Blood & Plunder - First Time Playing

My buddy invited me over his place for a game of Blood and Plunder. I've never played the rules before, but the GM has hosted the game many times over the years at our various gaming days and also at Enfilade. I'm usually hosting my own games during these events, so never had a chance to play it until today. Additionally, the GM, Adam Horton, is the local rep for the game - which is based out of Florida.

It was a four player game, I was on the side of pirates and native troops versus British regulars and their allied native troops. The objective was for the pirates to find and rescue hostages held in one of the buildings in enemy territory.

The mechanics are pretty smooth and farily easy to pick up. It is card driven to determine order of play, and also how many actions can be taken. Actual actions use D10's to resolve shooting, melee, and wounds, etc.

Pirates in the foreground advancing forward.

All the units started with 6 figures. I had two units of pirates and a unit of African tribal warriors. My first move was to have the African use their bows as they do not incur a reload.

My two pirate units were able to assault into and occupy two buildings early on. However, the hostages were not located in those. Of course, by the process of elimination, we figured out which of the remaining buildings had the hostages.

A unit of British horse coming on the table after successfully activating them on. My unit of tribal warriors in cover. They took some casualties from pistol fire, but actually ended up surviving the game.

The building on the left held the hostages, and the British and their allies occupied the area.

Since we knew the game would be 6 turns, the other pirate player and I assaulted the building with hostages. We ended up securing the two hostages (the two in dressers), and killing off one of the British units guarding them. The rules are quite enjoyable, and I would have no hesitation playing them again.

I managed to paint the metal parts and muskets for the ECW foots prior to heading out the game today. Thanks for stopping by, and best wishes to you all!