All of this is obviously unofficial. I made it up as a labor of love, to gaze at longingly when a new Pirates release completely disappoints me. If you'd like to use any of my ideas for private use only, feel free. If you want to do something commercially, you'll have to clear it with WizKids, who owns all the copyrights and trademarks. If you want to argue over any of my ships or crew, save your breath - I'm not doing this to convince anyone of any particular detail. But I'd be glad to hear your comments on the set as a whole. Do you think this set is better or worse than other sets? Would you buy these ships if WizKids made a set like this?

And if, by some long shot, a person from WizKids is reading this, please look at what one person, working all by himself, could come up with. Then compare it to the past "real" release or two of Pirates. Think about what you could have done, and what you still could do, if you wanted to.

And now, on to the cards!

Pirates of the Cursed Seas - The Vengeance of the Cadet Captain
#	Faction	Name	Pts	Masts	Cargo	Speed	Cannons	Ability	Link
001	Cursed	Caleuche	14	5	4	L	2S,2S,2L,2S,2S	If this ship isn't assigned a Helmsman crew, roll a d6 after she resolves a Move action. On a result of 4-6, this ship can move L.	Captain Auric
002	Cursed	Joyita	8	1	2	S+L	2L	L-range cannons cannot hit this ship.	.
003	Cursed	Carroll Deering	13	4	4	L	3S,3S,3S,4L	Schooner. Crew do not take up cargo spaces on this ship.	.
004	Cursed	Moby Dick	14	3	0	S+S	3S,3S,2S	Sea monster. If this ship wins a boarding action, choose any two: eliminate a mast, kill a crew, steal a treasure. See note 1.	.
005	Cursed	Jian Seng	12	3	3	S+S	3S,4L,3S	Junk. Ghost ship.	.
006	Cursed	Poltergeist	8	2	3	S+L	3L,3L	Once per turn, if this ship carries treasure and is within S of an enemy ship, you may randomly trade one treasure with that ship.	.
007	Cursed	Mary Celeste	6	2	2	S+S	3S,3S	On the turn this ship is pinned, eliminate one crew from the pinning ship.	.
008	Cursed	Demeter	5	2	4	L	3S,3L	This ship cannot shoot when she carries treasure.	.
009	Cursed	Captain Auric	5	Crew				Captain. Once per turn, this ship can eliminate one non-unique treasure to gain an extra action.	Caleuche
010	Cursed	Wendigo	7	Crew				Fear. Once per turn, one ship or crew within S cannot use its ability for that turn.	.
011a	Cursed	Jason Verhaase	5	Crew				Boarder. This ship gets +1 to her boarding rolls.	All Cursed ships
011b	Cursed	Freddie Kroger	4	Crew				All non-Cursed ships get -1 to their cannon rolls against this ship.	.
012	Pirates	Royal Rover	13	5	4	S+S	2S,3L,3L,3L,2S	Barbary, Jade Rebellion, and Viking crew can serve on this ship.	Bartholomew Roberts
013	Pirates	Delight	5	1	3	S+S	3L	Ramming cannot eliminate this ship's masts.	.
014	Pirates	Sea King	14	4	4	S+L	2S,3L,3L,2S	If this ship wins a boarding action, it can take as much treasure as it can carry.	Bartholomew Roberts
015	Pirates	Hispaniola	8	3	4	S+L	3S,3L,3S	This ship may dock and explore a wild island in the same turn.	John Silver
016	Pirates	Cachalot	11	3	0	S+S	3S,3S,4S	Sea monster. This ship gets +1 on its cannon and boarding rolls against USA ships. See note 1.	.
017	Pirates	Quedagh Merchant	9	2	5	S+S	2L,4S	One of this ship's treasures is worth +1 gold when she docks at your home island.	.
