A scurvy ridden, rules light, art heavy RPG based on Mörk Borg. Inspired by history, fantasy, horror, & rum.
Latest Updates from Our Project:
THE PIRATE BORG EXPANSION IS LIVE!
18 days ago
– Tue, Sep 17, 2024 at 06:06:19 AM
AHOY!
Wow, it's been a great ride since the launch of Pirate Borg. Tens of thousands of people are now playing it at conventions, in-game stores and in their gaming groups. We are proud to announce our next MAJOR update to the game with not just 1 new thing...but 15! Hope you enjoy the new Kickstarter because...
All backers who back in the first 48 hours will receive the Dark Caribbean Port Generator PDF for free. In addition, if you back at any physical level, you'll also receive our LOST SOUL iron-on patch!
Thank you for all your support these last years! Please come join our discord and let us know how your games have been: https://discord.gg/7xaDmyZ
Luke | Limithron
Announcing PIRATE BORG: Down Among the Dead
2 months ago
– Fri, Jul 26, 2024 at 12:19:59 PM
AHOY!
DOWN AMONG THE DEAD
Our first expansion for PIRATE BORG, titled Down Among the Dead, is headed to Kickstarter just in time for Talk Like a Pirate day in September, and it's absolutely crammed with new content. Here's one of the spreads:
CABIN FEVER
The hardcover book compiling the winners from our CABIN FEVER itch.io jam will also be available as part of the Kickstarter.
PIRATE BORG ACCESSORIES
A trove of additional gaming accessories will also be available, including:
5-panel GM screen
Devil’s Luck metal d2 coins
Original dice sets
Naval combat tokens
Neoprene water hex mat — perfect of naval combat battles
VERY IMPORTANT PIRATES
Finally, we've partnered with LaunchBoom to offer some really cool stuff, even before the Kickstarter launches:
Early previews of content & reservations.
Special bonus swag for VIP reservations, including a Charon's Obol d2 coin.
More reveals as we get closer to our September launch!
Errata stickers, replacement cards, and 2nd printing Pirate Borg books are in the warehouse. You can read more about the errata here.
Our online store will launch to the public on Talk Like a Pirate Day 9/19/23, but you all have early access to it RIGHT NOW via the password “pirate”. There you can add the errata sticker and/or the card to your cart for free. Our fulfillment partner, Flying Cloud, has graciously offered to help us out with this whole thing. If you add just the sticker and/or the card to your cart, shipping is only $1.50 to USA addresses, and is cheap as we could get it for international addresses.
IF YOU WANT A 2ND PRINTING BOOK: There are 300 copies of the 2nd printing of the book in our warehouse. Everyone that requested a replacement copy of the printed book earlier this year should have received an email and a discount code to redeem the replacement book for free (plus shipping). The rest are available for purchase, first come first serve. If for some reason we sell out, you can preorder it from Free League or get it in retail on TLAP Day. Reminder:using the coupon is optional. Many of you mentioned wanting to purchase a 2nd printing book to help us out with the reprint costs. This is the way to do so, and you can’t even know how much we appreciate your support!
We still have LOTS of copies of the 1st printing in the warehouse. LOTS. If you buy a new 1st printing book or the reference cards they will automatically ship with the sticker and/or replacement card from here on, so no need to add them to your cart.
Printed versions of Buried in the Bahamas, The Sinking of C’thagn, The Battle of Dead Man’s Cove, and Limithron’s Guide to Naval Combat for 5e are all in the warehouse. Adding them to your order will save you on shipping and help us recover from the errata costs. Orders over $100 will get free domestic (USA) shipping by using the coupon code “FREESHIP”.
For now, everything is shipping from our US warehouse. That means you might need to pay import fees on it if you aren’t in the USA. I’m sorry, but that’s all we can manage at the moment. We hope to turn on fulfillment from the EU and UK again later this year.
We’ve added clothing to the store! These items are print-on-demand and will ship 100% separately from the books and errata stuff. But they do still help us out. And I think they look pretty cool… I ordered a hoodie and two shirts for myself!
IF YOU REQUESTED A FULL REFUND: You should have received an email. You may keep your Kickstarter rewards. We ask that you give them to someone that might want to play Pirate Borg. We will not be refunding shipping or Kickstarter payment fees.
TALK LIKE A PIRATE DAY
September 19th is International Talk Like a Pirate Day, and the official release date for PIRATE BORG!!!
