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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:
Blood & Pigment Podcast Episodes 30 is Live!
We have a new Blood & Pigment podcast episode out! Blood & Pigment Podcast Episode 30 Our main topic topic in this episode is building a competitive tournament list in Blood & Plunder. Special Guest – Niguel Niguel Vega has been in the Blood & Plunder world for a good long time, consistently placing high…
Jose de Zuniga Y La Cerda- Painted Blood & Plunder Miniature Showcase
Firelock Games released an organized play kit for this year’s Summer of Plunder campaign with 6 brand new sculpts for commander profiles in the Raise the Black expansion. Daniel and Emily really did a great job on these sculpts and we’d like to showcase the Spanish Commander, Jose de Zuniga Y La Cerda in this…
Week 4 Player Update & Prize Winners – 2026 Summer of Plunder
Intro The Summer of Plunder is reaching its midway point! With more than 1000 games logged in the campaign so far, we still have 5 weeks to go! This past week players had the challenge of adding a Hostage/Advisor to their Blood & Plunder forces, or playing scenarios including Stede Bonnet in Port Royal and…
Upcoming Prizes for Week 5 – 2026 Summer of Plunder
There’s a substantial number of prizes going out every week during the Summer of Plunder. Here are the prizes that will be awarded at the end of the fifth week (6/30-7/6). All of these prizes are random draws from participants during the week, but some of them are only drawn from players who have participated…
Campaign Map Update – Week 4 of Summer of Plunder 2026
We just finished the fourth full week of the 2026 Summer of Plunder Campaign and we’re approaching the halfway point. With all three theaters of the war open, things are really getting interesting! In this update we’ll look at the campaign map where players on two grand alliances have made choices on where to deploy…
Captain Yellowbeard! – Blood & Plunder Blackbeard Model Customization
Guest Post by Ted McCarty Greeting and blessing captains and crew, I hope you have enjoyed the campaign season thus far. For those of you who don’t know, us pirates have established the future traditions this summer, and one of them has been a weekly movie night. While the majority of these nights have been…
Enfilade! 2026 – Blood & Plunder Event Report
By Joseph Forster Enfilade! Part of the Blood & Pigment team went up to the NHGS Enfilade! convention in Tacoma WA, over Memorial Day weekend and there were some great Blood & Plunder games! Enfilade! Gaming Convention Historical wargaming is less widespread on the West Coast, but this is one of the best events this…
2026 DieCon Blood & Plunder Sea Tournament Report
The St. Louis Blood & Plunder community kicked off the Summer of Plunder with a Sea Tournament held at DieCon 26 in Collinsville, IL. Brendan Kampwerth ran the tournament (visit his new blog!) and had a good turnout for an inaugural Blood & Plunder tournament at the convention. Here are the details and winners of…
Week 3 Player Update & Prize Winners – 2026 Summer of Plunder
Intro We’re 1/3 of the way through this year’s Summer of Plunder! With three week complete, more than 250 gamers from around the world have been plundering away with 604 Blood & Plunder, 140 Port Royal and 92 games of Oak & Iron logged in the campaign so far! You can check out the progress…
Campaign Map Update – Week 3 of Summer of Plunder 2026
We just finished the third full week of the 2026 Summer of Plunder Campaign. In this update we’ll look at the campaign map where players on two grand alliances have made choices on where to deploy troops in an effort to control the New World. The Alliance of British, Dutch and Pirates found themselves in…
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