018	Pirates	Unity	6	2	3	S+S	2S,2L	This ship gets +1 to her cannon rolls against Spanish ships.	.
019	Pirates	William	7	2	3	S+L	2S,3S	You may double the range of this ship's cannons each turn, but you must roll a 6 to hit.	Calico Jack Rackham
020	Pirates	Bartholomew Roberts	5	Crew				Captain. Cannoneer.	Royal Rover, Sea King
021	Pirates	Calico Jack Rackham	5	Crew				Captain. Once per turn when this ship is given a shoot action, one of her cannons may shoot a stinkpot at a target within S. You must declare which cannon will shoot the stinkpot before rolling the d6. If the stinkpot hits, do not eliminate a mast; instead, the target's crew cannot use their abilities next turn.	William
022a	Pirates	John Silver	2	Crew				English crew may serve on this ship.	Hispaniola
022b	Pirates	Frederic	2	Crew				This ship gets +1 on its cannon rolls against English ships. If an English ship is touching this ship, Frederic will immediately leave the Pirate ship for the English ship, permanently become an English crew, and give +1 on cannon rolls against Pirate ships.	.
023	England	HMS Victory	16	5	5	L	2S,2L,2L,2L,2S	This ship gets +1 on its cannon rolls against Spanish and French ships.	Lord Nelson
024	England	HMS Pickle	5	1	2	S+L	4S	This ship ignores the first hit she takes each turn as long as she has all her masts.	.
025	England	Nessie	15	4	0	S+S	3S,3S,3S,3L	Sea monster. English ships within S may double their cannon ranges, but must roll a 6 to hit.	.
026	England	Golden Hind	11	3	5	S+S	2S,3S,2S	This ship does not have to load any unique treasure unless you want to load it.	Sir Francis Drake
027	England	HMS Shannon	9	3	3	S+L	3S,3L,3S	American ships get -1 to their cannon rolls against this ship.	.
028	England	HMS Hotspur	8	2	2	S+S	3L,3L	This ship gets +1 on her cannon and boarding rolls against the Cursed.	.
029	England	Mayflower	4	2	4	L	3S,4L	None.	.
030	England	HMS Logres	9	2	3	S+L	2S,3L	This ship gets +1 on its cannon rolls against non-English ships.	.
031	England	Lord Nelson	7	Crew				Captain. Once per turn, roll a die. On a roll of 5-6, any one ship in your fleet may be given the same action twice.	HMS Victory
032	England	Sir Francis Drake	6	Crew				Musketeer. Once per turn, this ship may reroll one die roll; you must use the second die roll result.	Golden Hind
033a	England	John Benbow	4	Crew				This ship gets +1 to its cannon rolls against non-English ships.	-
033b	England	Cloudesley Shovell	6	Crew				Marine.	.
034	Spain	Santissima Trinidad	17	5	5	S	2S,2L,3L,2L,2S	All non-Spanish ships get -1 on their cannon rolls against this ship.	.
035	Spain	Bustamante	4	1	2	L+L	3S	This ship's base move becomes S when she reaches her cargo limit.	.
036	Spain	Senora de Atocha	11	4	8	L	4S,4S,4S,4S	Galley. This ship sinks when its last mast is eliminated.	.
037	Spain	Santa Maria	8	3	3	S+S	3S,3S,3S	After looking at treasure on a wild island, you may trade any one treasure from that island for a random treasure on any other wild island. This ship must load the traded treasure.	Cristobal Colon
038	Spain	Pelayo	7	3	5	L	3S,2L,3S	None.	.
039	Spain	Zuniga	6	2	4	S+S	3S,4L	Galley. This ship gets +1 to its cannon and boarding rolls against English ships.	.
040	Spain	Nina	7	2	2	S+L	3S,3S	This ship can dock and explore a wild island in the same turn.	.
041	Spain	Pinta	6	2	3	S+S	3S,3L	Once per turn, this ship may move S after loading treasure.	.
042	Spain	Cristobal Colon	6	Crew				Captain. Once per turn, if this ship is within S of an island, you may mark the island as explored without docking at it. It becomes unexplored in regard to all other players.	Santa Maria
043	Spain	Juan Sebastian de Elcano	7	Crew				Helmsman. This ship's crew cannot be eliminated unless she sinks.	All Spanish ships
044a	Spain	Indigo Montoya	6	Crew				Once per turn when this ship is touching an enemy ship, you may choose one enemy crew on that ship and fight a duel. Each player rolls a die and adds the point value of his crew. Eliminate the crew with the lowest result. In case of a tie, roll again.	.
