Paper Pirates News

Across June and July, we’re celebrating with the wettest Paper Pirates Seasonal Celebration, The Pirate Pool Party! Running from 24th June to 22nd July, celebrate the warmer weather with a party dedicated to all things poolside, and a whole host of seasonal goodies in Paper Pirates!



[h2]Seasonal Traits: The Shark & The Bait[/h2]
The Shark and The Bait appear as a pair, and one is hunting the other! In any game where The Shark and The Bait appear, The Shark has a unique victory condition. If they're able to get The Bait thrown overboard three times - through events and/or voting - they will automatically and instantly achieve a solo victory!


Is someone behaving suspiciously? A bit too keen to throw someone overboard? Maybe they're The Shark! Is someone claiming to be The Bait? Maybe they just don't want to go overboard and really they're The Cursed? Hmm, tricky times ahead crew...

To make things even more challenging for the crew, The Bait will always appear as a ghost when their team is revealed through traits and events. Be vigilant crew!

[h2]Party Favours for all the Guests![/h2]
Any good party comes with goodies to take home, and Pirate Pool Party is no exception! Play Paper Pirates during the Pirate Pool Party and you'll get a special bounty task each day. Complete the task to open a special party favour, which contains some unique outfit customisation options you can't obtain anywhere else!


There's three outfits, for a combined total of fifteen items, to collect through The Pirate Pool Party. Make sure to complete your tasks every day, and get ready to dress up!

[h2]Limited Time Costumes[/h2]
During The Pirate Pool Party, Sam Sherbot has some new outfit options available to unlock in the Outfit Shop! If you buy an outfit option during The Pirate Pool Party, you can wear it all year round - but the items will be disappearing from sale when the event is over, so don’t delay and buy today!



The full list of outfit items available during The Pirate Pool Party is:

• Accessories - Goggles
  
• Accessories - Sunglasses (Star)
  
• Accessories - Sunglasses (Round)
  
• Accessories - Rose-Tinted Glasses
  
• Coats - Animal (Lobster)
  
• Coats - Rubber Ring (Striped)
  
• Coats - Rubber Ring (Flamingo)
  
• Coats - Rubber Ring (Unicorn)
  
• Coats - Rubber Ring (Donut)
  
• Coats - Rubber Ring (Duck)
  
• Coats - Crab Shell
  
• Coats - Turtle Shell
  
• Faces - Animal (Lobster)
  
• Faces - Watermelon
  
• Faces - Beach Ball
  
• Faces - Sun
  
• Feet - Animal (Lobster)
  
• Feet - Flip-flops
  
• Feet - Flippers
  
• Hands - Animal (Lobster)
  
• Hands - Bucket and Spade
  
• Hands - Crab Claws
  
• Hands - Ice Cream
  
• Headwear - Pendant (Solar)
  
• Headwear - Pendant (Pineapple)
  
• Headwear - Pendant (Cherry)
  
• Headwear - Pendant (Watermelon)
  
• Headwear - Hairpin (Flower)
  
• Headwear - Hairpin (Floral)
  
• Headwear - Hairpin (Ladybird)
  
• Accessories - Earrings (Cherry)
  
• Accessories - Earrings (Pineapple)
  
• Accessories - Earrings (Watermelon)
  
• Headwear - Lei
  
• Legs - Animal (Lobster)
  
• Legs - Bermuda Shorts (Flowers)
  
• Legs - Bermuda Shorts (Leaves)
  
• Legs - Mermaid Tail
  
• Legs - Towel
  
• Shirts - Hairy Chest
  
• Shirts - Bikini Top
  
• Shirts - Shell Bra
  
• Shirts - Hawaiian Shirt
  
• Top Hair - Towel
  

Additionally, during The Pirate Pool Party, pirates have access to five unique hats, available to everyone in voyages started during the event. Once the event’s over, the hats will disappear from your collection until next year, so be sure to wear them while you can!



[h2]The “Spooky Sandcastles” Event![/h2]
Go on a sailing adventure during The Pirate Pool Party, and any day when there’s a failed job there is a chance you may encounter the “Spooky Sandcastles” event. Encountering some mysterious haunted sandcastles, the crew must each choose one of the three to hide amongst! But be wary, for once all pirates have picked a hiding place, the most popular pick will reveal how many of the pirates choosing to hide amongst it was actually a ghost!



Watch out for pirates choosing to hide amongst their peers, or those choosing to go it alone hoping not to be discovered. Whether pirates are jumping in with others or not, there’s bound to be deception around the spooky sandcastles!

[h2]Get your Party On in the Photo Booth[/h2]
To celebrate The Pirate Pool Party, there is one limited-time Background and one limited-time Foil available in the Photo Booth, in the Captain’s Log. Take the opportunity to snap your favourite pirate templates, and share any pics you take!

[h2]Pirate Pool Party Bots[/h2]
Invite bots into your game during The Pirate Pool Party, and you may encounter any of three unique bots! Look out for Crabbot, Sandy Botney and Wes Overbot who are all eager to board your ship and throw you overboard! These bots will only join your games during The Pirate Pool Party, so take the chance to meet them now before they swim away for the rest of the year!

Jump aboard Paper Pirates to explore the History and Mystery Update, featuring a refreshed game history feature, two new traits, a new event, and more!

[h2]New and Improved Game History[/h2]
Our end-of-game recap screen, the Game History, was built for a simpler time when pirates didn't have things like traits. Although it's grown with us over time, it was starting to fall behind in providing a transparent recap of everything that happened in the game. So, we rebuilt it!


