Pirates of the Crimson Coast – Fort Brompton #047

Name: Fort Brompton

Set: POCC

Card #s: #047

Type: Fort

Cost: 3 Points

Cannons: 3L, 3L, 3L, 3L,

Faction: English

Rarity: Common

Ability: This fort gets +1 to its cannon rolls when a ship is docked at it.

Flavor Text: “Fort Brompton is constantly short on soldiers, especially gunnery crews. Many rumors try to explain this, from cannibals on the island to seduction by the native girls, but the truth may simply be that the strategically placed fort has seen more than its share of deadly combat.”

I suppose that Fort Brompton makes a pretty good double for Port Royal, though Port Royal is actually referenced on some of the cards, and it was a real place, so perhaps we’ll actually SEE a Port Royal fort in an upcoming expansion.

Don’t really have much to say about this fort, other than I like the ability, and were I to use this piece, I’d keep a small 1 master that doesn’t cost a whole lot of points docked at her all the time, just for that +1, since a 3L gun is not to shabby in the first place.  Only 4 of them though could stand to be improved with perhaps a Marine. 

Forts are still Common, and as such you shouldn’t pay more than a couple bucks.

My Ratings:

Playability 3 of 5

Collectability 2.5 of 5

Next week:  Fuzzball made some choices, we’ll have to see what’s up his sleeve…see you on the High Seas mateys!