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Latest News and Articles for Blood & Plunder
Blood & Pigment releases multiple new articles, videos and content for the game nearly every week. Here are the most recent articles:
Forces & Ships – April 14th 2026 Great Pirate Paint Off Update
We’re in to the last stage of the 2026 Great Pirate Paint Off. It’s been a really great contest this year with a record number of entries, and a noticeable uptick in the overall quality of entries. For April, the final month of this contest, we are focusing on Blood & Plunder Ships, and armies,…
(Re) Building the Church – Erich Goebel’s Adepticon 2026 Land Tournament 2nd Place List
Why didn’t Benjamin Church ever get invited to poker night with the militias? Because he always had a deal with the other side. By Erich Goebel When prepping for Adepticon 2026, I built many lists for the land tournament – some decent (on paper) and many jank but something kept drawing me back to Church.…
Dutch Santiago! Adepticon 2026 Sea Tournament Winning List
by Dan Carlson Who says lighting can’t strike twice? After grabbing 1st Place at the Adepticon Sea Tournament in 2025, I claimed 1st Place again in 2026. While last year’s success taught me a ton, I decided to play a different faction this year: Ostend Privateers! The List I decided to use the Ostend Privateers…
Blood & Plunder Units and Port Royal People’s Choice Winners – 2026 Great Pirate Paint Off
Over the past 4 days we have had open voting on the Blood & Plunder Units and the Port Royal miniatures categories. We have some winners to announce, both for the People’s Choice categories, and the end-of-month prize drawings. Blood & Plunder Unit Finalists Here are the top 3 finalists for the Oak & Iron…
Canadian Muskets: Adam Horton’s Adepticon 2026 Land Tournament 3rd Place List
Adam Horton competed at the 200pt Land Tournament at Adepticon 2026 and took 3rd place in a field of 24 players. Here is run down of his French Raiders tournament list and a description of his 3-0 tournament experience. By Adam Horton Intro This is not the tale of a master strategist with a brilliant…
Floating Spanish Mission – Josh Shivak’s Top Placing Sea Tournament Force – Adepticon 2026
By Josh Shivak So, as all good things tend to start out as, this list started life as a joke. I won the Summer of Plunder 2023 big prize ship, a mighty 6th Rate Frigate, and I had wanted to come up with a fun list to be annoying and have a good time showing…
Blood & Plunder Units and Port Royal People’s Choice Voting – 2026 Great Pirate Paint Off
[4/9/26 UPDATE: the voting has concluded for these categories, but you can see the results here] It’s time to cast your votes again in the Great Pirate Paint Off! The centerpiece Blood & Plunder Units and new Port Royal categories have just wrapped up and it’s time for some people’s choice voting. Apologies for being…
The Rise of the Buccaneers: Jamaica – Blood & Plunder Expansion Book Preview
There’s a new expansion on the way for Blood & Plunder! Forelock Games has just launched great new Kickstarter project featuring a massive range of new miniatures, and a new Blood & Plunder expansion book: The Rise of the Buccaneer: Jamaica. We’ve seen some draft copies of this project (and maybe even been a little…
French Hillbilly Boar Shoot: Adepticon 2026 Land Tournament Winning List
Hello D-sciples! It is Dr.D coming in hot with some list discussion from my Adepticon 2026 land winning list. This list applies the fundamental truth that you should shoot people from varying distances until you turn their brains off and then take their stuff. Even after so many years, Boucaniers remain a potent force in…
Rise of the Boekaniers: Curaçao New Expansion Announcement
[APRIL 1ST JOKE POST] Firelock pulled a fast one on us and is tweaking the direction of their upcoming Kickstarter (launching tomorrow) to focus more on the Dutch Buccaneers of the early 16th century. Rise the Boekaniers: Curaçao This book will focus on the different brave and financially aggressive captains sailing out the primary Dutch…
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