044b	Spain	Don Agustin Mexia	5	Crew				Musketeer. Shipwright.	-
045	France	La Bucentaure	15	5	5	S+S	2S,2L,3L,2L,2S	This ship's S-range cannons remove two masts with one hit.	.
046	France	Le Magnanime	8	1	1	S+L	2S	This ship's cannon can fire twice. Roll a die for each shot.	.
047	France	Saint-Esprit	14	4	4	S+S	2S,2L,2L,2L	The first time each turn that this ship hits with its cannons, instead of removing a mast, it leaves the enemy ship unable to move for one turn.	Admiral de Grasse
048	France	La Vengeur	9	3	3	S+L	3S,2L,3S	This ship gets +1 on its cannon rolls and boarding rolls against English ships.	.
049	France	Le Souverain	12	3	3	S+S	3S,2L,3S	Two hits from the same shoot action are required to eliminate one of this ship's masts.	.
050	France	Hector	9	2	3	S+L	3S,3L	This ship ignores the first hit she takes each turn as long as she has all her masts.	.
051	France	La Diademe	8	2	2	S+S	2S,2L	This ship can be given Repair orders while docked at a wild island.	.
052	France	La Scipion	5	2	4	S+L	4S,3L	One of this ship's treasures is worth -1 gold when you dock at your home island.	.
053	France	Jean Bart	6	Crew				Once per turn before giving this ship an action, roll a d6. On a 5 or 6, this ship may be given the same action twice. This ship gets +1 on its boarding rolls.	All French ships
054	France	Admiral de Grasse	7	Crew				Captain. Once per turn, roll a d6. On a 5 or 6, this ship may be given an extra action.	Saint-Esprit
055a	France	Armand of Kersaint	3	Crew				When this ship is given a Repair action, roll a d6. On a 5 or 6, this ship repairs 2 masts instead of 1.	.
055b	France	Comte de Tourville	4	Crew				Broadsides Attack.	.
056	USA	USS Essex	14	5	4	S+S	2S,2S,3S,2S,2S	On the turn this ship is pinned, eliminate one crew from the enemy ship.	.
057	USA	USS Dolphin	6	1	2	S+L	3L	If this ship carries no cargo, she gets +S to her base move.	.
058	USA	USCGC Eagle	12	4	3	S+L	3S,3L,3L,3S	This ship gets +1 to her cannon rolls against Pirate ships.	.
059	USA	USS Randolph	10	3	4	S+S	3S,2L,3S	This ship sinks when her last mast is eliminated.	.
060	USA	Lawrence	11	3	3	S+S	2L,3L,2S	This ship's cannons may not be eliminated (masts still may be). If derelict, she cannot shoot.	Oliver Hazard Perry
061	USA	Hyder Ali	8	2	2	S+S	2S,3S	This ship gets +1 to its boarding rolls.	Joshua Barney
062	USA	Reprisal	8	2	3	S+L	3S,3S	Once per turn, if this ship carries treasure and is within S of an enemy ship, you may randomly trade one treasure with that ship.	.
063	USA	USS Cabot	9	2	2	S+L	2S,2L	Schooner.	.
064	USA	Joshua Barney	7	Crew				Captain. Once per turn, one ship or crew within S cannot use its ability for that turn.	Hyder Ali
065	USA	Oliver Hazard Perry	6	Crew				Friendly ships within S of this ship get +1 to their cannon rolls.	Lawrence
066a	USA	Esek Hopkins	3	Crew				This crew takes up no cargo space when revealed. When revealed, put a crew with point cost 2 or less from outside the game onto this ship.	.
066b	USA	Joshua Humphreys	3	Crew				This ship gets +L to its base move if no Helmsman crew are aboard.	.
