Capt Donovan Bledsoe

Not exactly a board game, but a card game that's a rollin' good time is Pillage N Plunder. Available at www.evid.com I've got it, and I love it! Even did up my pyrate pub with a chair rail made of the card art. Enjoy!

Much luck to yer, lass! May yer goals be easy ta meet, and the wind fill yer sails fer another sixty or more!

I'll be packin' the candy cannon and firin' it from the remade front porch, which turns once a year into the pirate ship Diogan (Gaelic for Revenge). My wife and I and our whole crew o' friends don our pirate gear and make the front porch into the deck of a ship, complete with treasure chest full o' chocolate coins. 'Tis truly a fun time...we also have some fake rum casks labelled "rum", "more rum", and Red Rum. The candy cannon fires tootsie rolls into the crowd o' kiddies on the sidewalk. Then, as I've heard some others mention, we head off and celebrate Samhain. Then we has us a party full of piratical debauchery. It's a big night for us. I'll try to post pics of the "ship" this year.

I collect Pyrate bar para... paraphe... paraphen... STUFF. Beer signs, glasses, shots, boozes, old magazine ads to be framed, an' the like. Havin' a pyrate bar in the house, it makes sense to collect this swag. I also collect things that go well in the bar: figurines, models, that sort.

Ahoy! I be the captain of a fine crew just north of ya in Dayton! Granted, we only do one event each year, and that's to turn our front porch through the magic of setbuilding into a pirate ship for the trick-or-treating kiddies at Halloween. 'Tis truly fun ta watch their lil' eyes light up as me own wench opens our treasure chest and they see it full to the brim with chocolate coins! And the candy cannon is a big hit, as well. I'd certainly be interested in pitchin' in from time to time if yer own endeavour comes to fruition...keep me posted!

Here's a few from my twisted skull... "Aye, an' yer a sorry pyrate packing the hand-cannon in yer cabin, boy...now crawl off for another menage a mois" "Sir, you harm none but the bedclothes about you..." (Shakespeare) "There is not yet so ugly a fiend of Hell as you shall be" (also Shakespeare) and this, plagiarized slightly from Christoph the professional insulter, to be used on a woman... "You should become a nun, y'know, a bride of Christ. For only a man firmly nailed down could bear your countenance" "Parry a few too many blows with yer jaw, eh?" "Come, dance, oh grand pincushion" after a masterful set of parries..."Ah, you've been fencing with your little sister again! She does enjoy playing with a good sword!" (admittedly, this one is below the belt) Antagonist: "I'll carve out yer eyes!" Hero: "Oh, sweet prayers answered! Then I'll not have to see your putrid face!"

She be a fine lookin' vessel, Bilgemunky! Although she seems ta be lackin' in the cannon department... ARRRR

Fer all time favorite movie featuring a pirate, my vote goes to The Princess Bride...I know, not exactly a pirate film, but ya gotta love the Dread Pirate Roberts!

Well, I know of one good source for stage blades. They be not cheap, but they be rough, rugged, and guaranteed fer life. www.legacyforge.net be their website, and their cutlass runs $350 fer a 29 inch beauty. The worth is in the guarantee...as long as ye don't try to sharpen or etch their blades, they'll replace a broken blade. One day I shall be able to afford the collection I crave... Capt. Donovan Bledsoe