Pirates Campaign Part One: Trouble in the North
(This scenario and accompanying rules are subject to extreme volatility and may change completely at any moment)
Player Introduction: You must cooperate with your fellow players to bring as many pirates to justice (by capturing crew) as possible. Sail North to Edinburgh and deliver any captured pirates or information to the authorities there.
Special House Rules: A successful boarding action will capture instead of eliminate a pirate crew. Pirates may eliminate player crew normally.
Requirements:
Players: construct English fleets of up to 20 points each, and a 4 point crew.
Envoy/Venue: three pirate fleets and crew; a few extra pirate ships and crew; something resembling a map of the east coast of the UK, from London to Edinburgh (this can be made up of a bunch of islands).
Pirate fleets should be made up of 25 points in ships and 10 points in crew per player.
The main areas of conflict are:
- The Wash, a bay near Boston (UK, not MA)
- The Coast, a coastal area between Boston and Edinburgh
- The Firth of Forth, a large inlet
- The Wash
- The wash is a large bay filled with shallow coral reefs. Several pirate ships with some assorted crew should be here.
- The Coast
- Sailing along the coast is dangerous, especially in the fog! Scatter 10-12 fog cards along the table that the players must sail through. The second pirate fleet should be in this area as well. Additionally, each fog bank may be hiding another pirate ship! When a player ship approaches a fog bank, roll d6, on a 1-2 a pirate ship was hiding in the fog! These ships should be of between 5-15 points each, with random crew.
- The Firth of Forth
- The flagship of the pirate fleet should be located here, protected by the final fleet. This fleet should be tough, but not impossible for the players to beat. The flagship carries a special treasure, Documents, that contains proof of a coordinated pirate attack. Players should loot this proof and return it to the authorities in Edinburgh.
First place goes to the player that captures and returns the most pirates to the fort at Edinburgh.
Second place goes to the player that finds and delivers the Documents treasure to the authorities in Edinburgh.
I’ve been playing Pirates lately, and having some good amount of fun doing it. I’m working on being an envoy so I can run games with Lorien’s uncle S on Friday nights. In the meantime, check out this really cool tutorial on building islands for Pirates.