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Paradis de la Mer
French - Revolution

The first time this fort is shot at each turn, roll a d6. The result is the number of times this fort must be hit that turn before any of its cannons can be eliminated.

Type - Fort
Collector's Number -  065

Piece Ratings:

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


Date Reviewed - 09.23.05

 

 WildWill
Pirates of the Revolution – Paradis de la Mer #065
Name: Paradis de la Mer
Set: Pirates of the Revolution
Card #: 065
Rarity: Common
Gold Cost: 4
Cannons: 2L, 2L, 3L, 3L, 4L
Faction: French

Ability: “The first time this fort is shot at each turn, roll a d6. The result is the number of times this fort must be hit that turn before any of its cannons can be eliminated.”

Flavor Text: “The Paradise of the Sea is now home to second-generation French settlers, who will fight to the death to keep their island safe from outsiders.”

Now this, this is a fort. Sure, her cannons aren’t that great, but that ability? Damn, that’s special. Roll well, and you’ll never lose a single flag. Not much else to say about this fort. I’ve played with forts now, and I don’t find them quite as exciting as I thought I might. They’re useful, but if they get destroyed (and it does happen) you’re basically screwed.

My Ratings:

Playability 4 of 5
Collectability 2 of 5.

Next Week: Something very different I assure you.
 
Aethereal

 

Paradis de la Mer

Another fort. This one costs you 4 gold, which is a medium price to pay. You get five cannons - a pair of 2L, a pair of 3L, and a 4L. The 4L hurts and the 3L cannons are "okay". If you're looking for a strong set of cannons look elsewhere. So let's look at the ability. The first time your opponent shoots at this each turn, you get to roll a d6, and the result is the number of times this sucker has to be successfully hit before they can start blowing away your cannons. At the very *least* they have to successfully hit once before they can go to work on your cannons, and if you can roll better than 1, then that's just gravy. This obviously makes the fort hard to kill, which is nice for your investment. Overall, despite the mediocre cannons, you get a pretty decent ability that can mess up your opponent's strategy.

Rating: 3/5
 
Topnwe A fine morning, afternoon or whatever it happens to be for you, to you all.
I'm Topnwe and I'm here to add my two cents on these pieces, I tend to try and fight people in this game more often than go after gold, so my reviews might be biased towards the fighters.

Paradis de La Mer- Ah, the Paradiese of the Sea. I've heard it called one of the best forts in the game, up there with The Devil's Maw. It's ability is something that people have problems with though, it means that the result of the dice roll is how many times you can be hit before you start losing flags, once you have been hit that many time you lose one flag for every hit, like you normally would. I heard someone trying to play it off that you rolled the dice every time someone started firing on the fort. Still, it's one of the meanest abilities I've seen any fort have. And with these cannons, it's not something people want to just meander up to. The 4 isn't so good, but the others will be doing plenty of damage. Only person I play
against has found this thing, and he is jumping at the chance to use it.
5/5, if you play the french and use forts, get a hold of one of these!

Remember the game is meant to be fun, not historically accurate, so those of you complaining about the accuracy, go read a book!
 

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