All That Glitters, An Interlude (Additional to Part 9)

The Captain’s Cabin Aboard Captain Bertrand Le Bourreur’s Ship ‘Sea Drake’, In the Bay of Tabriz Here is the captain’s table, after he cleared some space to lay down the map for perusal. I know what you are thinking – uou want a better look at that map. I can hardly blame you for that. […]

All That Glitters, Part 9

The Bent Cutlass Inn Port of Tabriz Pirates’ Commonwealth For several weeks Grijalva had been in a good mood, so much so that his customers now had longer tabs than ever before, and none had been threatened into settling their accounts. He spent most days singing and occasionally (to everyone’s surprise) breaking into impromptu jigs, […]

Karak Borgo

The End of Spring, IC2403 Part Five: Karak Borgo King Jaldeog III of the dwarven mountain realm of Karak Borgo was not the most imposing of dwarfs. His beard looked the part, the very essence of a royal chin ornament, being suitably grey and cultivated to a width almost twice that of his head. Not […]

All That Glitters Continued

Part 8 The City of Amon Northern coast of the Gulf of Medes, Southlands After his disastrous expedition to Marienburg, the Prince Sadrin al Marwan (nephew of the grand Sultan of Amon) had returned home with little to show for his efforts. He still had a good half of the men he set out with, […]

All That Glitters 7

Fourth (and final) part of the Battle of the Dunes The Arabyan crossbowmen had not the courage to charge the zombies crossing in front of them, and so allowed the enemy to approach dangerously close to the mortar. The Agha’s sworsdmen, however, proved less timorous than their crossbow armed detachment, and continued their advance on […]

All That Glitters, 6

Third part of the Battle of the Dunes As the Tabrizian seamen began their desperate dash, their mortar launched another grenade, aiming for the huge cannon in the hill-top stockade. The crew hoped that by knocking out said beast early they could hastily leave this gods-forsaken beach and return to the safety of the fleet. […]

All That Glitters, 5

Second Part of the Battle of the Dunes Captain Bart, admiral of the fleet and commander of the landing force, stood with his own crewmen. His first mate Lisbeth Boone, one of a number of very tough women amongst the fighting pirates of Tabriz, stood to one side of him pointing out which enemy regiment […]

The Machinery of Government

Note: In case you are just starting to read my blogs, this is part of my ongoing campaign, set in Tilea. See my campaign web site for the whole thing. I’ll return to stories from my old All That Glitters campaign tomorrow. The End of Spring, IC2403 Part Four: The Machinery of Government (The City of […]

All That Glitters, 4

Army lists for the upcoming battle report …. The Pirates of Tabriz Fleet Vanguard Force (Legal Composition, WFB #7) Empire Roster, 1999 Pts LORD: Admiral Bartholomeus Pasterkamp General; Pistol; Sword of Power; Jade Amulet HERO: Captain Wilfred Mostert Pistol; Sword of Battle; Talisman of Protection HERO: Captain Bartolomeo del Portes Hand Weapon; Sword of Striking; […]

All That Glitters, 3

Off the Coast of the Southlands All hands in the fleet had been awake when they passed to the east of Hurry By Island. All eyes had scrutinised the forested slopes and white beaches, even the sea windward and leeward for signs of danger, yet none had come. By nightfall only a few of the […]