Friday, 5 September 2025

Pirate Borg roleplaying game

 

The lads adrift at sea

Recently the lads and I have been playing a mini campaign of Pirate Borg using the excellent roleplaying ruleset (modified by my homegrown D20 ruleset of course).

If you haven't ever seen it, Pirate Borg from Limithron is a fantastic setting using the Mork Borg d20 lite ruleset located in the haunted Carribean. The book is a wealth of information with easily accessible charts that make running any pirate based roleplaying game incredibly easy.

So inspired and busy have I been in painting up miniatures, scenery, critters, boats and ships, that I haven't had time to post on the blog. So here is a summary of last Sunday's game where the lads escaped the Abyss, were attached by a ghost kraken met and traded with a Mermaid, came across an uninhabited island, then went to another island and ended up in a tidal Blue Pool where they were attached by Murder Crabs. Finally, they used coconuts to make cocktails from their run suppliers. And yes, the lads are all playing as Skeleton Pirates, because why not? It's a long story!

Anyway, enjoy the photos of their meanderings.

Murder Crabs!



"Ah, it's got my leg!"










Cresting the only hill on the deserted island





Exhausted, their NPC takes a rest at the tiller whilst the lads go exploring.




All the miniatures here are from Reaper Miniatures. The terrain is scratch built or cheap stuff I found in the $2 store. The mat is a Games Workshop Dreadfleet cloth mat.

Hi boys, have you seen my sister?




These waters are treacherous!


"I think I see something moving under the boat."








Back to more painting!