Pirates of the Barbary Coast


Pirates of the Barbary Coast is the fourth installment of the constructible strategy game Pirates of the Spanish Main, made by WizKids.

Set Details

Pirates of the Barbary Coast has 136 total pieces, and introduces 38 galleys of the Barbary Corsairs faction, and further reinforces the English, Spanish, French and American fleets. The Super Rare chase pieces in the set are previews of the Jade Rebellion faction, with the ships Black Lotus and Tiger's Breath, as well as Zheng Li Kwan, a 3-point treasure switcher and Jade Rebellion captain. Participation prizes from WizKids for Approved Play tournaments included 18 Limited Edition crew members, printed on glossy cardstock instead of the more usual styrene plastic.
Similar to Revolution, in mid-2006 Wizkids began releasing this expansion in an Unlimited Edition version. The ships, crew, etc. in this version remained the same as the first edition, but with ship numbers preceded by the letters "UL".

Criticism

Pirates of the Barbary Coast was criticized by many fans of the game as the ships and crew were heavily downgraded from Pirates of the Revolution, often seen as setting the bar prematurely high. Also, the Barbary Corsairs took the place of the Pirates, who are totally absent in this set, aside from a few cardboard special edition crew.

Notable Ships