End of the 2024 Summer of Plunder Campaign

[ShadowDragon]

Played the last game of Blood & Pigment’s 2024 Summer of Plunder. The campaign uses Firelock Games Blood & Plunder pirate skirmish rules.

Close quarters action before boarding.



Apparently some of Wabanaki used ships.

[Bligh]

Something I always fancied was a larger scale ship to ship action, but I never quite got around to it Paul.
looks like a lot of fun.
Thanks for posting this.
Rob.

[ShadowDragon]

Something I always fancied was a larger scale ship to ship action, but I never quite got around to it Paul.
looks like a lot of fun.
Thanks for posting this.
Rob.

It is a lot of fun.

Units are from 4 to 15 models. At the beginning of each turn a player draws a hand of playing cards. The turn consists of rounds where each player chooses a card from their hand. The player with the higher card (suit and then value) has the initiative and can choose to activate a unit. The higher the suit the fewer actions the chosen unit is allowed; so there's a decision to be made on whether or not one wants the initiative or more actions.

The sailing stuff is pretty good for a game of this type - you need units to man the sheets and braces, sweeps, guns, etc. There's also advanced maneuvers, like tacking, box hauling, wearing, etc. which requires a test for success - having a unit with sailor or expert sailor will make those maneuvers easier.

The game is very well supported by Firelock Games and others like, Blood & Pigment...the Summer of Plunder (9 weeks of gaming that ends this week) is one great example. Lots of prizes are given out - even ships.

Here's the report for week 8 - I got the "photo of the week" award!

https://bloodandpigment.com/2024/07/...er-of-plunder/

For week 5, I was "featured player" - no prize, just the honour, but that was enough.

https://bloodandpigment.com/2024/07/...er-of-plunder/

You'll need to scroll down on those web pages as there's a lot of info there.