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Blood & Pigment PodcastEpisode 24 - Explosives in Blood & PlunderWe cover a lot in this episode. Join us for a full conversation on explosives in Blood & Plunder. They are special weapons only available to a few certain classes of units in Blood & Plunder. Firepots, Stinkpots and Grenadoes all perform special jobs in Blood & Plunder and can be very dynamic on the table. We discuss rules for each different explosive, and then how to is it well in a game. We have some big news and updates on the upcoming 2026 Blood & Plunder Kickstarter project from Firelock Games along with lots more Blood & Plunder chatter.
2025-11-241h 18Blood & Pigment PodcastEpisode 23 - 2025 Summer of Plunder Commander RoundtableJoin us for a mega episode where we have all (most) of the national commanders on for a debrief from the big Summer of Plunder campaign. Get reports from each commander on how the campaign went from each nation's perspective.
2025-10-131h 29Blood & Pigment PodcastEpisode 22 - Complete Blood & Plunder Ship OverviewDan, Joseph and Riley take a survey of all the ships currently available in Blood & Plunder. Starting with the Canoa and moving all the way through to the Galleon, we take a look at each ship, what it's good at, what makes it unique, which nations it might work especially well for and if it might be a good addition to your fleet.
2025-09-291h 01Blood & Pigment PodcastEpisode 21 - Making Your Ship Work: Managing Your Ship's CrewWe have lots to talk about on this episode! We discuss the Summer of Plunder conclusion, and Garrett's experiences as Gencon and Nashcon before jumping into our main topic: Crew Management. Running a ship well in Blood & Plunder takes some experience and finesse. You have lots of options, and lots of potential problems to manage once you make contact with the enemy. We talk through some of the common pitfalls and give some "expert tips" on building and managing a crew that will work well on your Blood & Plunder ship.
2025-08-301h 35Blood & Pigment PodcastEpisode 20 - Cavalry in Blood & PlunderIn this episode we take a deep dive into the topic of Cavalry in Blood & Plunder. What should you expect? How do they work? What do you need to be aware of? Which cavalry is best? What Nations and Factions can use cavalry?It's a small crew on this episode with Garrett and Joseph holding down the fort, but we charge into the topic with brace of pistols blazing.
2025-07-211h 33Blood & Pigment PodcastEpisode 19 - How Does Each Nation Play in Blood & Plunder?How does each nationality play within Blood & Plunder? How do the Spanish factions differ from the French and how are the Pirates unique? In this episode we walk through each nationality, covering what makes them unique, and hitting some of their top factions. If you're new to Blood & Plunder and trying to choose what models to buy, or if you've been playing one nationality for a while and you're curious about the other nations, this overview should be helpful!
2025-06-231h 29Blood & Pigment PodcastEpisode 18 - Favorite Blood & Plunder UnitsJoin hosts Garrett, Dan and Joseph for some Blood & Plunder conversations. In this episode we each pick our top 3 units in Blood & Plunder and discuss their strengths and weaknesses and how to use them on the table.We also run through hobby, history, and event news as usual. Enjoy the conversation!
2025-05-131h 14Blood & Pigment PodcastEpisode 17 - ADEPTICON 2025!Join the team in reviewing all the events, demos, tournaments and fun had playing Blood & Plunder and other games at Adepticon, 2025. Hosts on this show include Garrett, Dan, Joseph, Jason and Riley.
2025-04-101h 27Blood & Pigment PodcastEpisode 16 - Best Blood & Plunder Ship Purchase After Starter BoxHosts Garrett, Dan and Fernando get into into the nitty gritty of different ship types and talk about different great options for adding to your fleet after the Balandra and the Bermuda Sloop included in the starter kit. Last episode before our big Adepticon event!Timestamps:0:16 Intro1:19 Hobby Desk7:34 Tales of Glory and Shame15:15 Best Ship Purchase After Starter Box16:17 Garrett's Recommendation20:35 Dan's Recommendation29:12 Fernando's Recommendation42:49 Announcements
2025-03-1747 minBlood & Pigment PodcastEpisode 15 - The Blood & Plunder Force SurgeonThe Surgeon is in! In this episode we dissect some Blood & Plunder forces, chatting about potential weaknesses and ways to improve or modify. We take a look at three forces submitted from community members:1. Native American Creek Land 200pts2. Spanish Sea 150pts3. English Militia Land 150ptsWe also chat about hobby projects, recount tales of glory and shame, review upcoming events, and look at some of Firelock's upcoming projects.
