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28mm Wargames Atlantic Conquistador and Renaissance Cavalry	4	08 Dec 2024 4:24 a.m. PST
You Decide: "Blood & Plunder Really The Best?"	12	25 Nov 2024 7:33 a.m. PST
Got Ink?	24	13 Nov 2024 2:03 p.m. PST
Pirates of the Mississippi	15	08 Nov 2024 7:10 a.m. PST
Another go at Galleys and Galleons	6	30 Oct 2024 4:54 a.m. PST
Shipments from "Sergeants Three"	5	24 Sep 2024 2:36 p.m. PST
Best Pirate Movie?	38	21 Sep 2024 8:50 p.m. PST
Blackbeard's last action - Ocracoke	14	21 Sep 2024 5:56 a.m. PST
Blog Update: "Projects, and People, and Pirates! Oh my!"	3	16 Aug 2024 3:37 a.m. PST
Hector Barbossa	6	15 Aug 2024 3:31 p.m. PST
Blood & Plunder down Panama Way - DWG	3	27 Jul 2024 10:01 a.m. PST
Blood And Plunder AAR	2	27 Jun 2024 1:20 a.m. PST
Blood & Plunder Game - Big Eddy HGA - St. Louis	1	12 Jun 2024 8:21 a.m. PST
Elizabethan Privateering - Campaign rules?	6	22 Mar 2024 7:51 a.m. PST
Buildings for my TWI project	8	22 Mar 2024 6:28 a.m. PST
Two more Wargames Tables	5	08 Mar 2024 7:53 a.m. PST
Errors in the De Bellis Renationis Army Lists?	15	08 Feb 2024 2:14 a.m. PST
Female Pirates Reinf byOld School Figs (Wars of Ozz)	3	04 Feb 2024 7:07 a.m. PST
Rupert in the Jungle - campaign complete	5	01 Feb 2024 2:19 a.m. PST
28mm Teddy Bear Pirates	5	23 Jan 2024 5:39 p.m. PST
Teddy Bears Pirates and British soldiers.	9	23 Jan 2024 5:37 p.m. PST
The Golden Age of Piracy: The Truth Behind Pirate Myths	5	22 Jan 2024 2:46 p.m. PST
Lawlessness on the maritime frontier of the greater ...	1	18 Jan 2024 4:21 p.m. PST
There be Pirates in These Waters: How Pirates and Privateers	1	18 Dec 2023 8:08 p.m. PST
Whydah Gally - Pre-Bellamy	2	06 Dec 2023 8:40 a.m. PST
The Ship collection 3.0	1	03 Dec 2023 3:06 p.m. PST
Female Space Elf Pirate	3	21 Nov 2023 9:25 p.m. PST
Captain Teague	6	17 Nov 2023 2:14 p.m. PST
Hero of the last days.	6	04 Nov 2023 2:29 p.m. PST
Woodes Rogers' Delicia - finished	9	25 Sep 2023 12:27 p.m. PST
Sloop Marianne and Sultana Gally - Finished models	5	18 Sep 2023 5:17 a.m. PST
Space Pirates!	3	18 Aug 2023 2:26 p.m. PST
Whydah Gally scratchbuild model, finished!	13	12 Aug 2023 2:08 p.m. PST
There Be Pirates!	3	11 Aug 2023 2:08 p.m. PST
Firelock Games Pikemen	4	31 Jul 2023 6:36 a.m. PST
Naval warfare expert rates 9 sea battle tactics in ...	3	19 Jul 2023 2:06 p.m. PST
The Sloop "Dog" (B&P)	4	11 Jul 2023 4:25 p.m. PST
Whydah Gally tutorial pt 2	2	09 Jul 2023 8:50 a.m. PST
Battle Report: Buccaneer’s Companion Scenario – Arica	3	01 Jul 2023 2:16 p.m. PST
The Pirate Sloop "Dirty Oar"	10	24 Jun 2023 5:07 p.m. PST
Whydah Galley scratch-build cardboard model	6	20 Jun 2023 10:19 a.m. PST
The Pirate's Ketch "Morass"	8	11 Jun 2023 2:33 p.m. PST
Woodes Rogers' Ship Delicia	2	01 Jun 2023 9:47 a.m. PST
Scratchbuilding the Marianne and Sultana (Tutorial)	4	26 May 2023 4:10 a.m. PST
Painting my cardboard ships	9	17 May 2023 5:18 p.m. PST
Space Pirate Captain	5	13 May 2023 6:29 p.m. PST
Research questions, golden age of piracy, the Whydah	7	05 May 2023 6:45 a.m. PST
Campaign Battle Report – Run with the Loot	4	04 May 2023 11:43 a.m. PST
B&P Lt Frigate	9	02 May 2023 8:22 a.m. PST
B&P Stone Tower	5	25 Apr 2023 4:44 p.m. PST
