Pirates of the Mysterious Islands
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Pirates of the Mysterious Islands is an expansion set for the constructible strategy game Pirates of the Spanish Main, by WizKids. It is was realeased October 2006.
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[edit] Set details
Each Pack will contain two ships, submarine or a sea monster, a rules sheet, a die, and a piece of mysterious terrain.
[edit] New mechanics and keywords
This set adds three new keywords and a new type of terrain:
- Mercenary(Ship) Ships with this key word can belong to any fleet, but cannot dock at your home Island.
- Ex-Patriot-(Crew) Crew with this key word can be assigned to any ship,but the ship it's assigned,to gets the mercenary key word.
- Submarine- Akin to the Sea Monsters from Pirates of Davy Jones' Curse, submarines are a new type of ship that can (like traditional submarines) surface or submerge. While submerged it can use a new attack, ramming. As with Sea monsters,they have 2 to 3 "masts".Hull pieces are removed when hit. Some ships in this set have the ability to shoot at submerged submarines.
- Mysterious Islands (A new terrain) make it harder to gain treasure.
[edit] Notable Ships
Nautilus- Interestingly, while in Jules Vernes' book the Nautilus is the fastest ship out there, in this set the Nautilus is extremely slow. Unfortunately, its name is all that it has going for it, and Captain Nemo is much better off on a more worthy ship.
Captain Nemo- The leader of the Mercenary forces, Captain Nemo's ability can be devastating on a ship that rarely loses boarding rolls, as his ability allows you to capture a ship's crew-and use them on the ship!
[edit] Relation to 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
The book 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne is heavily represented in this set, as Captain Nemo, Ned Land and the Nautilus are all pieces in the set. The Mysterious Island is also a Verne book, and is essentially the main theme of the set. BUT it does not represent the charcters or storyline.
[edit] Inclusion of storyline
This is the first set in the Pirates franchise to include a major storyline. Characters have conflict that makes them much more interesting.
| Pirates of the Spanish Main | |||
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| Expansions: | Pirates of the Spanish Main | Pirates of the Crimson Coast | Pirates of the Revolution | Pirates of the Barbary Coast | Pirates of the South China Seas Pirates of Davy Jones' Curse | Pirates of the Mysterious Islands | Pirates of the Frozen North |
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