Intro Adepticon is one of the biggest, if not the biggest, Blood & Plunder sea tournaments of the year. The tournament is set up to be 3 rounds and the winner is whoever wins all 3 rounds and can manage to get their Strike Point differential lower than anyone else. My goal this year was … Continue reading Wait, Who’s In Charge Here? – Garrett Swader’s Adepticon 2026 Sea Tournament 2nd Place Force
Force Building
Filibustiers De Graff – Blood & Plunder Faction Review
By Dylan Dyer Filibustiers De Graff is a Legendary Commander specific faction that appeared in Blood and Plunder with the No Peace Beyond the Line expansion. This force recently got a bit of a revamp with the most recent errata that added Marins Basque! What a great time to go back and look at an … Continue reading Filibustiers De Graff – Blood & Plunder Faction Review
(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. … Continue reading (Re) Building the Church – Erich Goebel’s Adepticon 2026 Land Tournament 2nd Place List
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 The Faction: Ostend Privateers Commander and Units … Continue reading Dutch Santiago! Adepticon 2026 Sea Tournament Winning List
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 … Continue reading Canadian Muskets: Adam Horton’s Adepticon 2026 Land Tournament 3rd Place List
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 … Continue reading Floating Spanish Mission – Josh Shivak’s Top Placing Sea Tournament Force – Adepticon 2026
Building a Blood & Plunder Force Around the Activation System
The initiative activation system is one of the things that makes Blood & Plunder great. The card system controls player initiative, determines the number of actions for units, and triggers special rules on some units. It truly is a stroke of genius. It is foundational to the game system, even down to how you build … Continue reading Building a Blood & Plunder Force Around the Activation System
Men of Iron: The Sailors in Blood and Plunder
Blood and Plunder is one of the only 28mm Skirmish games I know of that features naval combat as both a fun game mechanic and selling point. If you are looking to go to sea, you will need sailors in your Force List for various tasks from manning artillery, making repairs, and adjusting your sails. … Continue reading Men of Iron: The Sailors in Blood and Plunder
The Wabanaki – Blood & Plunder Faction Review
The Wabanaki confederacy was one of the largest and most important Native American powers in the Northeastern American continent during the era Blood & Plunder is set in. In the game, the Wabanaki faction is very powerful, has many fun options, and has some strong ties to the French. In this review article, we will … Continue reading The Wabanaki – Blood & Plunder Faction Review
King’s Raiders – 3rd Place List at the 2025 Adepticon Land Tournament
By Jayden King Introduction I will admit, I have played a lot of Blood & Plunder at this point–particularly land games. I built this list at the last minute, or rather thirty minutes before the tournament started, in the hotel lobby, on the public work-station computer. And I relied on units that would be painted … Continue reading King’s Raiders – 3rd Place List at the 2025 Adepticon Land Tournament
Here is the Church and Here is the Musket – Winning List of the 2025 Adepticon Land Tournament
Here is the Church and here is the Musket…?: The Winning List of the 2025 Adepticon Blood & Plunder Land Tournament By Erich Goebel The Adepticon 2025 Land Tournament was well sized, coming in at 23 participants matching off in intense 1v1 combat. This year featured an increase in points from 150pts to 200pts, which … Continue reading Here is the Church and Here is the Musket – Winning List of the 2025 Adepticon Land Tournament
Muskets and Blades: The Winning List of the 2025 Adepticon Sea Tournament
by Dan Carlson This Year's Blood and Plunder Sea Tournament was massive, with 23 players all fighting for the top spot! Last year was my very first Tournament, and due to an event and horrible dice rolls, I was exploded on Turn 1. After that silly defeat, I tried to come up with something I … Continue reading Muskets and Blades: The Winning List of the 2025 Adepticon Sea Tournament
Caesar’s Men – Blood & Plunder Faction Review
by Dan Carlson With the release of Raise the Black, the Pirates not only became a full-fledged nation, but gained access to lots of juicy new characters. One of these new characters is Caesar, known to more people who consume pirate media as Black Caesar. His legend is vast, and his Blood and Plunder Force … Continue reading Caesar’s Men – Blood & Plunder Faction Review
Errata 1.4 Has Been Applied to the Force Builder
Errata 1.4 was released in mid December and can be found here. As of 12/30/24, it has been applied to the Blood & Plunder Online Force Builder! Changes Applied The errata was pretty small and much of it didn't actually need to be programmed into the Force Builder. Updates that you will run into include: … Continue reading Errata 1.4 Has Been Applied to the Force Builder
Franco-Spanish Expeditionary Force – Blood & Plunder Faction Review
Introduction In Blood and Plunder the two Catholic monarchies have finally started to work together. Joined together by a common foe in the early 18th century, the Spanish and the French fight side by side to rid the new world of English influence. When Raise the Black spoilers started filtering through into the community, one … Continue reading Franco-Spanish Expeditionary Force – Blood & Plunder Faction Review