The Prize Tsar for the 2025 Summer of Plunder is happy to announce that the campaign has ended. After 9 weeks of fierce fighting in the Caribbean jungles, devastating fleet actions on the open seas, and bloody close-quarters fighting in the ruins of Port Royal, the conflict has come to an end.
Now, for my favorite part of the Summer of Plunder: giving out prizes to you lot! Grab your ship’s biscuit, refill your tankard, and sit back while we go over all the prize winners!
Week 9 Prizes
Before we get to the End of Campaign prizes, there are the standard prizes for Week 9 that need to be handed out!
Best Photo of the Week – Fancy Fortune Coin
A broadside of fantastic photos were submitted in the final week of the campaign!! This week’s prize goes out to Dr. D for this fantastic picture of Henry Morgan aboard a Sloop!
Dr D. will receive a fancy Fortune coin from St Augustine Mint! Congratulations!
Random Player who Accomplished the Weekly Objective
The final objective of the week was split into separate objectives for each nation. The objectives were varied between each nation, and the winner for the Week 9 Random Weekly Objective Prize is Joseph Kananowicz! He will be receiving a set of fancy Activation Tokens from the Pigment Shop!
Drawn randomly from the qualifying entries of Week 9, Joseph, playing for the Dutch this year, has won the final Activation Token giveaway!
Random Entry for Week 9
This week’s random winner to receive a blister pack of minis is Jacky Häuser! Jacky has played for the French this year and logged 32 games this year! The French objective for Port Royal this week was “Score a hit shooting with a Boucanier.”
Jacky will receive a blister pack of metal/resin minis of her choice.
Small Scatter Terrain Prize of Week 9
This year, Stone Temple Studios donated a ton of terrain to give away as prizes. Every week, one lucky random winner amongst all entries has received a small bundle of scatter terrain for their Blood and Plunder or Port Royal gaming tables! From the final 183 entries, Diana Regan was won the final bundle! Diana played for the Spanish this year and submitted 11 Oak and Iron Games!
Spanish Fleet under Diana’s Command
Dexter’s Choice for Best Table of Week 9
Dexter Heide from The Plunder Den has donated some of his spectacular, handmade terrain! He has chosen his favorite tables from Weeks 3, 6, and 9. Each winner will be receiving a custom piece of terrain sculpted from the masterful hands of Dexter himself! Week 9’s winner for Dexter’s Choice is John Pollock!
Campaign Finale Prizes Awarded for 2025
Random New Player Teacher- Feldherr Case
Donated by Feldherr, we have a nice foam miniatures case that holds up to 200 minis! I have way too many of these cases, and this lucky winner is about to be rewarded for introducing many new players to the wonderful world of Firelock Games! With a whopping 49 new players taught, the winner of this amazing case is Bradley Meloy!
Bradley ran a huge scenario several times with lots of new players at Historicon this year.
Thanks to Feldherr for sponsoring both this campaign and the Great Pirate Paint Off earlier this year!
Bradley hosted an an event at Historicon, growing our community and showing new people how much fun Blood and Plunder can be! Congratulations Bradley!
Two of Jason Klotz’s Feldherr miniature cases. Medium 135 model case (left) and Maxi 250 model case (right)
Tablewar FAT Mat- Random Oak & Iron Winner
Tablewar has donated one of their wonderful FAT Mats to this year’s painting contest and another for the Summer of Plunder campaign! In support of Oak & Iron this year, we are giving away one of the coastal mats to a random participant who players Oak & Iron in this year’s campaign.
Randomly drawn out of the 191 Oak & Iron games this year, Eric Hughes is our winner this year!
Eric was the top player for the English this year, playing 21 combined games of Blood & Plunder, Oak & Iron and Port Royal over the course of this campaign.
Fluyt for Supporting Your Friendly Local Game Store (FLGS)
Up for grabs is a Fluyt for playing games at your friendly local game store. Out of 911 entries generated for playing at the local store, the winner is Fernando Francisco Bejarano Flores! He played 7 games at his local game store over the 9 week period! Congrats!!!
Best Battle Report
This category is always difficult to judge, between the staggering amount of entries and then all the wonderful narrative adventures many of you scurvy dogs are having. As “SoP Staff”, reading the battle reports are always fun and makes us feel appreciated. However, there can only be one beat battle Report.
I am proud to announce that this year’s best battle Report Winner goes to Ret Talbot! One battle Report in particular captured my imagination, which is why he was chosen as the winner:
Here is the winning report, in all its glory:
“After the lies of freedom and the shackles had been replaced, the enslaved on the plantation would look through the windows of the main house at night and see those men, in those clothes… The drinks and food. The laughter. Those paintings hanging on the walls brought from a land across the ocean. They would see it and make plans…waiting for their opportunity.”
