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Date Reviewed - August
20, 2009
Cadet-Captain Mike
Name: HMS Henry VIII (England)
Card: DJ #055 (Common)
Points: 10
Masts: 3
Cargo: 2
Moves: S+L
Guns : 3S,3L,3S
Hit %: 150 (S), 50 (L)
Ability: Schooner. This ship gets +1 to her cannon
rolls against the Cursed.
England has many, many ten-point ships that make
effective fighters; 10
is kind of a sweet spot on their navy lists. HMS
Henry VIII deserves a
place among them.
Three decent cannons and fine speed, for an
affordable price, make her a
good secondary fighter even you don't face any
Cursed. Two cargo isn't
enough for effective gold running, although if she
loses her Captain
crew, she can still help your war effort by bringing
home a coin or two.
I see this ship as an escort for gold ships when
Cursed sea monsters are
nearby. If the monster goes for the gold ship, the
Henry VIII will hurt
it badly; if it goes for the fighter, the gold ship
will get away clean.
If there aren't any Cursed nearby, there are other
ten-point fighters
England can use (HMS Dover and HMS Nautilus spring
to mind, among
others). But even if you guess wrong, and use the
Henry VIII with no
Cursed to shoot at, she'll still make an effective
warrior, and she
won't break the bank on points to do it.
