Blood & Plunder: Force Building Pt. 2, Sea Games

By Tyler Stone In , we walked through the basics of assembling your force for games of Blood & Plunder. In this article, I’ll go over what changes when building a force for a Sea or Amphibious game. We’ll look at including and outfitting ships, as well as how some of the Structure rules affect […]

Summer of Plunder: 2021 B&P Worldwide Community Campaign

By Glen Van Meter This summer No Dice No Glory’s Tales of the Sail podcast is teaming up with the and to bring players the Summer of Plunder: 2021 B&P Worldwide Community Campaign. Members of NDNG and Blood & Pigment are each governing a different nationality and will be encouraging players to not only get […]

Sharing the Spoils: Blood & Plunder at Cyber Wars

Wow, it’s been a while since I’ve written anything here. I’ve been busy with the ” podcast, and hanging out with the crew for our bi-weekly ” community painting sessions. With the Co-pocalypse raging, there hasn’t been much to cover – until decided to put on , that is! Fellow TotS crewman Thomas ‘Chairborne’ Mullane […]

Oak and Iron: Shopping Guide, Online Play and a Spoiler!

Since the lockdown, many of us have been busy painting our ships and we look forward to the time we can once again play with our boats with our fellow gamers (more on this later). From reading the posts on Facebook a lot of gamers have wondered about which boxes they should pick up to […]

Oak and Iron: Online Campaign is Ready to Shove Off

The guys at are starting an online campaign for all of us who are locked down. The instructions are below and you can sign up on the .  The crew at NDNG will be playing and covering the action for you… so look for updates as the campaign progresses. From the Grand Admiral (Mike Tunez)…. […]

Setting Sail with Oak and Iron – Battle Report

Like many I received my kickstarter copy of Oak and Iron by Firelock games and been beyond eager to get some games on the table top. Enter a slight case of the flu which added just enough delay so I could get some ships painted. Weigh anchor! Sound the drums! Load the cannon and roll […]

Oak and Iron: What Uniform Do I Wear Today?

By Mitch Reed Now that our own has filled you in on the final rules for Oak and Iron, this article will talk about the how important the factions are to the game. Much like Blood and Plunder, the folks from have given us a lot of flavor from the period and once again they […]

Firelock Games Kicks off Oak and Iron

By Mitch Reed, photos by Firelock Games You have heard us talk about it on podcasts, seen us post on our Facebook page and now Oak and Iron is here! The team that brought you Blood and Plunder has expanded its gaming line to include the battles on the high seas with , a 1/600 […]

Summer of Plunder 2: Pyratical Boogaloo

By Tyler The global campaign is back, and it’s bigger and better than ever! The Talesmen of No Dice No Glory will be partnering with Firelock Games, Blood & Pigment, and The Plunder Den to present you with another global community campaign for Firelock’s “pirate” games – Blood & Plunder and Oak & Iron. Veterans […]

To the Victor, the Plunder: Tournaments with Firelock Games

By Tyler There’s been a bit of a Firelock Games ‘drought’ here on No Dice lately. In that time, the gang from Miami has kicked out the ‘Fire on the Frontier’ expansion, nearly finished their Kickstarter, launched a new game out of nowhere, and teased one more in the works. We haven’t been quite as […]