“And then it happened. The same raiders appeared–the ones the slaves had been released to fight previously, but now the tables were turned. They approached from the jungle. Whispered promises were made. Shackles were broken. Members of Captain Silas Redgrave’s Company were there at the plantation house that night when the alarm was raised, but confusion reigned, and orders to “Run for the Boats” went out.
The raiders closed from one side attempting to block the English retreat. Periodic shots rang out from darkened outbuildings as the units made for the safety of the bark. The first unit of English made it to cover adjacent to the dock only to find that the raiders had found cover on the opposite side.
The respective command units advanced. Units engaged in melee combat outside the front door of the plantation house, as skilled raider marksmen snuck into the kitchen door and found a window on the second floor from which they could snipe. “
“The casualties started to mount. Gunfire seemed to originate from every area of cover. Finally a unit of English made a break down the dock toward the bark. The snipers took their toll, but two musketeers made it, and they were soon joined by the survivors of a second unit that had made a suicidal dash for the bark.
The English commander, with only his standard bearer surviving, found himself pinned down by the snipers beside an outbuilding by the dock–they were the last of the English ashore. He watched as the raiding commander, with a handful of survivors, rushed the dock in a last ditch effort. The English commander, seeing is own situation was helpless, called for his compatriots to cast off, leave him behind, and make for the horizon.
It was a bitter victory…but a victory nonetheless.”
The next prize on our docket goes to The Most Notorious Scoundrel! This title is earned by having the most individual player points for the entire campaign. The winner will be receiving a customized reproduction of a Letter of Marque, straight from Captain Marrow! Adam Marrow is a huge pirate enthusiast and makes incredible reproduction documents. The winner will be able to customize the document with his own captain name, ship name, tonnage, and number of guns.
The Most Notorious Scoundrel of 2025 is….Tyler Carlson with a whopping 171 Points! He single handedly sacked Tortuga this year with a band of rampaging Scots!
Most Notorious Privateer- Pardon from Captain Morrow
Players generally work together as teams playing the same nation. But it can be fun to play any and all nations! We have a special Letter of Pardon from Captain Morrow for the scoundrel that plays for the most different nations over the course of the campaign this year. This year we had 3 players who managed to play for Pirates, Spanish, English, French, Dutch, and Natives this year: Greg Padilla, Georgia Worthy and Jessica Knap. Greg played an incredible 25 different factions, Georgia played 8, and Jessica played 9.
And our most notorious privateer this year is Georgia!
Little Ships – Big Prize!
Not to be left out, we have a prize available for a random winner from all players who logged at least one game of Oak and Iron, courtesy of Timber & Sail.
The winner amongst all of our Oak and Iron Entries is Sebastián Valdés!
Photo from SebastianV
The prize is the Oak & Iron expansion of Sebastián’s choice.
Nation-Specific Prizes
The final prizes coming from national commanders have been awarded in the Week 9 Player update post. Each Commander had $100 worth of prize support for their players this year, and this is their last chance to give it away!
But there are lots of prizes to give away for each nation! The winning nation, 2nd and 3rd place all have unique prizes! Then, the remaining nations each will have a random winner for a $100 Firelock Games Gift Card!
Grand Prize – 6th Rate Frigate
“Winning the campaign” is mostly about fame and glory, but there is a nice prize for a random player from the winning nation: The glorious 6th rate Frigate! She is bristling with firepower and fast…very fast if she is well-handled!
Firelock Games has donated a beautiful 6th Rate Frigate for our “Grand Prize” this year. This is a $250 prize and a wonderful hobby project!
Randomly drawing from the 74 Players who logged games for the Pirates this year, Tyler Carlson came up as the winner! This mercenary aided the Pirates in their battles and logged over 42 points to their cause! May this lovely vessel serve you well!
2nd Place Prize – Stone Tower Fort from Stone Temple Studios and a $100 Gift Card
The Natives came in 2nd Place this year, which is no easy feat! After 9 weeks of razing settlements and ships alike, they will get to steal one of the colony’s prized forts in order to mock and discourage them from ever stepping foot back on their ancestral lands!
Amongst the 54 players who logged games for the Natives this year, Jessica Knap is the winner! While logging a humble 6 points, she aided the cause and kept the Natives in the running!
Jessica’s Native Commander
Additionally, another Native Player will win a $100 Gift Card from Firelock games! The winner of this prize is Jeff Woodman!
One of Jeff’s War Parties
3rd Place Prize – Blockhouse from Stone Temple Studios and a $100 Gift Card
Rounding out our top 3 is the Empire of Spain! Despite difficulties, they managed to keep enough territory and good will to secure 3rd place this year! I can already hear the cheering from Havana and the lovely sound of Spanish wine being poured into tankards!
