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Pirates of the Barbary Coast Dragut &
Aruj Barbaross
Name: Dragut
Set: POBC
Card #: 045
Rarity: Common
Type: Crew
Cost: 5 Points
Faction: Barbary Corsairs
Ability – “This ship gets +1 to her
cannon rolls against forts within S of her. She gets
+1 to her boarding rolls.”
Flavor Text: Dragut retook Tripoli
from the Spanish after a bloody and bitter battle.
He learned that there was more to life than just
sailing, and that any man who sailed with him had to
be able to fight both on land and on sea.
Again, another character with an
ability that ties into boarding. The boarding theme
runs rampant throughout this entire set. For five
points Dragut gets not one, but two key abilities
that are situational, but universal enough to be
useful. +1 to cannon rolls against forts is awesome
on a fort-killer ship, which can also defend itself
because he gets +1 to boarding. 5 points seems
pricey, but if you’re going up against a fort-heavy
opponent, it’s almost a necessity.
And who can beat that picture? Man
is he UGLY.
My Ratings
Playability 3.5 of 5
Collectability 2 of 5
Name: Aruj
Barbarossa
Set: POBC
Card #s: 039
Rarity: Rare
Type: Crew
Cost: 10 Points
Faction: Barbary Corsairs
Link: Kheir-ed-din
Ability – “This ship may move and
shoot using the same move action. If this ship wins
a boarding party, she may capture the crew with the
highest point cost instead of eliminating it. This
captured crew becomes cargo worth its point cost in
gold when unloaded at your home island.”
Flavor
Text – “Known for his red beard, Aruj is
credited with the creation of the first Barbary
Corsair fleets. Under his leadership, they began
their domination of the Barbary Coast by proving
that the galley could take on the biggest
European ships.”
I wanted to take a look at the SINGLE
most expensive character in the game, Barbarossa
because he has such a multi-part ability. We know
that Move and Shoot is worth 3 points, so the second
portion, the ability to capture a crew that becomes
worth it’s point cost in gold when unloaded must be
7 points, (or maybe it’s less, since he’s
linked). When you DO link him to Kheir-ed-din you
get the possible second action for ANY ship for 16
points and 1 cargo space. That’s WAYYYYYY too
expensive for me, but I wouldn’t say I wouldn’t try
it. Seems to me to be just too expensive to use.
Aruj
Barbarossa Ebay Closed Auction Review: 11-2-05
Total Number of Sold Auctions: 6
High Sale Amount: $5.51
Low Sale Amount: $0.99
Average Sale Amount: $3.30
Not a bad price for a brand new Rare
Portrait card. On this set, a wait and see attitude
needs to be taken. I don’t see this set as being
overly popular thus far, so even the best cards
might be undervalued. Still, most other Rare
Portraits only go for a buck or two, so this one
trading at an average of 50% to 100% higher than
normal is an interesting fact.
My Ratings:
Playability 3 of 5
Collectability 3.5 of 5
Next time – Whenever I look at a new
faction I like to take a look at their best ship of
the line, a couple interesting crew, and lastly
their best 1 master. Friday is no exception.
Save me a ration of Rum me hearties.
The wind’s a blowin’ and I’m a steerin’!
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