pirates

Archipelago of Gold

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Archipelago of Gold is a set of free wargames rules for use with the constructable, collectable Pirates of the Spanish Main ships from WizKids. From the BGG description:

These rules use the Pirates of the Spanish Main and a hex map to allow you to explore wild islands for gold, build large fleets, settlements, cities, forts, and train your crews to become superior gun crews. Get more gold back to your settlement, and you can build more than your opponents.

Gold, Swashbucklers and Pirates

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Gold, Swashbucklers and Pirates is a set of free rules for creating a small wargames campaign using gangs.

Pirate Image Archives

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Here’s an online gallery with some very good images of pirates, and related documents and maps. I know that the pirate gaming craze has largely subsided, but its one of htose things that I’ve always wanted to to.

Blood and Bounty Pirate Rules

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Blood and Bounty is set of free wargames rules for pirates in 28mm. The author writes:

“Blood & Bounty” is a pirate themed 28mm wargame that features over 50 pages of rules and statistics for reenacting the swashbuckling skirmishes of the Golden Age of Piracy! The game includes:

  • 5 Factions
  • (Royal Navy, Marine Royale, Real Armada Espanola, Merchantmen & Traders, and Pirates & Privateers.)
  • Full rules for simulated sailing and combat with multiple vessel
  • Boarding actions with hectic hand-to-hand and ranged comba
  • Historical and fictional pirate characters
  • A fleshed-out campaign mode for battling across the tropical Caribbean with multiple players
  • And much more!

Freebooter’s Fate Free Quickstart Rules

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The publishers of Freebooter’s Fate, a commercial set of fantasy pirate rules has released a free set of quickstart rules.