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Pirate Piece of the Day

Alonso de Orozco
Spanish - Barbary Coast

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

Type - Ship
Collector's Number -  067

Piece Ratings: 2.5

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


Date Reviewed - 11.25.05

 

 WildWill

Name:  Alonso de Orozco

Set: PBC

Card #: 67

Rarity: Rare

Type: Ship

Cost: 11 Points

Masts: 1

Cannons 2S

Cargo: 2

Movement: 1S + 1S

Faction: Spanish

 

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

 

Flavor Text: “The crew of El Alonso de Orozco must swear loyalty to the Knights of Malta over Spain.”

  

Hmm…so instead of Move and then Shoot as with a captain, this one gets Shoot and then Move for free.  The official ruling is that you can’t have both the Captain and the Ship’s ability used on the same turn (which would theorhetically cause an infinite loop).  SO basically, even though it’s worded differently, you get a 1 master with a Captain.  And I don’t like to pay more than 5 points for a 1 master, and 11 is pushing it big time. 

 

WildWill’s Patented Ebay Auction Report 11-21-05

# Sold Items: 8 (total # of auctions 8)

High Sale Amount: $10.50

Low Sale Amount: $0.99
Average Sale Amount: $2.68

 

SOMEONE wanted this little guy a whole lot.  Considering there’s only two other sold items going above the average, this is just an anomaly.  Why anyone would pay more than Three bucks for any one master is beyond me. 

 

My Ratings:

Playability 2.5 of 5

Collectability 3 of 5

 

Next Week: More Barbary Coast – next time it’ll be Americans.  Avast me hearties!

 

Aethereal

 

Alonso de Orozco

Hmm. Galley is nice...a 2S cannon is nice (especially for a Galley), 2 cargo slots is a bit low...S+S movement is average...oh yeah, did I forget to mention this little baby can move again after shooting?
That's pretty cool. This lets her race around the board. Essentially, if you shoot every turn, you're getting S+S+S+S movement with this ship. That's pretty good!

Oh wait, it costs 11 points. So, this ship is pretty pointless in a normal 40-50 point game. I'd take a good look at her in a game that uses more points (at least 70), though. Goes well with a Revenant; not as well as the Rover does, but still pretty good.

Rating: 2.5/5
 

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