067	Cursed	Captain/Cannoneer	Treasure; see note 2.
068	Pirates	Captain/Cannoneer	Treasure
069	England	Captain/Cannoneer	Treasure
070	Spain	Captain/Cannoneer	Treasure
071	France	Captain/Cannoneer	Treasure
072	USA	Captain/Cannoneer	Treasure
073	Cursed	Helmsman/Musketeer	Treasure
074	Pirates	Helmsman/Musketeer	Treasure
075	England	Helmsman/Musketeer	Treasure
076	Spain	Helmsman/Musketeer	Treasure
077	France	Helmsman/Musketeer	Treasure
078	USA	Helmsman/Musketeer	Treasure
079	Cursed	Boarder/Explorer	Treasure; see note 3.
080	Pirates	Boarder/Explorer	Treasure
081	England	Boarder/Explorer	Treasure
082	Spain	Boarder/Explorer	Treasure
083	France	Boarder/Explorer	Treasure
084	USA	Boarder/Explorer	Treasure
085	Cursed	Shipwright/Oarsman	Treasure
086	Pirates	Shipwright/Oarsman	Treasure
087	England	Shipwright/Oarsman	Treasure
088	Spain	Shipwright/Oarsman	Treasure
089	France	Shipwright/Oarsman	Treasure
090	USA	Shipwright/Oarsman	Treasure
091	Treasure	Giant Clam	.					Before loading this treasure, you must roll less than or equal to the number of crew on this ship. You may try again at the start of each turn. When this ship docks at its home island, roll a die and add 1; this is the giant clam's value in gold.
092	Treasure	Opal of Opa Locka	.					When unloaded at your home island, this treasure is worth as many gold as the number of masts on the ship that unloaded it.
093	Treasure	Staff of the Pharaohs	.					Load this treasure face down. Once per game, this ship can add +3 to its boarding roll; then remove Staff of the Pharaohs from the game.
094	Treasure	Aegis Shield	.					This ship cannot be affected by unique treasures unless you permit it. This treasure cannot be unloaded.
095	Treasure	Ivory	.					When unloaded, this treasure is worth as much as the most valuable treasure coin currently on the ship.
096	Treasure	Marooned	.					Choose one crew from this ship at random and place it on the wild island where the ship is docked. That crew can never be loaded onto this ship again. Remove Marooned from the game.
097	Mercenary	Seawolf	14	3	3	S+S	3S,3L,4S	Submarine. When this ship rams an enemy ship and eliminates a mast, also eliminate one crew from that ship.	.
098	Mercenary	Lord Gro	10	4	5	S+S	2S,3L,3L,2L	Schooner. One of this ship's treasures is worth -1 gold when unloaded.	.
099a	Mercenary	Captain	3
099b	Mercenary	Helmsman	2
099c	Mercenary	Boarder	2
099d	Mercenary	Explorer	1
Limited-Edition Ships in Tins (2 ships & 1 crew card per tin) (see note 7)
100	Netherlands	De Zeven Provincien	15	5	5	S+S	2S,3L,3L,3L,2S	Once per turn, one of this ship's cannons may shoot again if it misses.	Michiel de Ruyter
101	Netherlands	Kortenaer	5	1	2	L+L	2L	No ability.	.
102	Netherlands	Brederode	12	4	4	L	2S,3L,3L,2S	Schooner. Once per turn when this ship hits an enemy ship, also eliminate one crew from that ship.	.
103	Netherlands	Eendragt	9	3	3	S+S	2S,3L,2S	This ship gets +1 on its cannon rolls against English ships.	.
104	Netherlands	Agatha	11	3	3	S+S	2L,2L,2L	This ship gets +1 on its cannon rolls against Spanish ships.	.
105	Netherlands	Vrede	10	2	4	S+L	2S,3L	This ship ignores the first hit she takes each turn as long as she has all her masts.	.
106	Netherlands	Evertsen	7	2	3	S+S	2S,3L	If this ship shoots at a ship that was previously shot at by another ship this turn, she gets +1 to her cannon rolls against that ship this turn.	.
