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The medieval knight.
The lonesome cowboy.
The hard-boiled
detective. The dread
pirate. Are there
any more admired
archetypes of mythical
lore than these nomadic
powerhouses who ranged
far and wide over
dangerous landscapes,
real or metaphorical.
But of all those
who have captured the
imagination of the ages,
has any better answered
the darker and more
iconoclastic side of our
collective nature than
the pirate? Leaving the
comforts of home for
a life on the endless
sea, these buccaneers
of the Caribbean were
fearless, ferocious and
if truth-be-told, little
better than rapacious
killers and thieves.
They walked on the
wrong side of the law,
of decency, of society
and in many cases,
got away with it.
They engender our
sympathetic interest,
if only because they
dared the many perils of
the sea in mere wooden
sailing ships, as well
as the wrath and might
of Imperial navies.
On the other hand,
buried treasures,
fun lingo and funky
attire probably never
hurt either!
For more on the timeless allure of the pirate, see
this June 2017 article
from the BBC.
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Card Games (2015)
Expansion Kits (2015)
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Miniatures Games (2015)
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