and remove a mast. If you can maneuver to avoid this, your ship's presence can "herd" a sea serpent to where you want it, or away from where you don't want it.

Recent Pirates expansions have gotten slower on the whole; it's unusual for a Common ship to move faster than S+S. This ship is an exception, and I like that. The Bashaw Folly would have been a rather ordinary ship in Crimson Coast or Revolution, but compared to the ships she'll usually be fighting now, she gets above-average marks.

Total rating: 3.5 / 5
Sumpbeast Bashaw Folly

I had a copy of Bashaw Folly and traded it away for something I considered more useful. She is an average two-master with good guns (a pair of 2S cannons), average cargo hold and average speed. Her ability is an anti-boarding deterrent (+1 to boarding, +2 against sea monsters). It looks like the Bashaw Folly was meant as a fighting ship to support the bigger gunships. However, for her point cost I would be looking at other ships. There are a number of three-masters about with decent guns for a lower points cost. In case you were wondering, a Bashaw is a Turkish officer or governor, though the ship doesn’t look like a Barbary Coast descendant. Bashaw Folly gets a 2/5, I would use other ships instead.

--Sumpbeast


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