Train Tuesday Part 110: Pirate Booty

Greetings, fellow Hovertrain scallywags! Let’s play a game of high-stakes Train Tuesday and introduce two more colorful characters to our growing pirate crew!

Longtime readers know we’re slowly but surely building a pirate raider party to utilize in either Hovertrain heists or more traditional seafaring plunder. Behind the scenes, we’re also trying to 3D print supporting train cars, ships, and nifty scatter terrain. It’s a scene, man.

So, let’s start with a d20 privateer roll call, as it were:

• Competing Swashbuckler Squad Leader, Grave-girth Malone.
• Mapmaker, Geo & his companion, Morris the Monkey
• Chief Plunder Officer, Shoeless Moe.
• Captain, Jaguar Jack.
• Special Advisor, Polly
• First Parrot, Crackers.
• Treasurer, Tusk the Trustful.
• The Fixer, Terabyus Trunglefoot.
• Foot Soldier, Seraphina Stormblade.
• Foot Soldier, Smokey Joe.
• Foot Soldier, Cutter.
• Foot Soldier, Larry & Gary Malachi (“The Brothers Grim”)
• Foot Soldier, Snap Jaw.
• Secondary Crew, The Redshirts.
• Secondary Crew, Paddy O’ (Platypus).
• Cannon Crew: Baller.
• Minstrel, Notes.
• Head Chef, Dewey Oxberger (Ox).
• Sous-chef, Taters McGee.
• Ale Meister, Hank Morgan.
• Prisoner, Mystery Man.

There’s great Dungeon Master flexibility here, too. We don’t have to utilize all these bad Buccaneers at once. We can gradually introduce them to certain scenarios. Or, we can replace fallen comrades from previous battles. Or, we always have a new NPC within arm’s length. Or, we can even save some just for certain types of DnD scenarios: Hovertrains or ships at sea.

Today, we’re adding two more pirates that represent the greedy nature of the ransacking biz. Privateers are natural gold hounds, so we need some more 3D prints to represent that lust for wealth. We also already came up with several go-to RPG gambling games, so let’s make sure we get some pirates seated at the betting table. Griffon’s Wall is our group’s fav – basically, a form of blackjack but with dice (so fun)!

Our first featured raider is by Iain Lovecraft and hails from his must-own Rum and Raising Kickstarter. This release is stuffed with all sorts of great pirate choices, so we expect to keep releasing ’em from this set as fast as Kimmy Utah can paint ’em.

Kim’s color choices here are spot on, with that classic red being a staple of traditional pirate garb. Her details on the playing cards and dice are shocking to say the least. Besides, who doesn’t love a good blue sash accessory? 😉

Now, let’s get to the particulars:

• Colorful Name: Ace
• Character Race: Human
• Member Rank: Best Gambler
• Key Role: Win those high-stakes table games
• Painted Miniature: Iain Lovecraft
• Weapon of Choice: Dagger and razor-sharp card flinger

Sometimes the Captain will want to settle things with a deck of cards rather than pointy weapons, and whenever duty calls, Ace is summoned to the game table.

We have one more plunderer to add to the crew, and this time, we get to grab a goblin from the shelf. 3DRPG Studios is all about inclusion and fair hiring practices, so we absolutely need a diverse crew. Sadly, we just couldn’t pin down a source here, but it wasn’t for a lack of trying. We ran it by all the maker Discord servers and searched Google Images a hundred times, but alas, no joy. It happens. Still, if we had to guess, we think it’s an old Reaper miniature we got in a Dungeon Crate box.

Anyways – let’s flush out his persona for the game:

• Colorful Name: Gary
• Character Race: Goblin
• Member Rank: Foot Soldier
• Key Role: Treasure Guardian
• Painted Miniature: Beats the heck out of us
• Weapon of Choice: A crowbar and a mimic chest

Sometimes a face just looks like a Gary face, right? 😉

Until next time!