Pirates of the South China Seas - # 210 Le Triomphant

Name:  Le Triomphant

Set: POSCS

Card #s: 210

Rarity: LE

Type: Ship

Cost: 10 Points

Masts: 1

Cannons: 3L

Cargo: 2

Movement: 1L

Faction: French

Ability – Galley. After this ship resolves a shoot action, she may move as a free action.

Flavor Text – “The crew of this tiny galley have learned to use Barbary Corsair tactics to take on the English.”

One of the things that makes collectible card/strategy games unique is that the games do not stay static.  To that end, WizKids is adding something new to the game with every set.  Most of the new game mechanics in each set are related to actual game play, but for South China Seas WK decided to abandon the Participation Prizes that they had experimented with for Barbary Coast.  Even though Participation Prizes were very popular, they were merely cardboard crew, and none of the pieces appeared to be very playable.  Fans bemoaned the loss of styrene ships, and WK listened.  For SCS we get the first set of LEs that are not merely ‘ghost ship’ versions of existing ships.  These LEs are all new ships unavailable from anywhere else.

The French get three ships in the SCS LE set, two one masted galleys and a two-masted schooner. Le Triomphant has a minimal cargo compartment, a decent move, and a decent cannon.  So why is she 10 points?  Auto-move and shoot, well, make that shoot and run-away, which for smaller ships is actually better than moving and then shooting.  Is she a must-have for the French?  No.  Not by a long-shot, but she does make a nice addition to your fleet.

Unfortunately, I’m not sure this ship is even available yet.  There’s no auctions for it at all.   I’ll take the stance that she won’t be worth more than a couple bucks though. 

My Ratings:

Playability 3 of 5

Collectability 3.5 of 5

Next time – Is it time for a “you pick ‘em week”?  If so, lemme know – send me an Email at WMNOE@yahoo.com and let me know what YOU want to see reviewed.