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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:
Caribbean Tribes – Blood & Plunder Faction Review
The Native American factions are often overshadowed by the Pirate and European style forces, but Factions like the Caribbean Tribes are both enjoyable and powerful as a competitive army in Blood & Plunder. In this article we will go over the details of the “catch all” Caribbean Tribes Faction found in the No Peace Beyond…
Search & Recover at Sea – Blood & Plunder Battle Report
I hadn’t played any Native American Factions in a game at sea for while, so I recently ran out the generic “Caribbean Tribes” in a 150 point casual game at my game store with Riley. Here’s a quick battle report of that game of Search & Recover at Sea. The Forces The current “tournament meta”…
Blood & Pigment Podcast Episodes 32 is Live!
We have a new Blood & Pigment podcast episode out! Blood & Pigment Podcast Episode 32 In this episode we review the Summer of Plunder campaign with Daniel Wray, who helped design and run the event, and then do another “List Surgeon” episode, looking at some Blood & Plunder armies and analyzing and offering suggestions…
Spanish Milicianos Indios – Wave 2 Blood & Plunder Miniatures Preview
By Garrett Swader Intro After a hiatus from writing to focus on Summer of Plunder I’m back with another miniature preview for Firelock Game’s upcoming Rise of the Buccaneers: Jamaica expansion. This time we are looking at one of my favorite units in the game, the Milicianos Indios! New Milicianos Indios Sculpts This unit is…
Huge Labor Day Rulebook Sale from Firelock Games!
Firelock Games has announced an incredible sale for the Labor Day holiday weekend! If you need any rulebook, you can pick up all their games’ core rulebooks for an insane 50% off during the week of Labor Day! Rulebook Sale Starts Monday, September 7, 2026 I’m not sure Firelock Games has ever run a discount…
Roc Brasiliano – Rise of the Buccaneers Blood & Plunder Mini Preview
The Rise of the Buccaneers: Jamaica/Wave 2 Kickstarter project included a bunch of unique sculpts for some of the characters coming out in the new expansion book. We’ve already looked at Jelles de Lecat, Christopher Myngs, Young Henry Morgan. and Bartolomeu Português, Today we get a look at the new model for the long-awaited Roc…
Portuguese-Brazilian Tercios & Militia – Blood & Plunder Faction Review
By Tyler Cherrison The Portuguese Tercios and Militia are truly a jack-of-all-trades kind of force. You have access to a roster of very solid units backed up by useful Special Rules. You can build a list that can handle a ton of different situations or you can spam a specific unit to overwhelm your opponent!…
French Commander – Wave 2 Blood & Plunder Mini Preview
Here’s the new French Commander, another mini preview for the upcoming Wave 2 Blood & Plunder miniature Kickstarter coming up in late Q1 2026. You can check out the previously previewed Dutch, English, Spanish, Native, and Maroon Commanders in addition to various other units previewed here on the blog. These “Wave 2” models were Kickstarted…
Post Campaign Roundtable with 2026 Summer of Plunder Commanders
The 2026 Summer of Plunder campaign wrapped a couple weeks ago, but we have a fun review of the campaign for you! We were able to get most of the commanders from the campaign on a for a fun podcast/video episode where we talk through the campaign from their perspective. 2026 Summer of Plunder Commander…
Final Late Prize Winners for 2026 Summer of Plunder
For one reason or another, there were some prizes not awarded in the main end-of-campaign prize post, so we’re wrapping up the last of the prizes here with a final post! Tabletop Simulator Escalation League Prizes Dred did great working running an Escalation League on Tabletop Simulator this year. Here are the prize winners for…
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