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by Bruce McG

Are okapi cute? They certainly are interesting!



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by awinnef

Let’s go seek some treasure - Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!

About this book

Buried in the Bahamas is a 24 page introductory adventure for Pirate Borg. In it, the characters will survive a shipwreck and have to find a way to leave the small island they are stranded on while scavenging for food and water and fending off the local wildlife. This is an interesting adventure that is very much on rails in the beginning, then fans out into a much more mini hexcrawl over two islands that culminates in a crawl through a 7-room dungeon.

The adventure starts with a dramatic bang that I think looks better on paper than during actual play. It also offers a lot of flexibility to change the adventure depending on the available time-slot, e.g. by suggesting multiple places where the dungeon could slot into, and has a lot of advice for GMs on how to run it in general.
The page count includes a couple of maps and handouts as well as random tables for treasure and crew members.

How I’ve used this adventure
I ran this adventure as an introduction to Pirate Borg for three of my friends who are all regular roleplayers. We played through the initial ship combat scene, being shipwrecked on the small island and setting over to Rum Cay on a raft.
To be fair I have to say that we all were a bit exhausted when we sat down to play and I feel like I might not have brought my a-game as a GM because of this (we were on day 2 of a 2-day gaming event and energy-wise, this was the low-point of the weekend).

What I like
I love introductory adventures that grow into something bigger as you start gaining some experience with the game. You start pretty much on rails, then you get some freedom as you are shipwrecked on a small island – you can set your priorities, but it is still pretty clear that you need to get off the island fast. And in the end, there’s a small hexcrawl with two islands to explore.
I also like the amount of pointers the GM is given on how to best run this, including a 7 step cheat sheet on running this in a single session. That the adventure contains tips like where to potentially slot in the dungeon if your party won’t manage to explore both islands is a nice touch, too.

What I don’t like
I’m not sold on the initial fight scene. Right in the beginning, the characters’ ship is getting attacked by a galleon manned by the undead. While in theory this should and could be a highly cinematic action scene, it feels like the interactive cutscene in a video game where you learn the controls. The stakes are just not there. The characters can’t win here: their ship will be boarded by a superior force, and it will get destroyed. This is intended as a tutorial to show how deadly fighting in Pirate Borg is, and also as an introduction to the setting, but in the end it just doesn’t really matter. I tried to introduce some stakes by having an initial scene that has the characters playing dice with some NPC pirates and experiencing a bit of comraderie with them. Some minutes later, the actions of the characters would at least determine whether their buddies would live or die, but I still had one player say that he didn’t really feel like he had much influence on the whole adventure because of that.

The bottom line
I think this is a solid introductory adventure with enough material to fill two sessions or so and enough potential to be used as a stepping stone for further adventures in the dark Carribean. It does a good job showing what Pirate Borg is about. Your mileage may vary though regarding the mostly scripted fight scene in the beginning – my players were not crazy about it.

Buried in the Bahamas by Limithron, published in 2023. This is 7.99$ on DrivethruRPG.

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