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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:
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…
Pacific Northwest Blood & Plunder Land Tournament – July 18th, 2026
Are you in the Pacific Northwest and do you play Blood & Plunder? Come to the 200pt land tournament on Saturday, July 18th, at Geeks & Games in Oregon City, Oregon! The Tournament This will be a lowkey tournament for players of all skill levels, hosted at a great game store that has supported Blood…
Prizes for Week 3 – 2026 Summer of Plunder
[this was supposed to drop at the beginning of week 3, but was overlooked! Apologies for the late preview of this week’s giveaways.] Ahoy everybody! The Prize Tsar is going to walk everybody through which prizes are available week by week, so players can plan ahead and see what prizes they want to work for…
Week 2 Player Update & Prize Winners – 2026 Summer of Plunder
Intro We’re on to the third week of the 2026 Summer of Plunder community campaign. Let’s check in with our teams of Commanders for each nation, give away some prizes, review some objectives, and enjoy some pictures of Blood & Plunder, Oak & Iron and Port Royal games from around the world this last week.…
4 Player Raid on Spanish Outpost – Summer of Plunder 2026 Guest Battle Report
This is a special guest post by Neil Amswych. Neil was one of the original playtesters for Blood & Plunder a DECADE ago, and is recently getting back into the game after not getting many (any) games in for a long time. He games with a group in Sante Fe, New Mexico. Neil’s spirit animal…
Campaign Map Update – Week 2 of Summer of Plunder 2026
We just finished the second 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 French Alliance, including the French, Native and Spanish players…
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