Rad Pirates of the Toxic Sands

Rad Pirates of the Toxic Sands is a game of post-apocalyptic piracy upon the Mediterranean desert sands. Command a small flotilla of junkers as you attack tanker caravans, raid oil rigs and plunder the black gold. 

You are a Rad Pirate captain with a small flotilla of sandships. You make a living trading with rigs or raiding them if they hike their prices up too high), salvaging scrap and fuel from wrecks and abandoned rigs, and attacking other sandship and tanker flotillas. 

Rad Pirates of the Toxic Sands is my entry to the inaugural One Box Wargame Challenge. The rules were simple: make a tabletop game that required only the contents of a single box of miniatures. To play Rad Pirates with two players, you’ll need a single box of the Black Seas Frigates and Brigs from Warlord Games. You get six ships in the box, and you split them between you. 

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This game is still in development. I am offering it for free for three months as part of the One Box Wargame Challenge. In 2025, it will revert to a paid early access (with free access for my Patreons).

AI Disclosure: I used Midjourney to create the desert matte backdrop seen in the cover image.

Shout outs

1. The sails on my ships are all cut from Time & Tide beer cans. I had a chance to meet the artist, Greg Stobbs, a few months ago and teach him Gaslands! Check his work out at https://squirlart.org/ 

2. Malev for coming up with this killer idea for a game jam, and for him and Glenn Ford (my Rule of Carnage co-host) for putting in the hours and making this game jam sing.

3. Wargames Atlantic for sponsoring the One Box Wargame Challenge!

Feedback Wanted!

This game is still in development. If you read it or play it, I'd love to hear what you make of it. You can find me in the Planet Smasher Games Discord server and I'd love to hear your thoughts: https://discord.gg/hTxHGupY9r