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El Extremadura
Spanish - Mysterious Island
Schooner. This ship gets +1 to her boarding rolls.
She gets +2 instead if her opponent is a sea
monster.
Type
- Ship
Collector's Number -
065
Piece Ratings: 1
Ratings are based on a 1 to 5 scale 1 being the worst.
3 ... average. 5 is the highest rating.
Date Reviewed - 12.15.06 |
Cadet-Captain Mike
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Name: El Extremadura
Card: MI # 065 (Common)
Points: 13
Faction: Spain
Masts: 3 (rating: 3 / 5)
Cargo: 4 (rating: 2.5 / 5)
Moves: L (rating: 2 / 5)
Guns : 2s,2L,2s (rating: 4 / 5)
Hit %: 201 (S), 67 (L)
Link : Alejandro Malaspina
Keyword: Schooner.
Ability: This ship gets +1 to her boarding rolls.
She gets +2 instead if her opponent is a sea
monster.
Exactly what is this ship meant to do? What is her
intended role? I confess to not being sure.
Her link to the "exclusive explorer" crew, Malaspina,
suggests that she's a gold runner. But 4 cargo is
just adequate for gold, and for a Spanish ship, it's
actually on the small side. She's also too slow for
effective gold grabbing.
Her cannons, which are as good as you're going to
find on a 3-masted ship, suggest a fighting
strategy. She'll make a good enough gunship, no
argument, and four cargo is enough to add some good
fighting crew.
But neither her linked crew nor her special ability
give her any help when the cannons roar.
Her ability suggests boarding actions, especially
against those pestiferous sea monsters that have
plagued the Spanish Main of late.
She can board a kraken with a 50/50 chance of
winning, and she has a 17% advantage when boarding a
sea serpent. But why bother? Sea monsters have no
crew to kill, and their gold comes solely from
boarding actions, which means it's the lowest-valued
coin their victim carried. So you're boarding in the
knowledge that you're probably going to win a 1-gold
coin. How exciting.
The best purpose I can see for this ship is as a
defensive fighter.
Give her a Captain and a Helmsman, and send her to
guard your gold ships against sea monster attack.
The critters won't dare board you, and if they
surface for a "cannon" attack, you'll get the first
shot. You'll also be in good shape if an enemy
fighting ship tries to blast your gold ships, as
long as that enemy ship isn't too big.
The other trouble with this ship is her cost, which
seems high for what you get. That, and her confused
role, count against her. Her various talents suggest
an attempt to make a generically useful ship. But
jacks of all trades are usually masters of none, and
so it is with El Extremadura.
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