Tiny Pirates

Minimalist Swashbuckling Roleplaying

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Written by Ben Woerner and Alan Bahr
Interior Art: Chris Yarbrough

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Cover Art: Chris Yarbrough
Book Design & Layout: Robert Denton III
Managing Editor: Alan Bahr
TinyD6 Line Manager: Alan Bahr
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Based on the game Tiny Dungeon by Brandon McFadden
Published by Gallant Knight Games, 2019
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Tiny Dungeon 2e, Tiny Pirates, and Tiny D6 are trademarks of
Gallant Knight Games.

©2019 by Gallant Knight Games. All rights

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reserved. Reproduction without the written

permission of the publisher is expressly
forbidden, except for the purposes of reviews,
and for the blank character sheets, which may
be reproduced for personal use only. Gallant
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Knight Games, Ogden UT 84404

X-CARD Rights (Creative Commons all details for attribution

here: http://tinyurl.com/x-card-rpg)

Ben’s Dedications: To Andrew Grey, my First Mate in gaming,

and love of all things piratical. To my wife, Emily, and my
children, Morgan and Will, who love and support me in
everything I do.

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 Table of Contents
Introduction...................................................................................................4
The World of Tiny Pirates.......................................................................5
The Golden Age of Piracy...............................................................................5
Pirate Haunts..................................................................................................7
Getting Started................................................................................................8
How To Play..........................................................................................9
Tests................................................................................................................9

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Obstacles.......................................................................................................10
Save Tests......................................................................................................11
Combat..........................................................................................................11

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Optional Rule: Zones....................................................................................15
Hiding and Sneaking....................................................................................17
Hit Points......................................................................................................17
Sleeping.........................................................................................................18
Death.............................................................................................................18
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Experience & Character Growth..................................................................19
The Rules Don’t Cover That!.........................................................................20
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Ship Rules...........................................................................................20
Ship Combat.................................................................................................20
Cargo, Gold, Repair, and Supplies.................................................................28
Travel and Storms.........................................................................................30
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Ship Information...........................................................................................32
Pirate Creation....................................................................................40
Role...............................................................................................................43
Traits.............................................................................................................46
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Weapons and Equipment..............................................................................52

Optional Rule: Item Tracking.......................................................................53
Optional Rule: Item Expenditure and Depletion..........................................55
For the Game Master...........................................................................56
Running Adventures.....................................................................................56
Optional Rule: Collaborative Campaign.......................................................59
Enemies.........................................................................................................62
Optional Rules: Duels...................................................................................73

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 Introduction
“ Now and then we had a hope
that if we lived and were good,
God would permit us to be
pirates.” - Mark Twain
Tiny Pirates is an easy to learn

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RPG perfect for beginning
roleplayers, but with enough

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heft that it won’t leave
experienced or older players
bored. It employs the Tiny D6
engine to drive the mechanics
of your adventures. While
veterans of Tiny D6 games will
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see much that they recognize,
there are many new things here designed to give you that authentic
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Tiny Pirates experience.
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 The World of
Tiny Pirates
The World of Tiny Pirates

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Piracy exists all over the world and throughout history. It has thrived

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beyond the Caribbean in places like the Mediterranean, Indian
Ocean, and China Sea. It also is a common trope within fantasy and
even sci fi stories, games, and settings. While this game focuses on the
Golden Age of Piracy in the Caribbean, the rules do not limit Game
Masters or players to this one location
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or time. You can set your games during to slot with other TinyD6 games
any time or place, even integrating the to provide infinite combinations.
rules here into other Tiny D6 games.
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If you want magic, dinosaurs or
other fantastic elements, look to
The Golden Age of Piracy Tiny Dungeon 2e!.

For roughly 100 years, starting

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around 1650 and growing until the mid-1700’s, piracy flourished

throughout the Americas and across the globe. Numerous
unemployed sailors, massive increases in international shipping,
and continuous wars fought by various world powers drove this
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blossoming of piratical action.

Blackbeard, Anne Bonny, Bartholomew Roberts, Ching Shih, Henry
Morgan, Moses Cohen Henriques, Mary Read, and Jean LaFitte are
just a few of the famous pirates who operated during this time.
Ching Shih operated the largest fleet of pirate ships ever in
history, and she defeated the entire Chinese Navy. Henry Morgan
sacked some of the most powerful Spanish cities in the Caribbean,
including a daring campaign across Panama. Roberts is famous

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