Scum of the High Seas is Rudi Geudens set of hex-based. card driven rules for playing games of Pirates on the high seas. Like others in this series, they’re based loosely on Richard Borg’s Battle Cry system.
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Piracy Rules and Background Information
Chronofus has written a set of free miniature wargames rules called Piracy, and also an amazing amount of supplemental and source material on pirate captains, pirate history, pirate flags, nations of the Caribbean, slavery, clothing, weapons, currency, towns and more!
Scuttle Print and Play Pirate Card Game
Scuttle! is a print and play game where 1 – 5 players are pirates scheming to collect 21 dubloons.
Pieces of Eight Rules
Pirates anyone? Pieces of Eight is a set of free wargames rules from Andy Watkins portraying Hollywood pirate skirmishes. They are a relatively simple set of rules — but that’s a good thing! Who wants complications when you’re playing pirates.
Sources For Pirate Ships
Pirates are my next big project, so I was happy to find that Cianty’s Tabletop Wargames Blog has an article on sources for pirate ships for gaming.