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Pirate Piece of the Day

Greyhound

Piece Ratings: 3.20

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


Date Reviewed - November
5, 2009

 
Cadet-Captain Mike Name: Greyhound (Pirates)
Card: SM #PS-020 (Common)
Points: 9
Masts: 3
Cargo: 3
Moves: L
Guns : 3S,3L,3S
Hit %: 150 (S), 50 (L)
Ability: When this ship carries no cargo, she gets +S to her base move.

When you think of greyhounds, you usually think of very fast creatures that like to chase other fast things. This Greyhound is fast when she's chasing things that can't move (like gold), and slow once she's caught them.

For nine points, you get a ship that moves S+L when her cargo holds are empty; that includes crew, so as soon as you add an Explorer or any other crew, you lose her ability. She also loses her ability as soon as she loads any treasure, so she's not a gold ship that can skip from island to island, loading the good stuff and leaving the 1-gold coins; she's best at filling her holds from one island and then creeping homeward. You could use her as a light fighter, but the Captain crew would turn off her ability, so you'd have to add a Helmsman as well, and the Pirates have better three-masted fighters for nine points (Selkie, Minerva, Windjammer, and Muerta de la Corona come to mind). The nice thing about her three masts is that she's harder to sink than most Pirate gold runners.

The Greyhound is not a great ship, but she isn't a total dog, either.
Her point cost is reasonable, and while she's far from the best gold ship the Pirates have, she can fill a useful role in a Pirate fleet.

Goldship rating: 2.8 / 5
Gun Ship rating: 2.7 / 5
Boarding rating: 2.5 / 5
Value for points: 3.2 / 5

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