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Date Reviewed - April
2, 2010
Cadet-Captain Mike
Name: Gog-Clocthoth
(Cursed)
Card: DJ #002 (Rare)
Points: 19
Masts: 5
Cargo: 5
Moves: S+S
Guns : 2L,3S,3S,3S,2L
Hit %: 283 (S), 133 (L)
Ability: Sea Monster. This sea monster gets +1 to
its boarding rolls. If it succeeds at a boarding
party, it also eliminates a mast.
When WizKids designed this sea monster, they got it
right. It's a terror.
Very few monsters (or ships, for that matter) are
fast, superb at boarding, and well able to "shoot"
as well. This critter was born to ambush gold ships,
crush two masts at a time (one with the ram, one
with its ability), steal their gold (lots of cargo
space for it), and then finish off its victim with
the good "guns" on its tentacles. It's an expensive
beast, but that high price tag is actually low for
what you get.
The name "Gog-Clocthoth" is reminiscent of H.P.
Lovecraft's monsters like Cthulhu. While this squid
won't destroy your sanity if you look at it, it can
destroy just about anything else on the game table.
Like any sea monster, it shouldn't seek out big
gunships, but focus on ships that aren't so good at
fighting back. But unlike most sea monsters, if it
can get the drop on a big gunship, it can do nasty
things there as well.
This is one of the best sea creatures you can get.
