Friday, September 25, 2009

Monday nights. Guardian Games. Be there.

Ahoy,

This be yer official warnin' shot that PDXYAR will now be hosting a few hours of pirate gaming every Monday night at Guardian Games in Porland, OR. Show up between the hours of 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM and join us fer a game!

Presently, we're playing these piratical games...

Savage Worlds role-playing campaign, hosted by G.S. Hagthorpe MacGuffin, Admiral: This game be full, but yer welcome to sit on the shore and fling taunts at the players... or sign up fer our next campaign!

WizKids Pirates of the Cursed Seas: Bring a 40-point fleet and sail to new shores with Captain Redgoat!

Pirate card games: Munchkin Booty, Loot, Scallywags

Morgan's Revenge: Bring yer finest (but not American) coins and prepare to loose yer wealth to the Captain's daughter!

Zombies! Treasure Island: A home-grown expansion (designed by Admiral MacGuffin) for the populare Zombies! game.

Or, bring along yer on pirate board/card/dice game and teach our crew how to play!

We'll be keepin' a weather eye fer ya on Monday nights!

- Redgoat

4th Annual Portland Pirate Festival = WIN


Ahoy,

The ship is back in port, the stores unloaded and the crew on shore leave. The 4th Annual Portland Pirate Festival has come and gone, leaving the rum-soaked memories of a glorious weekend with some of our favorite piratical friends. There are so many who made PDXYAR's booth at this year's Pirate Fest a success, we're certain that we'd leave someone out by listing them all. But hell... we'll try it anyway.

The PDXYAR Crew:

Admiral Giles Seamus Hagthorpe MacGuffin
Captain Ragnar "Redgoat" MacHaggis
Captain Sir Steevn Basil Drakestongue
Captain Jack Cross "The Rogue Saint"
Francescia "Frankie" T. Sullivan O'Malley- Quartermaster
Calico Chris - Bard
Sonia The Red - Bosun
Jimmy Long Guns - Gunner
Sven Forkbeard - Emperor of the North / Navigator
Arrrlene Arrrthur - Navigator
Sharkbait - Anchor
Bilge Gullet - Cook
Master Fleet Builder Hpred - Shipwright
Dogan (and wench) - Curmudgeon
Captain Kid - Mate

Plus, we're happy to welcome aboard these fine new recruits:

Commodore Guapo del Negro
The Dread Pirate Devo - Mate
Soul Stealer - Historian
El Camino - Mate
The Mistresses of Guardian Games

If ye happen to run across our home port by way of the Pirate Fest, welcome! Aside from running a weekly game night at Guardian Games (every Monday from 7pm - 10pm), we're currently planning more Epic Scale Pirates events over the next few months. Plus, this page will soon be replaced with an uber-shiny WordPress website, so keep a weather eye out fer that.

Thanks again to all who came out and made history at this year's Portland Pirate Fest. We'll keep ye updated with all the comings and goings of PDXYAR as we prepare to sojourn to new shores over the coming months.

HUZZAH!

Ragnar "Redgoat" MacHaggis, Captain
redgoat@pdxyar.org

Monday, September 14, 2009

It's official, NECA acquires WizKids.


Ahoy,

In what is likely the gaming industry's worst-kept secret over the past couple of months, NECA announced today that they have acquired WizKids. The agreement between NECA and former-owner Topps includes HeroClix (of course) as well as Pirates of the Cursed Seas. Does this mean that we'll finally see Return to Savage Shores? Will the broken distribution model for the game be fixed? Will Captain Redgoat get in trouble for stealing the name "Epic Scale" from the now-owners of the game?

All will be revealed... we hope.

http://necaonline.com/article/detail/278

-Redgoat