update on birdhouse ship conversion project	9	18 Apr 2023 1:31 p.m. PST
Pirate army list for Pikeman´s Lament?	4	13 Apr 2023 6:53 a.m. PST
paint jobs on early 18th century ships?	3	12 Apr 2023 8:57 a.m. PST
US Marine Attack on Derna. Uniforms of the Mercenaries?	10	10 Apr 2023 11:25 a.m. PST
Hebridean Piracy	1	05 Apr 2023 3:42 p.m. PST
cardboard boats and ships	18	31 Mar 2023 3:38 a.m. PST
Is there a QRS for Mad For War	8	14 Mar 2023 2:47 a.m. PST
DIY Ship Parts on the cheap	4	06 Mar 2023 10:11 a.m. PST
Making Polystyrene Sails (DIY)	3	04 Mar 2023 7:16 a.m. PST
B&P Brigantine	3	23 Feb 2023 11:06 p.m. PST
B&P Tartana	5	19 Feb 2023 6:18 p.m. PST
conversion project: a ship from a (ship-shaped) birdhouse	14	17 Feb 2023 5:04 a.m. PST
Giant Pirate game scheduled In Midwest City, OK.	4	30 Jan 2023 6:52 p.m. PST
Is Blood & Plunder really the best pirate rules?	22	30 Jan 2023 4:55 p.m. PST
opponents/enemies for pirates in 1/72 plastic	10	24 Jan 2023 1:15 p.m. PST
Blood & Plunder: 11% say it's the best!	6	22 Jan 2023 6:57 p.m. PST
Who makes a Female figure in 18th C military garb ?	37	12 Jan 2023 11:24 p.m. PST
Pirates - constructible strategy game (Pirates CSG)	9	07 Jan 2023 4:05 a.m. PST
Don't forget the Sandras!	116	23 Dec 2022 11:12 a.m. PST
Blood and Plunder minis?	11	21 Dec 2022 5:46 p.m. PST
Difference between a Piragua and a Shallop?	13	14 Nov 2022 6:22 p.m. PST
18mm Barbary pirates?	7	07 Nov 2022 11:09 a.m. PST
Photo Survey of Fort Caroline Florida	5	02 Nov 2022 4:33 p.m. PST
Salt Pork, Ship's Biscuit and Burgoo: Sea Provisions...	5	25 Oct 2022 2:46 p.m. PST
Caribbean houses in paper for 15mmm?	5	09 Oct 2022 7:13 p.m. PST
Cheap pirate ship for 18-20mm figures?	16	05 Oct 2022 12:36 a.m. PST
Best Pirate Novel? You guessed it....	15	26 Sep 2022 6:00 a.m. PST
Talk Like a Pirate Day	8	20 Sep 2022 8:23 a.m. PST
You prefer historric generric, arrgh!	1	15 Sep 2022 9:14 p.m. PST
Last Stand of the Gentleman Pirate	5	14 Sep 2022 11:22 a.m. PST
good sources for accurate historic pirate ships?	10	11 Sep 2022 3:49 p.m. PST
Blackbeard's Last Battle in 54mm	10	09 Sep 2022 5:55 p.m. PST
28mm Sail Boat	11	07 Aug 2022 4:36 p.m. PST
Oathmark Achipelago	3	16 Jul 2022 3:29 p.m. PST
Kitbash of a Hobby Lobby Find for 25mm Pirates	9	15 Jul 2022 10:36 a.m. PST
Review, Opinions, And A Bottle of Rum?	3	30 Jun 2022 11:21 a.m. PST
Donnybrook rules - where to find?	5	30 Jun 2022 11:17 a.m. PST
The HMS Penetrator	13	23 Jun 2022 8:13 p.m. PST
“The Goonies” Shipwreck Found (True story)	7	22 Jun 2022 2:13 p.m. PST
Alpine Gnome Pirate Steam Tank	1	01 Jun 2022 8:09 p.m. PST
Blood & Plunder Online Community Campaign	2	01 Jun 2022 3:17 p.m. PST
Piratenturm	8	31 May 2022 2:57 p.m. PST
Hunting Chui-A-poo: The Royal Navy’s Suppression of Piracy	5	29 Apr 2022 2:44 p.m. PST
Science Pirates	10	07 Apr 2022 3:50 a.m. PST
Who makes a 28mm Yellowbeard?	5	04 Apr 2022 5:09 a.m. PST
Flashing Steel Ranged Combat Question	6	31 Mar 2022 6:19 p.m. PST
Japanese pirates: Scheltrum Miniatures' Wako Review	4	10 Mar 2022 2:13 p.m. PST
Adobe buildings for San Miguel and other places	5	10 Mar 2022 3:01 a.m. PST
Tacos and Tequila in Purgatory/ San Miguel	9	04 Mar 2022 3:49 a.m. PST
Who makes a 28mm Grace O’Malley?	5	14 Feb 2022 4:21 a.m. PST