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Blood & Pigment releases multiple new articles, videos and content for the game nearly every week. Here are the most recent articles:
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
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 a couple days late. The Adepticon convention but us a little behind on everything! Please vote…
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…
Plunder Den Terrain Flash Challenge Winners – 2026 Great Pirate Paint Off
Dexter from the Plunder Den YouTube channel hosted a special Blood & Plunder Terrain Flash Challenge over the past 5 weeks and today we get to look at the excellent entries and award a prize to the winner. Stone Warehouse Flash Challenge The idea was to tackle the project given in this tutorial video and…
Golden Age Pirates Tournament List Prep – Joseph’s 2026 Adepticon Sea List
Tournament season is upon us! Adepticon is coming up next week and there will be substantial tournaments for both Land and Sea games, at 200 and 250pt respectively. I put myself at “the mercy of the people” this year and let the community vote on which faction I would play for the tournaments. Our Patreon…
Volunteer as a 2026 Summer of Plunder Commander!
The Summer of Plunder is fast approaching, and we need a few more bold leaders to join the crew of volunteers! This epic global Blood & Plunder event brings players together to compete, tell stories, and shape the tides of war—but none of it happens without dedicated Commanders to lead their factions to glory. As…
March 16 Update – 2026 Great Pirate Paint Off
The Great Pirate Paint Off marches on! At the midpoint of March we have some prizes to give away to early entries in the Port Royal and Blood & Plunder unit categories. We have about 6 weeks of the contest left and we have to say you guys have been doing impressive work this year.…
Spanish Mission Garrison Tournament List Prep – Joseph’s Adepticon Tournament List
Adepticon is just around the corner and we have a “tournament list” prep post here. I thought it would be fun to force myself to play something I might not naturally pick for the 200pt Land Tournament this year, so I let our Patreon backers choose which Nation and Faction I would play. Spanish beat…
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