2025-02-191h 16Blood & Pigment PodcastEpisode 14 - Amphibious B&P Games & New Year's PlunderlutionsHave Amphibious games of Blood & Plunder been hard to balance or set up well? Join Garrett, Dan, and Joseph for a discussion on making amphibious games fun and balanced in this episode.Other segments include:Hobby DeskTales of Glory & ShameAdepticon PrepPeek Behind the CurtainPainting Contest Updateand, shamelessly stolen from Tales of the Sale, New Year's Resolutions (henceforth to be referred to as "Plunderlutions").
2025-01-201h 03Blood & Pigment PodcastEpisode 13 - Errata 1.4 for Blood & Plunder!The big errata episode is here! The core rulebook is getting some corrections, updates, and balance changes and we're here to guide you through everything!With the whole podcasting crew on, we hit all the hot topics, breeze through the little fixes, detail any rules changes, and reflect on our experiences playtesting some of these new rules and pontificate on how we see this update affecting the meta in 2025. We also recount Tales of Shame & Glory, review our painting projects, talk about Dan's piratical experience at the Texas Renaissance Faire, and peek behind the curtain at some o...
2024-12-191h 43Blood & Pigment PodcastEpisode 12 - Playing Epic Multiplayer Blood & PlunderGarrett, Fernando and Joseph are back with more Blood & Plunder news, updates, and a big conversation about playing "convention" size 3-10 player games of Blood & Plunder.
2024-11-181h 03Blood & Pigment PodcastEpisode 11 - Favorite 3 Sea Factions in Blood & PlunderIn this episode, Garret, Joseph, and Daniel talk about their Top 3 Favorite Sea Factions for Blood and Plunder. There are some sudden twists, as well as tactics that many players may not have realized are possible!
2024-10-171h 23Blood & Pigment PodcastEpisode 10 - Favorite Land Factions in Blood & PlunderIn this episode Garrett, Dan, and Fernando go over their top 3 favorite Blood and Plunder land factions.
2024-09-161h 01Blood & Pigment PodcastEpisode 9.1 - Summer of Plunder Debrief with Bartosz, Commander of Native AmericansIn this bonus episode, Joseph sits down with Bartosz, Commander of the Native American team in the 2024 Summer of Plunder. Since Bartosz wasn't able to get in on the big roundtable discussion, we caught up to him later and got to chat about how the campaign went from the Native American team's perspective.
2024-08-2826 minBlood & Pigment PodcastEpisode 9 - Roundtable Chat with 2024 Summer of Plunder CommandersIn this special episode, Joseph and Jason host a roundtable discussion of the 2024 Summer of Plunder with (nearly) all the Commanders and 2nd in Commands for the 6 nations participating in the campaign this year. Each commander is asked how the campaign felt for them, what they focused on in their national chats, and why players should fight for them next year.Then we have a bit of open time for interaction and review of the diplomacy aspect of the campaign before touching on some possible changes for Summer of Plunder, 2025.Congratulations to the Dutch, led by M...
2024-08-261h 26Blood & Pigment PodcastThe Republic of Pirates - Plundering the Past Ep 1Join Dan and Joseph in a review of The Republic of Pirates by Colin Woodard. This title is one of the more well known and recent publications on the early 18th century pirates. It attempts to cut through some of the romance and legends and examine the Nassau pirates as they were, their backgrounds, influence on international politics, successes and failures and their ultimate place in history.
