Pirate Tabletop RPGs To Sail The Seven Seas With
Yar har, fiddle dee dee! We’re taking to the seas and becoming swashbucklers with these pirate tabletop RPGs.
When was your pirate phase? Because let’s be honest, lots of us had (or are having) a ‘pirates are pretty cool’ phase. And you know what? Pirates can be pretty cool! So this week let’s go on some seafaring, swashbuckling adventures and check out a few pirate themed tabletop RPGs.
PIRATE BORG
Brought to you by the same people who made (and compatible with) MORK BORG, PIRATE BORG is a D20 based, rules-light RPG full of shits, monsters, and pirate adventures. Some pirate games may play it a bit light-hearted and downplay all of the… You know… Piracy. But PIRATE BORG leans right into it. Pillage, plunder, pilfer, get paid, get a bigger ship and start again. Will your character die along the way? Probably, piracy is a dangerous business. But luckily, rolling up a new one is pretty quick.
Oh Captain, My Captain!
Oh Captain, My Captain! is a little less of a traditional tabletop RPG, and more of a story told cooperatively. Players draw cards from a deck with open-ended questions. As they answer questions, they explore more about their characters, their world, their captain, and the adventure they all find themselves on together. This is an imaginative, creative, and open-ended approach to RPGs that could work as a fun and satisfying stand-alone game, or a session zero of something bigger.
Swashbucklers of the 7 Skies
Sure, the ocean is okay. But what if we put our pirates in the sky?! Swashbucklers of the 7 Skies takes all of the piracy, intrigue, ships, and of course, swashbuckling from cloud-island to cloud-island. The world of this game is richly detailed and thoughtful, and the gameplay utilizes the PDQ system.
Honor + Intrigue
Honor + Intrigue is a pirate tabletop RPG that’s a little inspired by Hollywood tropes, a little by history, and really just focuses on whatever will be the most fun in a game. Taking place in the 17th century, players are thrown into a dangerous, cruel world where they’ll have to laugh at danger and fight back against injustice. You’re encouraged to be a little cinematic and over-the-top, so if your heart says to swing on that chandelier, definitely do it!
Airship Pirates
More sky pirates?! Yes! They’re a fun concept and I love them!
The year is 2150 and after the Great Apocalypse of 1906 the people of Earth are starting to bounce back. Steampunk sky-cities welcome ships from the Air Navy and below is wilderness, wastelands, and overcrowded, walled cities. So get yourself an airship, a crew, and a bunch of old-timey high-tech gadgets, and get to plundering.
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