Thread: Re: New Pirate Cards
Thanks, David!!
Here are Mine......They are somewhere preoccupied and hidden on the Days of Wonder site.
Captain Bartholomew Roberts (Black Bart) - Legendary Pirate
Bartholomew Roberts (Black Bart) was the most successful and menacing Pirates ever! He had a summary career (less than four years), yet he captured a mind staggering total of more than 400 ships. He pillaged along the coast of Brazil, and north to the French rapprochement of Guiana. He was then turned away by the Royal Navies before entering the Caribbean, for at this time governments had finally established much put down of piracy on the Spanish Main. By 1721 Roberts had nearly single handedly halted shipping to and from the Spanish Water, having lasted over a year in the Navy infested waters of the Caribbean.
At this time he returned across the Atlantic to inform against his stolen wares, and then proceeded to plunder the African coast. This eventually led to a confrontation with a Royal Navy protection commanded by Captain Chaloner Ogle. Roberts was killed in the ensuing battle.
In battle: 5 dice against corps (attacks largest crew first)
If one player only is victor over Roberts at a single location, he/she gains 3 gold from Robert's hoard of wealth as a bonus! If more than one player is victor over Roberts, the gold goes to the player who did the final damage to Robert's peel and thus gets to run off with the gold!
Hull: 6 hits --sails: 20 --fame points: 5
Captain William Kidd - Romantic Pirate
Capt. William Kidd The lesson to be learned from his Life:
Going Pirate is like picking a rise up;
If you're going to do it, then just do it.
But don't try to just do it halfway and then expect to get off the hook.
A New York merchant who had previously served as a privateer...
Read more... Collecting Pirate Miniatures
Yarr, matey! After reading about the Legends of the High Seas battle game from Warhammer Historical I was hooked immediately and wanted to start collecting a pirate crew. In a minute I was surprised to find that there are so many suppliers of pirate figures. As it seems many people are overwhelmed by the many ranges just like I was, so I figured I'd a postal card a little article where I present what I consider the best manufacturers. You may recognize a lot of the minis from the LotHS rulebook and I will try to direct attention to to those miniatures when I get to them. The list is not meant to be exhaustive by all means, but I do think that it includes the best pirate ranges on the sell.
After the initial presentation of the various companies there is a miniatures reference with links to the company websites of the sample miniatures acquainted with for the crew lists, Hired Hands and Legends in the LotHS book. If you find any errors or want to make additions (conspicuously for the Royal Navy crew), don't hesitate to leave a comment! Many thanks to Steve Burt, Tim Kulinski, Chris Payne and Robert from the LotHS Yahoo Bundle for helping with the references! The Pirates & Sea Dogs - Alternative Pirate Miniatures website has also been very useful to me.
Manufacturers of Sea-robber Miniatures
Artizan Designs
With only three different packs of three figures each, the Pirates range of Artizan Designs is unequivocally small. Nevertheless the miniatures are well sculpted and come for a fair price of 5.00 £ per pack. The fact that you can thus purchase the intact range easily can also be an advantage for the collector in you. :)
Have a look at Tom Weiss' website to see more pictures of these pirate models.
For more painted samples of the Artizan pirates align have a look at witchhunter.net (a website I stronly suggest - not only to pirates!).
Black Cat Bases
Black Cat Bases' Pirates of the Skeleton Seas gamut contains some great miniatures. They...
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