Yo Ho Ho And A Bottle Of Rum

Another of the Sarissa sets was some pub and shop signs.  The biggest of these is for The Drunken Parrot - the new name for the public house next time we play a Pirates game with my wooden frame buildings.

I also painted up a smaller Red Lion sign to fix to the pub in Walmington-on-Sea.

Keira Knightley in 28mm

One day I will also put on another pirate figures game... an extra incentive is this new governor's daughter figure which could provide some good rescue/capture scenarios:

Did you spill my pint? - 2 July 2008

Have you heard the one about the governor who walks into a pub? Perhaps emboldened by the personal escort of five marines, he climbs on to the bar and accidentally knocks over a pint. Looking down from the bar, he sees the owner of that pint... and his big, black beard.

The ensuing fist fight between Governor Flack's men (Pugh, Barley McGrew, Cuthbert Dibble and Grubb) and Edward Teach and his gang, was swift and bloody. Bottles flew across the inn - and were patiently swept up by the barmen as they crashed harmlessly against walls.


After the governor and two marines were knocked out, the remaining marines legged it. The victorious pirates felt somewhat sheepish when they realised that one of their two losses was Blackbeard himself. But a win for Adrian, Kieron and James, over Andy, David and Stuart - the first full turn-out for many months.

We then had a game of Carcassonne with the Inns & Cathedrals extension. We hadn't played this at a games night for years. A clever game with lots of options and opportunities to make your own luck. In a completely unconnected way, Kieron had a massive win with 136 points, David 102, Adrian 96, James 94, Stuart 73 and Andy 32.

Steal that ship! - 18 June 2008

Our first game using Warhammer Historical's Legends of the High Seas. This is the pirate remix of Legends of the Old West so we were already familiar with the rules. James and Kieron's crew entered a port intent on stealing the pirate ship defended by David and Adrian. The port comprised a set of painted resin buildings that James recently liberated from eBay.

The players quickly realised that the flintlock weapons weren't much use, being not very accurate (we might have to look at a rule modification for that) and taking a turn to reload. So hand-to-hand was the way ahead, and the attackers left the relative safety of the port buildings to attack the shipmates on the dock.

Quite a few losses on both sides and Adrian's character "Black Eyed Pea" deserves a mention for his double cutlass action and use of fame points to finish off James' figures. But the attackers eventually won when they satisfied the victory condition of having more sailors on or within 6" of the ship that the defenders.