The winner of this fantastic Blockhouse is John Goldrick! May this Blockhouse keep trespassers and rogues a good distance away from your holdings!
The winner of the $100 Gift card for the 3rd place nation is Omar Rodríguez! He fought hard to maintain Spain’s Empire and will be rewarded as such! Enjoy!
4th Place Prize- $100 Firelock games Gift Card
The English arrived in 4th Place at the end of this campaign! Their Commanders fostered their community and while they fought hard, the Pirates, Natives, and Spanish proved a tougher foe than expected. The winner of the $100 Firelock Games gift card is Terry Kirk! Terry fought hard for the Crown, contributing 22 points! May this gift card give you some fantastic reinforcements for next year!
5th Place Prize- $100 Firelock games Gift Card
Claiming victory the previous year usually paints a target on your back, and the Dutch really felt that this year. Despite this, they descendants of the Sea Beggars unleashed their wrath upon the other major powers in a big way! They locked horns with their bitter arch rivals (the French!) and managed to surpass them! The winner of the $100 Firelock Games Gift Card for the Dutch is Ginger Monson! Logging 13 points for the Dutch Cause, may this gift card fill your ships with more scandalous Zeeliden and your holds with more French goods!
6th Place Prize- $100 Firelock games Gift Card
In 6th place we have The French. While they put up a good fight, multiple nations seemed to hit them at just the opportune moment, and their feud with the dastardly Dutch didn’t help either. However, they still fought the good fight, and their commanders kept morale and spirits high! The winner of the 6th Place Firelock Games Gift Card is Kirk Busta! Kirk logged 77 points for the French, and fought tooth, nail, fur cap, and hunting knife to keep his nation afloat. May these funds prep your force for next year!
Unaligned Prizes: Coastal Batteries from Stone Temple Studios
The Unaligned have some special prizes this year, courtesy of Stone Temple Studios! Two players who logged games with Unaligned Factions will be receiving a Coastal Battery! May these custom fortifications keep your mercenary haven safe and secure!
The two winners for the Unaligned are Taylor Croissant and Allison Wray! Both players logged games for a variety of nations and earned their place as some truly fearless mercenaries! Congratulations to both of you!
Picture from Taylor Croissant
Final Thoughts
Well, that was a lot of prizes! We hope you enjoyed the prize support this year and we hope you walked away with a bit of plunder, and if not, some “treasured memories” of some great gaming experiences during the campaign this year.
A huge thanks to all the individuals and organizations that provided prize support for the campaign this year:
Our Sponsors
Firelock Games – The maker of the great games has pledged $700 worth of prize support for this year’s campaign, including the grand prize of the 6th Rate Frigate.
Feldherr – A premier carrying case company offering a wide variety of cases, bags, and boxes with custom foam trays for nearly every miniatures game. You can win one of their cases.
TABLEWAR – Maker of gaming table mats, miniature carry trays, and magnetic cases. They have sponsored a 4’x3′ gaming mat.
Benerson Little – An American author, primarily of non-fiction, focuses on piracy and privateering in the 17th to early 18th centuries. As a long-time consultant for Firelock Games, he has sponsored multiple signed books.
Seamon’s Quality Sails – Makers of the most gorgeous sails available for Blood & Plunder (we may be a little biased…). They have graciously donated a set of black sails for the 18th-century plastic sloop
Timber & Sail – An Oak & Iron fansite and long-time supporter of the Summer of Plunder. Jason Klotz is also on staff with Blood & Pigment.
The Plunder Den – A YouTube channel and Facebook group run by the great Dexter Heide. The content specializes in building great wargaming terrain for Blood & Plunder, Blood & Valor, Blood & Crown,s and a host of other great games.
Shipwrecked with Captain Morrow – A content creator and author specializing in the area of piracy. He offered a copy of his book, a replica letter of marque, and a letter of pardon.
Things from the Basement – They specialize MDF miniatures wargaming terrain, accessories, and supplies. Their card and dice storage cases are featured as prizes.
Generous Individuals! – Matthew Doerr, Dutch Commander, and Oak & Iron Champion, has generously donated a Barco Luengo and a deluxe game mat as prizes.
BrassTac Terrain – A new sponsor for 2025, they donated several pieces of terrain to ship out this year! Their terrain is usable across a wide variety of games!
Stone Temple Studios – Stone Temple Studios donated a TON of his 3D Printed Terrain, allowing us to ship lots of additional prizes this year! Make sure to check out his hop!
Future Sponsors
If you would like to join this great team of sponsors, we’d love to add you to the list! Please use our Contact Us page to get in touch.
Nearly all emails have gone out for prize winners, but there are still a few from today that need to go out. If you are named in this post you don’t see a message by Monday night (8/11), check your spam folder for an email from a “bandpcampaign” gmail address. If you still don’t see a message, please contact us!
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