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British vs Pirates (and Spanish)	1	23 Feb 2025 7:51 a.m. PST
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Got Ink?	24	13 Nov 2024 3:03 p.m. PST
Pirates of the Mississippi	15	08 Nov 2024 8:10 a.m. PST
Another go at Galleys and Galleons	6	30 Oct 2024 5:54 a.m. PST
Shipments from "Sergeants Three"	5	24 Sep 2024 3:36 p.m. PST
Blackbeard's last action - Ocracoke	14	21 Sep 2024 6:56 a.m. PST
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Hector Barbossa	6	15 Aug 2024 4:31 p.m. PST
Blood & Plunder down Panama Way - DWG	3	27 Jul 2024 11:01 a.m. PST
Blood And Plunder AAR	2	27 Jun 2024 2:20 a.m. PST
Blood & Plunder Game - Big Eddy HGA - St. Louis	1	12 Jun 2024 9:21 a.m. PST
Elizabethan Privateering - Campaign rules?	6	22 Mar 2024 8:51 a.m. PST
Buildings for my TWI project	8	22 Mar 2024 7:28 a.m. PST
Two more Wargames Tables	5	08 Mar 2024 8:53 a.m. PST
Errors in the De Bellis Renationis Army Lists?	15	08 Feb 2024 3:14 a.m. PST
Female Pirates Reinf byOld School Figs (Wars of Ozz)	3	04 Feb 2024 8:07 a.m. PST
Rupert in the Jungle - campaign complete	5	01 Feb 2024 3:19 a.m. PST
28mm Teddy Bear Pirates	5	23 Jan 2024 6:39 p.m. PST
Teddy Bears Pirates and British soldiers.	9	23 Jan 2024 6:37 p.m. PST
The Golden Age of Piracy: The Truth Behind Pirate Myths	5	22 Jan 2024 3:46 p.m. PST
Lawlessness on the maritime frontier of the greater ...	1	18 Jan 2024 5:21 p.m. PST
There be Pirates in These Waters: How Pirates and Privateers	1	18 Dec 2023 9:08 p.m. PST
Whydah Gally - Pre-Bellamy	2	06 Dec 2023 9:40 a.m. PST
The Ship collection 3.0	1	03 Dec 2023 4:06 p.m. PST
Female Space Elf Pirate	3	21 Nov 2023 10:25 p.m. PST
Captain Teague	6	17 Nov 2023 3:14 p.m. PST
Hero of the last days.	6	04 Nov 2023 3:29 p.m. PST
Woodes Rogers' Delicia - finished	9	25 Sep 2023 1:27 p.m. PST
Sloop Marianne and Sultana Gally - Finished models	5	18 Sep 2023 6:17 a.m. PST
Space Pirates!	3	18 Aug 2023 3:26 p.m. PST
Whydah Gally scratchbuild model, finished!	13	12 Aug 2023 3:08 p.m. PST
There Be Pirates!	3	11 Aug 2023 3:08 p.m. PST
Firelock Games Pikemen	4	31 Jul 2023 7:36 a.m. PST
Naval warfare expert rates 9 sea battle tactics in ...	3	19 Jul 2023 3:06 p.m. PST
The Sloop "Dog" (B&P)	4	11 Jul 2023 5:25 p.m. PST
Whydah Gally tutorial pt 2	2	09 Jul 2023 9:50 a.m. PST
Battle Report: Buccaneer’s Companion Scenario – Arica	3	01 Jul 2023 3:16 p.m. PST
The Pirate Sloop "Dirty Oar"	10	24 Jun 2023 6:07 p.m. PST
Whydah Galley scratch-build cardboard model	6	20 Jun 2023 11:19 a.m. PST
The Pirate's Ketch "Morass"	8	11 Jun 2023 3:33 p.m. PST
Woodes Rogers' Ship Delicia	2	01 Jun 2023 10:47 a.m. PST
Scratchbuilding the Marianne and Sultana (Tutorial)	4	26 May 2023 5:10 a.m. PST
Painting my cardboard ships	9	17 May 2023 6:18 p.m. PST
Space Pirate Captain	5	13 May 2023 7:29 p.m. PST
Research questions, golden age of piracy, the Whydah	7	05 May 2023 7:45 a.m. PST
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B&P Lt Frigate	9	02 May 2023 9:22 a.m. PST
B&P Stone Tower	5	25 Apr 2023 5:44 p.m. PST
update on birdhouse ship conversion project	9	18 Apr 2023 2:31 p.m. PST
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paint jobs on early 18th century ships?	3	12 Apr 2023 9:57 a.m. PST
US Marine Attack on Derna. Uniforms of the Mercenaries?	10	10 Apr 2023 12:25 p.m. PST
Hebridean Piracy	1	05 Apr 2023 4:42 p.m. PST
cardboard boats and ships	18	31 Mar 2023 4:38 a.m. PST
Is there a QRS for Mad For War	8	14 Mar 2023 3:47 a.m. PST
DIY Ship Parts on the cheap	4	06 Mar 2023 11:11 a.m. PST
Making Polystyrene Sails (DIY)	3	04 Mar 2023 8:16 a.m. PST
B&P Brigantine	3	24 Feb 2023 12:06 a.m. PST
B&P Tartana	5	19 Feb 2023 7:18 p.m. PST
conversion project: a ship from a (ship-shaped) birdhouse	14	17 Feb 2023 6:04 a.m. PST
Giant Pirate game scheduled In Midwest City, OK.	4	30 Jan 2023 7:52 p.m. PST
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opponents/enemies for pirates in 1/72 plastic	10	24 Jan 2023 2:15 p.m. PST
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Blood and Plunder minis?	11	21 Dec 2022 6:46 p.m. PST
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Caribbean houses in paper for 15mmm?	5	09 Oct 2022 8:13 p.m. PST
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Best Pirate Novel? You guessed it....	15	26 Sep 2022 7:00 a.m. PST
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Last Stand of the Gentleman Pirate	5	14 Sep 2022 12:22 p.m. PST
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Blackbeard's Last Battle in 54mm	10	09 Sep 2022 6:55 p.m. PST
28mm Sail Boat	11	07 Aug 2022 5:36 p.m. PST
Oathmark Achipelago	3	16 Jul 2022 4:29 p.m. PST
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Donnybrook rules - where to find?	5	30 Jun 2022 12:17 p.m. PST
The HMS Penetrator	13	23 Jun 2022 9:13 p.m. PST
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