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Pirates of the South China Seas #032
– Feathered Hat
Name: Feathered Hat
Set: SCS
Card #: 32
Rarity: Uncommon
Type: Ship
Cost: 12 Points
Masts: 4
Cannons 2S, 3S, 3S, 3S
Cargo: 3
Movement: 1S + 1L
Faction: Pirates
Ability –
“Crew of any nationality may
use their abilities on this ship.
Flavor Text – “Captain Rontacourt
collects sailors from different nations like other
pirates collect coins, taking great pains to protect
“rare” crew from harm.”
I actually pulled this piece last
week while I was on vacation. Oh you didn’t know I
was on vacation? Why do you think I haven’t written
any COTD for awhile? I had finals, and then a
week’s vacation up in Monterey and the San Francisco
Bay Area! I took tons of maritime pictures, having
visited both cities “Fisherman’s Wharfs” and also
their Maritime museums. If you check my signature
on the message boards you’ll find a link to some of
the photos I took. Including some nifty pics of the
three-masted Balclutha which is docked at San
Francisco’s Hyde St. Pier, and is a MUST-SEE if
you’re in the bay area and you like Pirates.
So on vacations I ALWAYS try to find
Pirates packs and buy whatever I can, then I
introduce the game to my friends. This time was no
exception, and unfortunately FH was the largest ship
I pulled, so I had to use it. Drawbacks? Can you
say THREE cargo? However, since crew of any nation
can use their abilities you can get +1 by throwing a
Bianco or FM Ismail on board. Still that doesn’t
give you much cargo space. Her guns are suspect
too. 50% to hit on 3 of 4 guns in short range ain’t
gonna cut it.
BUT she does have that nice 1S+1L
move, and she’s fairly cheap. Out of a sealed draft
game, this should be snatched up pretty quick, in
constructed, not so much. Also, Captain Rontacourt
is mentioned in the flavor text, but there’s no
named crew by that moniker.
My Ratings:
Playability 2.5 of 5 (+1 in draft)
Collectability 2 of 5
Next Time – How about a couple of
crew? Would you like that? Two crew? A “CREW-FER”?
Sounds good to me.
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