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Rover
Pirates - Crimson Coast
This ship's base move becomes S when she reaches her
cargo limit.
Type
- Ship
Collector's Number -
018
Piece Ratings:
3.75
Ratings are based on a 1 to 5 scale 1 being the worst.
3 ... average. 5 is the highest rating.
Date Reviewed - 06.24.05 |
WildWill |
Name: Rover
Set: POCC
Card #s: 018 (Rare)
Type: Ship
Cost: 2 Points
Faction: Pirates
Masts: 1
Cargo: 2
Cannons 2L
Movement 1S + 1L
Ability: “This ship’s base move becomes 1S when she
reaches her cargo limit.”
Flavor Text: “Captain Hansson has made maps of many
of the small inlets that litter the Crimson Coast,
which he uses as refuge when his ship's small hold
becomes laden with treasure.”
For two measly points look what you get…a ship that
can err…move pretty fast. One gun really isn’t much,
but she’s virtually guaranteed a hit every time. Due
to that low point total, the only crew you can put
on her have to cost 2 points or less, and that
limits you to an Oarsman, Helmsman, Cannoneer or a
few choice named crew. You COULD put The Stump or
Gaspar Zuan on her, which would allow you to use a 3
point crew, but then you’d lose that extra 1L of
speed. I would just go either a Helmsman to give her
S+S+L movement, or perhaps that Cannoneer to allow
you to fire your cannon one more time.
Rover can be used especially well with the
Explosives Treasure token, which has just been
released in the Pirates of the Revolution set.
Essentially by picking up Explosives you turn your
little 2 point boat into a suicide machine that can
take out ANY ship fifty percent of the time. (When
you load explosives you have the option of ramming
another ship, rolling 1D6, on the result of 4-6 both
ships sink. Explosives is removed from the game
regardless of the roll). I haven’t had the
opportunity to actually DO that to an opponent, but
I can’t wait to see the look on their face when my
little 2 pointer takes out their Titan!
Thankfully, there is only one version of Rover thus
far, a rare from the Crimson Coast set. Rover is
pretty desirable, and usually trades for more than
just your standard one-masted ship does.
Rover 1st Ed Rare (018) Completed Auction Review –
6-16-05
# of completed Auctions: 5
High Amount: $8.00
Low Amount: $2.50
Average Amount $4.54
For one measly card, Rover is a beast. I’ve heard of
players with fleets of 5-10 Rovers, and that’s just
sick! Being the lowest cost ship in the entire game,
I can see the reasons why you might want multiples
in a fleet. Grab one NOW while you can.
My Ratings
Playability 5 (of 5)
Collectability 4 (of 5)
Next Week – We’ll continue to look at ships and crew
one faction at a time. To give some variety, we’ll
look at the Spanish next time! If you would like to
become a COTD reviewer, or you have suggestions as
to which pieces we should review, send them to wmnoe@yahoo.com,
or post on the message board!
See you in Davey Jone’s Locker!
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Yoyoboy67 |
Rover
This ship's base move becomes S when she reaches
her cargo limit.
Today we review Rover, a rare pirate ship from
Crimson Coast.
Points:
2 points. Wow! There are only 15 ships in the game
with 5 or less points, and this is one of them. At 2
points, it will probably become a throw in with the
rest of your ships.
Point rating: 10/10.
Masts:
With only 1 mast, this guy won't be staying in play
for long.
Mast Rating: 2/5.
Cannons:
With only 1 mast, that means only 1 cannon.
Mast 1 Cannon 2L
Luckily, it's only cannon can shoot far, and has an
easy roll to get past.
Cannon Rating: 6/10
Movement:
L+S. This thing seems to be a one hit wonder- get to
the enemy ship as fast as possible, and shoot it
once.
Movement Rating: 5/5
Cargo:
2 Cargo. Its effect basically makes it only have 1
cargo.
Cargo Rating: 5/10
Ability:
The ability of this is to harm it, not help it. It
makes her only able to move S when the cargo is
filled up. The advantage of this ship was its speed,
and the ability really slows this down. In
retrospect, this ability simply makes this a fast
1-cargo ship.
Ability Rating: 0/10
There are much better ships to use then this.
Total Rating: 2.5/5
~Yoyoboy67~
Hate my reviews? Love them? Email me at
yoyoboy67@yahoo.com
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