Does anyone know what’s happening with The Pirate History Podcast? I finally got caught up with my backlog of episodes just to find there’s only been one uploaded this year, way back in April. He did mention that he had been having mental health struggles so hopefully everything is alright.

Any TTRPG players here? (How) Would you use this riddle in your campaign?

When I search on audible all I can find is romance novels and such

Hey y’all! I posted something similar on the podcast sub Reddit, but I can get more information here I think. I am currently working on a project that is set in around 1718 (a story, revolving around pirates, and there will be quite a bit of nautical warfare involved) and don’t know too much about charting and navigating, nautical warfare and all that and I’m dying to learn more! So I’m looking for books, websites, podcasts, documentaries, literally anything having to do with anything nautical from that era. Piracy, Buccaneers, the Royal Navy, privateering, merchant shipping, charting and navigating, nautical warfare tactics from the era, etc. Any and all recommendations are helpful and welcome! Thank you so much!

Like I’m not talking about Pirates of the Caribbean I’m talking about an actual realistic conversation between two people on a wooden ship in the middle of the ocean.

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On the morning of November 22, 1718, Lieutenant Robert Maynard caught Blackbeard at Ocracoke Inlet, and it turned into one of the bloodiest fights of the Golden Age. I just started a small channel, Davy Jones' Ledger, telling true pirate stories, and this is the first full episode. The narration is mine to stand behind, and the visuals are AI-generated, just to be upfront. If I got anything wrong, I'd honestly like to know.

https://youtu.be/8Jl-Q6SDD-8

Hey everyone. Like most of you, I’m deeply worried about the Pirates 6 reboot. Hollywood tends to sanitize everything today, turning chaotic franchises into politically correct superhero-like movies. If they try to replace Jack Sparrow with a classic, flawless "book-smart" trickster (male or female), it will ruin the franchise. Pirates of the Caribbean relies on an anarchic, dirty, and morally corrupt masculine energy. So here is a pitch for a storyline that completely fixes this by introducing a perfect contrast to Jack, without trying to copy him: The Protagonist: The Degenerate Esthete (A "Dexter" style Poetic Jester) Instead of a generic pirate, the new lead is a high-ranking British Noble. To the world, he is a peaceful, wise, and innocent royal Poet (The Innocent/Sage archetype). But internally, he has a dark, cynical, and nihilistic "Dexter-like" inner monologue. He is completely bored by society. When he encounters Jack Sparrow, Jack instantly sees through his mask and unleashes the young man's true face: a chaotic nihilist (The Magician/Visionary). The Aesthetic of Chaos His unique psychological quirk? His ultimate pleasure is art (painting and writing poetry), but he can ONLY find artistic inspiration in total, catastrophic chaos that he caused himself. Picture this: a massive, apocalyptic naval battle is happening, ships are exploding, and this character is calmly standing on the deck with an easel, painting the fire and smoke while having a casual art discussion with a confused Jack Sparrow. The Ultimate Romantic Sabotage (12A Rating Comedy) To avoid a cliché, boring romance, the film features a dysfunctional romantic square. Three different women are chasing him for serious relationship arcs: 1. The High-Society Noblewoman (representing his clean past). 2. The Hardened, Cold Female Pirate Captain (who secretly wants a soft romance). 3. A Legacy Character from past movies (like Carina or Angelica, adding lore weight). The comedy comes from classic "cartoon-like" sabotage. Every single time one of them tries a serious, dramatic Hollywood romantic moment (a kiss under the moonlight, a marriage proposal), the protagonist completely destroys the mood by setting something on fire, starting a bar fight, or running away to drink rum. He ruins their romantic lives out of pure nihilistic detachment.