Name: Bonnie Liz (Pirates)
Card: CC #015 (Common)
Points: 8
Masts: 2
Cargo: 5
Moves: S+L
Guns : 3S,3S
Hit %: 100 (S), 0 (L)
Ability: English crew may use their abilities on this ship.

Eight-Point Ships Week begins with a Pirate ship from the Crimson Coast release. The Bonnie Liz is a speedy little treasure hauler with few equals.

Five cargo and S+L speed for only eight points is a fantastically good value. Only one other ship can match her stats for fewer points, and that's another Pirate, the Bloody Jewel. You could put crew on her, but with her speed, she needs little help for grabbing gold, and you can do better if you want an 8-point Pirate fighter (like the Xi'an, the RV Cutlass and Executioner, and one of my favorites, the Royal James). Her ability to use English crew might have meant something when CC came out, but now the Pirates have every kind of crew they'll ever need.

It might be easy to confuse this ship with her half-sister, the Bonny Kate. That ship costs one point less, has better cannons, and is less than half as capable at gold hauling. They'd make a good team, with a Captain on the Kate for fighting, and no crew on the Liz for gold running.

Cheap gold ships are traditionally the Pirates' stock in trade, and the Bonnie Liz is a fine example. You don't need fancy tactics to use her well; just point her at the wild islands and keep the enemy fighters off her back.

Goldship rating: 4.2 / 5
Gun Ship rating: 2.6 / 5
Boarding rating: 2.7 / 5
Value for points: 4.0 / 5