Pirates of the Caribbean PocketModels

WizKids Inc. announced on July 23, 2007 its partnership with Disney to create the Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean PocketModel game. Under the agreement, WizKids will be able to use content from all three Pirates of the Caribbean movies. It was scheduled for release in October 2007 and was delayed until November 6th. The game—themed after Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean movies—will be the first Pirates release to use WizKids’ PocketModel platform. The Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean PocketModel game brings ships and characters from all three Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean movies into the PocketModel and CSG worlds. The Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean PocketModel game is completely compatible with all previous WizKids Pirates releases. Each PotC PocketModel Pack will include two ships to be assembled, one island/terrain card, a treasure or crew card, a rulebook and a die and will be priced at about $4, just like the Pirates Constructible Strategy Game. Also, Wizkids has talked about a tin, much like those in the Pirates CSG series. The Pirates of the Caribbean PocketModel game will be available at hobby retailers nationwide, as well as stores such as Target and Wal-Mart. This is the tenth Pirates release.

New Features

* Krakens- have eight segments and can "wrap" around ships.
* Eternal- Eternal ships, when destroyed, appear back at your home island, essentially making them immortal.
* Ship cards have a new (sturdier) design: Masts have been redesigned with less cutouts and wider mast 'notches' to prevent snapping, cannon rank dice appear on both sides of a mast, the pennants for the center mast are gone, and there are some new faction flag designs.

References

* [http://www.wizkidsgames.com/pirates/pirates_article.asp?cid=41514 Wizkids Announces Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean PocketModel Game]
* [http://www.wizkidsgames.com/pirates/pirates_article.asp?cid=41516 Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean PocketModel Game Compatible with All Pirates Releases!]