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Hi all! Please take a moment to have alook at our fantasy pirate game Pirates of the Dread Sea, which comes to Kickstarter tonight at 8pm BST/7pm UTC.




Pirates of the Dread Sea launches on Kickstarter at 8pm BST (7pm UTC) today, the 22nd July. You can pledge for the Human crew, the Undead crew, the rulebook, or the whole shebang!











You can also download the beta version of our rules right not for free from the Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/687257624962365/

Some nice looking models - I will check it out

Looks very similar to the terrain board that Luke from Lukesaps was making, very nice job if you did it , kudos if you had him do it.

Models are looking slick too

 Theophony wrote:
Looks very similar to the terrain board that Luke from Lukesaps was making, very nice job if you did it , kudos if you had him do it.

Models are looking slick too

It IS that board. Luke did an awesome job making it for us!

I love me some pirate lads and lassies. Pledged for a human crew to bolster my Blood and Plunder crew... Awesome!

Link to the KS

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/chappellm/pirates-of-the-dread-sea?ref=project_facebook&fbclid=IwAR1o7PMdYOobti0SI7lITwsHcJOW3uUpg4crJJ6PIX2UBEYWtDgsNqMrI8w

I may need this chef....

 Sikil wrote:
I love me some pirate lads and lassies. Pledged for a human crew to bolster my Blood and Plunder crew... Awesome!

Thanks! Welcome aboard!




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kestral wrote:I may need this chef....

I'm biased, but I'm pretty sure EVERYONE needs that chef.

Kid_Kyoto wrote:Link to the KS

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/chappellm/pirates-of-the-dread-sea?ref=project_facebook&fbclid=IwAR1o7PMdYOobti0SI7lITwsHcJOW3uUpg4crJJ6PIX2UBEYWtDgsNqMrI8w

Cheers for adding that !

I'm seeing Black Scorpion here, is that correct?

 Grot 6 wrote:
I'm seeing Black Scorpion here, is that correct?

No, there's no connection between us and Black Scorpion, though they do indeed have a fantasy pirate miniatures range. We're Dead Earth Games, this being our second game following Across the Dead Earth and based on that system.

My wife and I are in - but with only eight days to go, not looking too good.

Which is a damned shame, I want the undead and the bokor.

The Auld Grump

 TheAuldGrump wrote:
My wife and I are in - but with only eight days to go, not looking too good.

Which is a damned shame, I want the undead and the bokor.

The Auld Grump

Looking at it the other way, it's only been running 3 days so is just about on track. Though a lot tighter than I would like!

Thanks very much for backing!

 DeadEarthRich wrote:

 TheAuldGrump wrote:
My wife and I are in - but with only eight days to go, not looking too good.

Which is a damned shame, I want the undead and the bokor.

The Auld Grump

Looking at it the other way, it's only been running 3 days so is just about on track. Though a lot tighter than I would like!

Thanks very much for backing!

Yeah... pretty sure you may have cut it too close. (My wife is definitely of the opinion that you cut it too close.)

I think you need a bit more exposure to pull off a really short KS, or be very limited in scale.

This thread is the only reason that I know about the project - and it was not on the front page of the forum when I noticed it.

I posted on the Reaper forums about this - there are a fair number of undead pirate fans among our number.

Hopefully that gives you a boost.

I have also let other folks in my game groups know - but not with much success - Megan isn't the only person that thinks the notice was too short.

Easier for Megan and I than others, at least - we were already familiar because of your previous dwarf pirate KS. (My wife is currently playing a halfling pirate witch... but your female dwarf pirate made the choice a close one.)

The Auld Grump

 TheAuldGrump wrote:

 DeadEarthRich wrote:

 TheAuldGrump wrote:
My wife and I are in - but with only eight days to go, not looking too good.

Which is a damned shame, I want the undead and the bokor.

The Auld Grump

Looking at it the other way, it's only been running 3 days so is just about on track. Though a lot tighter than I would like!

Thanks very much for backing!

Yeah... pretty sure you may have cut it too close. (My wife is definitely of the opinion that you cut it too close.)

I think you need a bit more exposure to pull off a really short KS, or be very limited in scale.

This thread is the only reason that I know about the project - and it was not on the front page of the forum when I noticed it.

I posted on the Reaper forums about this - there are a fair number of undead pirate fans among our number.

Hopefully that gives you a boost.

I have also let other folks in my game groups know - but not with much success - Megan isn't the only person that thinks the notice was too short.

Easier for Megan and I than others, at least - we were already familiar because of your previous dwarf pirate KS. (My wife is currently playing a halfling pirate witch... but your female dwarf pirate made the choice a close one.)

The Auld Grump

I'll reply to your post on Reaper too as I signed up there . Thanks for sharing with people. You and Megan may well be right, but I'm going to put all my effort into getting this out to as many people as possible this weekend and will be adding some videos of the actual gameplay too.

Sharign this ont he red Box games FB page. this looks great! well done!

This looks great, you can never have enough pirates.

I wanted to back but apparently not allowed to use my Discover card for UK campaigns... will back later tonight with a different card

I think it’s well on track and nothing to worry about at present.
Over half way with plenty of time left.
And there’s always the final 48 push, where watchers make a final decision.

Love some of the models, though I’ve already got two Black Scorpion crews so not sure I can justify a third.

 tre manor wrote:
Sharign this ont he red Box games FB page. this looks great! well done!

Thanks man, that's great. Not sure if you know but I've backed you in the past too :-)


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 Necros wrote:
This looks great, you can never have enough pirates.

I wanted to back but apparently not allowed to use my Discover card for UK campaigns... will back later tonight with a different card

That's a pain, thanks for the support!


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Danny76 wrote:
I think it’s well on track and nothing to worry about at present.
Over half way with plenty of time left.
And there’s always the final 48 push, where watchers make a final decision.

Love some of the models, though I’ve already got two Black Scorpion crews so not sure I can justify a third.

Thanks! Always room on the shelf for the right minis though...also make sure to check out our beta rules as Black Scorpion minis will work great.

I’ll certsinly take a look as it was Legends of the High Seas I originally got them for the old Warhammer Historical, but no one plays that really..

Danny76 wrote:
I’ll certsinly take a look as it was Legends of the High Seas I originally got them for the old Warhammer Historical, but no one plays that really..

Great! We're hoping to build a real community of players around this one, and I'll be supporting it every way I can, including travelling to clubs, shows and shops all over the UK.

The Kcikstarter ends this Friday and we're nearly funded so don't forget to pledge!

Barring too many cancellations we are now funded! That doesn't mean you can't still pledge though - you've only got until 6pm

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/chappellm/pirates-of-the-dread-sea

When will this be ready for general release?

 Grot 6 wrote:
When will this be ready for general release?

November. :-)

I intend to put pre-orders up at www.deadearth.co.uk soon. I'll post here when I have.

Dammit, I missed out on this. I don't suppose there is a late backer option available at all?