107	Netherlands	Seeridder	5	2	4	S+L	4S,4S	This ship gets -1 to its cannon rolls if it carries treasure.	.
108a	Netherlands	Michiel de Ruyter	6	Crew				Captain. Once per turn, this ship may reroll one die roll. It must use the second roll.	De Zeven Provincien
108b	Netherlands	Maarten Tromp	4	Crew				This ship gets +1 on its cannon rolls against non-Dutch ships.	.
109a	Netherlands	Jacob van Heemskerk	4	Crew				Captain. Explorer.	All Dutch ships
109b	Netherlands	Piet Hein	6	Crew				Marine.	.
110a	Netherlands	Captain	3
110b	Netherlands	Shipwright	2
110c	Netherlands	Helmsman	2
110d	Netherlands	Oarsman	1
111a	Netherlands	Cannoneer	2
111b	Netherlands	Explorer	1
111c	Netherlands	Boarder	2
111d	Netherlands	Musketeer	3
Special-Edition Ships (Value Boxes)
112	France	Le Citoyen	13	4	3	S+S	3S,3L,3L,3S	This ship gets +1 on its cannon rolls against non-French ships.	.
113	Spain	El Rey Alfonso	13	4	4	L	3S,3L,3L,3S	This ship gets +1 on its cannon rolls against non-Spanish ships.	.
114	France	Le Languedoc	13	4	3	S+S	2S,3L,3L,3S	Schooner. Once per turn, this ship can reroll one die roll; you must use the second die roll result.	.
115	Spain	El Ladron Recto	16	4	4	S+S	4S,3L,3L,4S	This ship may dock at an enemy home island and load as much treasure as she can carry. If possible, she must leave on the following turn.	.
Mega-Pack Ships (see notes 4,5,6)
116	Cursed	Nirgle	14	3	3	L	2S,3S,4L	Windcatcher. On the turn this ship is pinned, eliminate one mast and one crew from the enemy ship.	.
117	Pirates	Blackadder	9	4	3	L+L	4S,4S,4S,4S	Clipper.	.
118	England	Cutty Sark	10	4	3	S+S+S	5S,5S,5S,5S	Clipper.	.
119	Spain	Zaragosa	10	2	3	L	4L,2S	Bomb Ketch.	.
120	France	Guichen	10	2	2	S+S	4L,3S	Bomb Ketch.	.
121	USA	Flying Cloud	9	4	2	S+S+S	5S,4S,4S,5S	Clipper.	.
Limited-Edition Ships (Tournament Prizes)
#	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	I haven't defined these ships yet.	.

Notes:

1. New ship type: Rogue Whale. This has three body parts (head, body, tail) in a row like a submarine's three hull parts. It follows the normal rules for sea monsters.
2. All the generic crew abilities are defined in the rules as keywords. This means I don't have to print the generic crew abilities on the crew/treasure cards, which leaves room for two generic crew on each card instead of one.
3. Boarder is a new kind of generic crew. If this ship wins a boarding action, the winner chooses whether to kill a crew or steal a treasure. The crew or treasure is chosen at random.
4. The Mercenary keyword has been redefined. It now means that any nation's crew, except those with the Loyal keyword, can serve on a Mercenary ship, and Mercenary crew can serve on any ship unless a crew with the Loyal keyword is on that ship.
5. New keyword: Clipper. Once per turn, this ship can move L after unloading treasure. (A Clipper is a 4-masted ship with unusually tall masts, and with studding-sails set.)
6. New keyword: Bomb Ketch. This ship's foremast cannon can double its range, and nothing blocks that cannon's line of fire. That cannon cannot shoot at targets within S. (A Bomb Ketch is a 2-masted ship with a very short foremast.)
7. The Dutch are what I call a micro-faction - 8 ships, 4 named crew, and 8 generic crew, all on 12 card numbers. Their variety isn't huge, but they're playable, and they should bring some happiness to the many Pirates players who have wanted to see a Dutch faction. The same method could be used to make Russians, Portuguese, or any other one-off faction that, for whatever reason, doesn't rate full-scale support in Pirates.

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