Firelock Games Release Blood & Plunder Solitaire Rules
May 8, 2020 by brennon
Firelock Games has now released a free PDF which comes with optional rules for playing games of Blood & Plunder by yourself! Solo Rules are in great demand right now and it's good to see so many companies coming up with ways for you to play your favourites games.
The rules linked above require the original Blood & Plunder Book in order to play but it does give you a nice way to tinker around with the game and perhaps play out some scenarios you've not had a chance to do before. As with anything solo, there will be some quirky bits here and there but it looks like a solid set of mechanics to get you going.
The world of Blood & Plunder is one which is ripe for storytelling and adventure, whether it's on the high seas or marauding across islands as you search for treasure. Because of these narrative cues and such, I think the game suits a solo experience as much as it does a competitive one.
I also like that this allows you to play the game in a cooperative manner too. Instead of teaching someone the game by going up against them and potentially taking out their kneecaps (metaphorically of course), you could instead introduce them to the game mechanics side-by-side with you as you take on the enemy.
Will you be giving these solitaire rules a go?
"I also like that this allows you to play the game in a cooperative manner too..."
Love this game and just printed the rules. Hoping for the best.
All the games or tabletop going single player. Its like videogames have had an impact on us. Seems like we had the multiplayer going on for a while so this seems fair.
I doubt it’s the effect of videogames… for many years now the top games in terms of userbase and revenue are all multiplayer/esports. Speaking for myself and the groups that I’ve played with for the past 20 years, we’ve reached a point in our lives with work/commute, plus kids and family activities that it’s nearly impossible to carve out a few hours even once a month to get together with others to game. Even if I find an opening but invariably my gaming buddies won’t be available, and vice versa. Solo gaming gives us an opportunity to still stay plugged… Read more »
The admiralty troops look great.
Nice.
Although the opponent is a bit rudimentary it is something.
I wonder what would happen if both forces were played by using this method.
It does make me think if we ever are going to see proper mechanics to simulate an opponent in tabletop skirmish games.
The trick will be finding a semi-random mechanism that determines plausible actions based on a few commander traits like experience and aggressivenes.
Another potentially interesting feature is the usea of an aggressive 3rd party or neutral civilians. Corespace does something like that, but it’d be interesting to see in games without zombies (or their mechanical equivalents)
Good stuff ?
I never played Blood and Plunder but knowing that I don’t need to convince friends to buy a copy of the game to play makes it way more attractive than games that are MP only.
Right! Now to fire up the printer and get stuck in….
Firelock Games is top notch! I knew they crack this but. ??