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Pirate Piece of the Day

Captain Davy Jones
 
Name
 Captain Davy Jones
 Type  Crew
 Point Value  7
 Collector's Number  057
 Rarity  Common

Piece Ratings: 3.40

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


Date Reviewed - 10.17.07

 
Cadet-Captain Mike Name: Captain Davy Jones
Card: PotC #057 (Common)
Points: 7
Faction: Pirates

Link : Flying Dutchman
Keyword: Fear.
Ability: Each time any crew would be eliminated, roll a d6. On a result of 6, put that crew on this ship instead; it is linked to Davy Jones. If a kraken is in your fleet, Davy Jones can declare a ship a target of the kraken (see kraken rules).

Compared to yesterday's 7-point crew, Davy Jones looks like an amazing bargain. Just the Fear keyword alone usually costs 6 points (see The Unblinking 99). Declaring a target for a kraken means your ship gives up its move for one turn, and the kraken then gets +S on its move as it pursues its target. That and Fear are easily worth well over 7 points, but Davy isn't done yet.

The ability to steal dead crew is a new one, and a potent one. It's limited by the fact that it works only one time in six, and by the limit on crew point value versus ship point value (20 points in the case of the Flying Dutchman). On the other hand, the Dutchman's ability to eliminate an entire crew in one boarding action means she'll have many chances to "offer an escape" to crew who are meeting their doom. And if the Dutchman is getting full, just drop a stolen crew or two on an island to make room for more.

Davy Jones' abilities are not only in agreement with the movie, they make a very, very powerful crew for only 7 points. I bet he'll be a lot of fun to play, too. Just keep in mind that a full Dutchman/ Davy set-up will cost you 20 points for the ship, 7 for Davy, at least 19 for a Kraken, and 3+2 for the Captain and Helmsman that the Dutchman will need. 51 points...

Gold crew rating: 1.7 / 5
Gun crew rating: 2.2 / 5
Boarding crew rating: 3.2 / 5
Overall value: 4.7 / 5
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Draco Starcloud Captain Davy Jones: Fear. Each time any crew would be eliminated, roll a d6. On a result of 6, put that crew on this ship instead; it is linked to Davy Jones. If a kraken is in your fleet, Davy Jones can declare a ship a target of the kraken (see kraken rules).

For clarification, when Davy Jones declares a ship a target, the PotC krakens are only allowed to attack that target but they get a bonus S to their movement, which is good since the new krakens all have L for speed. Why only the new krakens? They have the new “kraken” keyword whereas the old krakens have the “sea monster” keyword. Unfortunately, Jones’ ship has to use its entire turn to perform this.

Fear’s an old keyword that’s been around for awhile and it’s appropriate for someone like Captain Davy Jones, but since Jones has no way of making his ship immune to long range guns and the Dutchman is a fairly slow ship with only short-range guns, this power has limited effectiveness.

The crew power is an interesting gimmick, but crew doesn’t die every turn and when it does you only get a one-in-six chance of gaining that crew. The best way to make use of this power is to hope the enemy has lots of crew on easily-killed ships, because

This fearsome old squid-face is bound to be a very collectible crew member, but is he worth as much as Admiral Norrington? I don’t think so. His powers sound impressive, but in actually practice they won’t likely affect the game much. The most useful of them is the speed bonus to krakens, but that doesn’t justify Jones’ cost in my opinion.

2/5

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