Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 4 hours ago
Learn to play the awesome Pirate Borg RPG in just 5 rooms! In this technique, each room teaches a different part of the game so we quickly and easily learn the game’s key concepts. Pirate Borg is a game of pirates and undead, with light and fast rules that include ship to ship combat.
Contents:
00:00 Yarrr it be Simple
02:17 Our Story Premise
03:46 5-Room Map
05:02 Room 1: Skills
07:54 Making Checks
14:51 Room 2: Easy Fight
15:38 How Initiative Works
17:29 Making Attacks
19:35 Defending Against Attacks
21:28 Devil's Luck
22:30 Crits and Fumbles
24:00 Spellcasting and Magic
26:01 Dying
27:05 Room 3: Roleplay or Negotiation
30:52 Room 4: Ship Combat!
37:09 Room 5: Final Battle
38:12 Monsters and Archetypes
39:39 Support the Show
Pirate Borg random pirate generator, maps, and resources: limithron.com/pirateborg
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Learn to play the awesome Pirate Borg RPG in just 5 rooms! In this technique, each room teaches a different part of the game so we quickly and easily learn the game’s key concepts. Pirate Borg is a game of pirates and undead, with light and fast rules that include ship to ship combat.
Contents:
00:00 Yarrr it be Simple
02:17 Our Story Premise
03:46 5-Room Map
05:02 Room 1: Skills
07:54 Making Checks
14:51 Room 2: Easy Fight
15:38 How Initiative Works
17:29 Making Attacks
19:35 Defending Against Attacks
21:28 Devil's Luck
22:30 Crits and Fumbles
24:00 Spellcasting and Magic
26:01 Dying
27:05 Room 3: Roleplay or Negotiation
30:52 Room 4: Ship Combat!
37:09 Room 5: Final Battle
38:12 Monsters and Archetypes
39:39 Support the Show
Pirate Borg random pirate generator, maps, and resources: limithron.com/pirateborg
Support me and join our community to help shape this show (and get a copy of my Adventure, Encounter, and Monster Design Tools): alphastream.org/index.php/support
You can find more RPG and D&D insights on my blog, alphastream.org
My series on downtime: alphastream.org/?s=downtime
Subscribe to my newsletter to receive a FREE product and get updates on new RPG products and blog posts! alphastream.org/index.php/subscribe-to-alphastream-org
Follow me on Mastodon: https://dice.camp/@Alphastream
Follow me on Patreon: patreon.com/Alphastream