We are teaming up with retailers around the world to have launch day events. Participating retailers will have FREE Pirate Borg swag and zines to hand out. Some will also be running in store events. If your store (or a store you know) would like to participate, go here.
It is also the release date for 3 newly printed Pirate Borg adventures: Buried in the Bahamas, The Sinking of C’Thagn, and The Battle of Dead Man’s Cove. 5e players can also pick up a printed copy of Limithron’s Guide to Naval Combat.
We are launching the HARBOURMASTER program on the same day. This is an event calendar and rewards program where GMs can earn free swag for running publicly open games (online or at a game store), or for streaming pirate borg events on platforms like YouTube and Twitch.
Nearing the end, New Stuff, 2nd Printing PDFs, and more!
over 1 year ago
– Thu, Mar 23, 2023 at 03:13:58 PM
Kickstarter Nearly Complete
To our knowledge, other than a few issues with ~14 orders in the EU and few customs issues, all of the Kickstarter rewards have either shipped or been delivered! There are still 35 people that have not filled out their surveys, but if you HAVE filled out yours and don’t have your rewards yet, please email [email protected] from your Kickstarter or BackerKit email address and we’ll get you sorted.
Our first official adventure for PIRATE BORG, The Sinking of C’thagn, is shipping now from our US warehouse. You can purchase it through our preorder store. Preorders come with a PDF of the advenute, and we have a Foudnry VTT module available on our Patreon. Orders typically ship the next business day. Sorry in advance for the expensive overseas pricing - we are working on getting better pricing figured out but it is what it is!
"The damned and blasphemous city of C’thagn is risen from the depths of the ocean. Regurgitated by the frothing waves, long since tired of its noisome aura.
This contemptible citadel was not constructed by human hands, as is evident in its abhorrent architecture,
Yet it is humans now who walk down its fetid streets."
This adventure is printed on an 8 panel, thick paper, A2 sized map (double the size of the Dark Caribbean map included with Pirate Borg). The map is on the front and all the adventure panels are on the back. The print release is coming later this year.
Art and Design by Luke Stratton | Limithron, Written by J.V.C Parry
Content to Use with Pirate BORG
Now that many of you have your books, there are a few other creators and projects I want to draw attention to!
I’ve just finished battle maps for the Governor’s Mansion in The Curse of Skeleton Point, and I’m working on a Masquerade Ball toolkit/adventure zine. If you use a VTT, play with a TV, or print out maps for your table, you can grab the free version and check out the Patron-only variations here.
2nd Printing, New PDFs
The new 2nd printing Pirate Borg PDFs and assets files have been sent via BackerKit to all backers and anyone that preordered!
The final PDFs are also being distributed via DriveThruRPG later today.
The 2nd printing is in production and will be printed soon.
We are looking at a Q3 worldwide release, but we don't have a date yet.
Limithron LLC now has all the 1st printing copies in our warehouse. If anyone buys a copy from us for the foreseeable future, either online via our preorder store or at a convention, it will be the 1st printing, and will ship with an errata sticker sheet once we have them.
Other than retailers that backed via this campaign, all retail copies will be the 2nd printing.
The 2nd printing does not have the A3 Dark Caribbean map or the bookmark ribbons.
The playing cards are not being reprinted—only the Deck Ghoul card is being printed. If anyone buys the cards from us it will come with a replacement card.
Errata sticker sheets and replacement cards are not yet in production.
Stickers, cards, and replacement books will ship later this year when we have them, probably 3rd quarter.
If you asked for a refund, it will not be processed until the replacement materials ship later this year.
Thank you, thank you, thank you to all the nice and supportive messages we have received from you all. We know this was the right thing to do (despite several very nasty messages and one long YouTube video). If you have offered to buy extra things to support, or pay for your replacement copy, we will be in touch when the time is closer!
The best thing you can do to support us now is PLAY PIRATE BORG! We have an active Discord Channel, plus the Facebook group and Subreddit. If you are running the game, we’d love to hear your tales and see photos.
Pirate Borg 5th Edition Foundry Module
The module is done. We are just waiting on a few backend things before we push this to backers.
Pirate Borg for Roll20
We are in the Alpha phase of testing the character sheet but will need more time before this is ready for backers.
Pirate Borg 5th Edition for Roll20
This is near completion but won’t get pushed out until the core Pirate Borg version is ready, so it will probably be at least a few more weeks.