2024-08-0536 minBlood & Pigment PodcastEpisode 8 - Mike Tunez, Port Royal, & B&P Tactics of Elite vs Swarm ListsJoined by Firelock Games' own Mike Tunez, Dan, Garrett and Joseph get a full update on the goings on at Firelock Games, including updates on Blood & Plunder, Port Royal and Oak & Iron.After getting the exclusive scoop, we have a great conversation on tactics in Blood & Plunder. Swarm lists (many cheap models) have been strong for a long time in Blood & Plunder, but Elite lists (fewer, high cost models) have been placing high at tournaments as well. Fighting against these extremes on the Force Building spectrum can be challenging! With Mike's great insight, we got over some...
2024-07-151h 37Blood & Pigment PodcastEpisode 7 - Sails & Rigging for Blood & Plunder Ship and Summer of Plunder UpdateHosts Garrett, Dan and Joseph finish the mini-series on building Blood & Plunder ships by discussing techniques and methods for creating sails and rigging. We also review the Enfilade convention and give some updates on the in-progress 2024 Summer of Plunder, seen from various perspectives as Spanish Commander, Pirate Commander a one of the Campaign Managers.
2024-07-011h 05Blood & Pigment PodcastEpisode 6 - Getting your Blood & Plunder Ship Table Ready and Summer of Plunder PreviewThe whole crew is here with Garrett, Dan, Joseph and Fernando on deck! First we do a quick walkthrough of the upcoming 2024 Summer of Plunder campaign event, and then we share our various processes for preparing, building and painting a Blood & Plunder ship so it's ready for the gaming table.
2024-05-231h 02Blood & Pigment PodcastEpisode 5 - Updates to No Peace Beyond the Line & Some Book ReviewsGarrett, Dan, Fernando and Joseph look at the recent changes in the new reprint of the No Peace Beyond the Line expansion for Blood & Plunder. Lots of great tales of games and hobby work, along with some reviews of books related to Blood & Plunder.
2024-05-031h 29Blood & Pigment PodcastEpisode 4 - AdeptiCon 2024 Recap with Special Guest Josh ShivakGarrett and Dan are joined by Josh Shivak to recap the Blood & Plunder experience at AdeptiCon 2024,
2024-04-0847 minBlood & Pigment PodcastEpisode 3 - How to Run a Blood & Plunder Demo & Adepticon PreviewJoined by special guest Tyler Stone, regular hosts Garrett, Dan and Joseph go over details of the Blood & Plunder and Oak & Iron opportunities & events that will be taking place at Adepticon 2024, and then have an in-depth discussion on how to run a fun and effective demo of Blood & Plunder for new players.Additional conversation covers upcoming events, reenactments, related books, painting projects, and news from across the Blood & Plunder community.
2024-03-091h 15Blood & Pigment PodcastEpisode 2 - Portuguese & Painting with Special Guest Fernando ArteagaHosts Garrett, Dan and Joseph are joined by special guest Fernando Arteaga. In this episode we review the Portuguese factions in Blood & Plunder, then interview Fernando on his upcoming work on the Portuguese in a future release for Blood & Plunder, then grill him on his excellent painting techniques.
2024-02-161h 18Blood & Pigment PodcastEpisode 1 - Resin Miniatures & Pirates vs. Brethren of the CoastGarrett, Dan & Joseph discuss the new resin Blood & Plunder miniatures, discuss the news for the game, and compare the Brethren of the Coast and Golden Age Pirate factions.
2024-02-0558 minBlood & Pigment PodcastEpisode 0 - Introduction to the Blood & Pigment PodcastA new Blood & Plunder podcast is starting! Dan, Garrett and Joseph introduce the podcast, go over the basics of what Blood & Plunder is, and outline some plans for the podcast.
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No Dice, No Glory Podcast PageNo Dice No Glory Episode 150: Tales of the Sail Episode 39 - Interview with Mike Tunez and Joseph ForsterJoin Regulars Garrett Swader, Glenn Van Meter and Tom Mullane for an Interview and overview of upcoming plans for Firelock and the folks at Blood and Pigment. New plastics are discussed as well as what we've been up to since the last record. Listen in and get some minis painted!
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