HMS Victory featured in Sails of Glory,
The Sails of Glory Special Ship Packs featurig the HMS Victory 1765 (1805) and the USS Constitution 1797 (1812), two iconic ships of the XIX Century, will be in distribution after their shipment to the Kickstarter backers will be completed, and are expected to hit the stores starting on May, 4th.
The Special Ship Packs include game data of two different versions of each ship and ability cards specific to famous captains. The HMS Victory Ship Pack presents the ship with her armament as Lord Nelson’s flagship at Battle of Trafalgar (1805) and when she was Richard Howe’s flagship in a powerful escort flotilla for a convoy of transports which resupplied Gibraltar in the face of a blockade by the French and Spanish navies (1783).
USS Constitution
The USS Constitution is presented in two moments: soon after her launch (1798) to provide protection for American merchant from French ships and to defeat the Barbary pirates, and as equipped during the war against Great Britain (1812). Her Captain Cards represent two of the most famous commanders of this vessel: Commodore William Bainbridge and Captain Charles Stewart. In addition to the Captain Cards, Constitution’s pack also includes a set of Crew Cards, focusing on the skills of the men fighting on this vessel.
As support to the release of the HMS Victory and USS Constitution Special Ship Packs, the Sails of Glory Point Values file was updated to include these ships, and also the vessels featured in the four new Ship Packs recently released - the Spanish Concorde Class frigate "Sirena 1793" and Temeraire class "Argonauta 1806" and the British Amazon class frigate "HMS Orpheus 1780" and Edgar class ship of the line "HMS Zealous 1785".
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