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Grand Path
Jade Rebellion - South China
Seas
Junk. This ship gets +1 to her boarding rolls.
Type
- Ship
Collector's Number -
005
Piece Ratings:
3.5
Ratings are based on a 1 to 5 scale 1 being the worst.
3 ... average. 5 is the highest rating.
Date Reviewed - 03.17.06 |
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Aethereal |
Grand Path
Another of the Grand ships for the Jade Rebellion.
This time, you're spending 17 points on a six-masted
Junk with six 2S cannons, L movement, and 5 cargo
slots. The ability, +1 to your boarding rolls, is
pointless on this ship as it's much better off just
shooting with the cannons. 5 cargo slots is more
than what you get on the Grand Temple, which is
nice, and all the cannons are rank 2, although they
are all short range. This is honestly not a bad ship
and I would score it higher, except there's the
Grand Temple. For only 3 more points, you can have
slightly better S+S movement and a bunch of L-range
cannons. You lose a couple of cargo slots, but you
can get away with 3 on that ship. A good ship, and
if you can't get a Grand Temple, you can try this
out.
Rating: 3/5
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Richard |
Grand Path
Points: 17
Cargo: 5
Guns: 2S, 2S, 2S, 2S, 2S, 2S
Move: L
Ability: Junk. This ship gets +1 to her boarding
rolls.
One of five great big 6-masted junks released in the
new South China Seas expansion, Grand Path is
amongst the most expensive - but there again, she
does have 6 guns, and they all have a 2-1 chance of
hitting home.
They are also unimpeded by her own masts (by virtue
of the Junk keyword), so the only real downside is
that they are all short range – which means the
chances of getting them all in range on a target,
are pretty slim unless you pull right alongside.
Also, the boarding ability is okay but not great,
since boarding tends to be a very small part of most
people’s games. Fundamentally, Pirates CSG is a
shooting and movement game, not a game of hand to
hand combat.
Her cargo pretty good – and just as well, since
you’d want to load this ship up with some additional
nasties, as well as a move and shoot captain, and a
helmsman as well to boost her single L move.
But as a big gunship, Grand Path is going to bust
the sides of a few traditional square riggers, and
I’m looking forward to using her and her sister
ships, once I actually get hold of them!
My rating – 4/5. Inscrutably Impressive!
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