Shiver me timbers! - a 7TV Pirate game

I have a lot of old Foundry pirate figures with which we used to play Warhammer Historical's "Legends of the High Seas".  I was delighted to see a lot of pirate profiles in the recent 7TV Fantasy Genre Guide so put a couple of casts together to try it out.

The Heroes comprised a Dashing Rogue star, Enchanting Beauty co-star, a Freebooter Captain, a Freebooter Bosun and three Sailors.  The Villains were co-stars Callous Corsair and Greedy Governor, with a Cursed Pirate Captain, a Cursed Pirate Bosun and three Cursed Pirates.

The 3 feet square layout had some old buildings, a few trees and a very small coastline.

And in the centre was the legendary pirate pub, the Drunken Parrot!

The casts were deployed within 10 inches of the opposite corners bottom right and top left.  Along the other diagonal were randomly placed three chests - one empty, one full of gold and one full of skulls.  Opening the chest with the gold would reveal Davy Jones' Chest maguffin, and the skulls the Treasure Map, following a successful roll against the Cursed Treasure adventure trope on page 151 of the Core Rulebook.  We played with Fantasy script cards and Fantasy props.

I had initiative in the first turn with the Heroes but the script card required all my characters take a Spirit test to activate, which they pretty much all failed.  Pushing forward on her own, the Enchanting Beauty took cover behind some boxes of snuff and barrels of rum.

Kieron's Villains had a better start and made good progress towards two of the chests.  In my second turn, my cast woke up and started progressing.  Before Kieron's pirates could reach the Chest outside the pub, the already well-advanced Beauty stole the scene and opened the chest to reveal Davy Jones' locker.  Given her lack of support she then started retreating back towards her crew.

The villains began to chase her to recover the loot and nearer the coast, Cursed Captain Blackbeard was filled with rage as he found his chest was filled with nowt.

Giving up their firearm advantage, Kieron's cast ran into the town square, pinning the hero pirates, and a huge melee ensued.  Kieron deployed the "Royal Crown" prop which knocked most of the Heroes down, but they were not out.

The Heroic Star finally got involved in the action shooting the Greedy Governor from distance, eventually despatching him.

The Freebooter bosun used (appropriately enough) his free seven league boots to bound across and open the remaining chest, despite now knowing it contained cursed treasure.  Fortunately, the curse was merely an earth tremor that he easily withstood (those sea legs serving him well) and he took the Treasure Map.

The Enchanting Beauty lived up to her billing and bewitched the Callous Corsair twice but both times failed to entice him to successfully land a blow on one of his own Sailors.  When the spell was broken, the Corsair and the bosun eventually took out the Beauty and she dropped the chest.

However, the Villains' losses were piling up and the cast was axed and the remnants ran away before they could recover Davy Jones' Chest from where it lay, resulting in an Epic Victory for the Heroes.

We had a fun game and I was pleased that 7TV Fantasy enabled me to get these figures back out again.  The profiles worked well and the only change I would make next time is to have bigger casts with some Sea Dogs for the Heroes and more Cursed Pirates for the Villains.