The new Game History includes more precise details, such as letting you know who voted for a Mutiny, as well as better handling of trait-influenced team changes and clearer indicators of when team changes happen.

Each day, you can review the job and who played in, see a summary of the events that took place, and check the outcome of voting. If you want to dig a little deeper, the details panel on the right will walk you through the day in detail.


You can also check who voted for who, who became a ghost, and what the probabilities were, in the Voting Chart!


Last but not least, there's a bigger, bolder, and better final page in the Game History that more clearly indicates who on the crew were on the winning team. Open up the chart here and you can see exactly how your game played out over time!


We love the new Game History and hope that it will help you better dissect your games. This was a huge project given the variety of voyages, and there might be the odd event or outcome that's missing text. We'll be keeping our eye out and patching these up as we go!

[h2]New Trait: The Silent[/h2]
One of two new traits for the History and Mystery Update is The Silent!


The Silent's votes are always secret. That means it will always appear as if they passed their vote, even if they didn't. Should The Silent cast enough votes to throw someone overboard, the voting will still end immediately. If you're The Silent and want to stay hidden, make sure you're casting votes where you won't be exposed.

And if you're not The Silent? Be wary. Joke votes sink boats! And with The Silent on board, you can never know exactly who might have been ghosted when a human goes overboard...

[h2]New Trait: The Gambler[/h2]
Another new trait for the History and Mystery Update is The Gambler!


On days when they don't play in, The Gambler is offered two events. One of these will have a high chance of happening, and one of them will have a low chance of happening. Whether The Gambler is a ghost or a human, the high-chance event will normally be good for their team, while the low-chance event will be bad for their team.

Are you willing to take a risk on a good event knowing what bad things might happen? Can you get away with risking it all and claiming that your events were the other way round?

Whether on the ghost team or the human team, The Gambler is sure to have you questioning whether you feel lucky!

[h2]New Event: Counting the Treasure[/h2]
Our new event for the History and Mystery update is Counting the Treasure!

In a Counting the Treasure event, one pirate will be randomly selected to take on responsibility for counting the treasure. But never fear, they'll have help from three other pirates! Those three pirates will all see a number of coins on their device: Either 1, 2, or 3 coins. Their job is to tell the counting pirate how many coins they can see, so the counting pirate can add them up and report the total on their device.


If you count correctly - amazing! The crew get another treasure! However, if you get it wrong, in the confusion it seems one of your current treasure will be whisked away before you can know it.

How much do you trust the three pirates chosen to help count the treasure? If it all goes wrong, who will you blame...?

[h2]Wishlist An Elaborate History of Chess on Steam now![/h2]
We've had a bit of a touch-up here and there, and we've replaced all of the older Iteration Games logos with our shiny new, all-blue logo! There's also a little reminder at the bottom of the title screen letting you know about our next game, An Elaborate History of Chess, coming soon on Steam. Wishlist now!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1255020/An_Elaborate_History_of_Chess/

[h2]Join the Paper Pirates Community[/h2]
As always, don’t forget that you can join us every Saturday at 8pm GMT on Twitch for our weekly dev stream, or pop by our YouTube channel to see Let’s Plays of Paper Pirates, How To videos and more! Or if you’re looking for a crew to set sail with make sure to join our Discord!

We are thrilled to announce the next game from Iteration Games, An Elaborate History of Chess!

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An Elaborate History of Chess is a blend of real-time and turn-based strategy, exploring the history of the popular board game, Chess. Start with just one lowly pawn to begin building your village, and work your way up to an entire kingdom. Keep your farms running like clockwork to ensure a food supply for your pieces, and see how far you can spread your influence.

As your kingdom flourishes, you'll attract all sorts of wildlife and monsters looking to checkmate your best warriors and take your wheat for themselves. Don't forget to build your defences, set up your supply chains, and of course, protect the king!

When you're feeling brave it's time to turn your attention to the dungeons. You'll need to prepare an adventuring party ready to face the horrors and puzzles that lie in wait in the time-frozen dungeons, where you'll need to show your mastery of chess strategy to overcome the myriad challenges that lie await and steal the very best treasures.

Do you have what it takes to become grandmaster of all you see, or will you find your best gambits just don't pay off?

You can wishlist An Elaborate History of Chess on Steam now:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1255020/An_Elaborate_History_of_Chess/

We're super thrilled that Paper Pirates now has a full set of Steam Trading Cards available to anyone who buys the game. Steam Trading Cards are granted randomly to players as they play. We've themed the Trading Cards around the bots, so look out for all of your favourite Paper Pirates characters and make sure to trade with your friends to get the ones you really love!

Collecting a full set of Steam Trading Cards awards a badge, which you can display on your Steam profile, and also grants you access to some Paper Pirates themed emotes you can use throughout Steam chat and Steam profile backgrounds you can use to fancy up your Steam profile. You can even collect additional sets to level up your badge, and earn even more goodies!

If you're super lucky, you might find a Foil card with a special frame. These are especially rare and definitely worth keeping an eye out for!

We hope everyone has fun collecting and trading Steam Trading Cards while playing Paper Pirates, and we'll see you all again soon out there on the ocean!

[h2]Go Egg Hunting on the Seven Seas with Spring Sailing![/h2]
Across March and April, we’re celebrating with the Paper Pirates Seasonal Celebration, Spring Sailing! Running from 15th March - 12th April, celebrate the season of spring with a festival of eggs, bunnies, and a whole host of seasonal goodies in Paper Pirates!



[h2]Seasonal Trait: The Spring Chicken[/h2]
Joining Paper Pirates for the duration of Spring Sailing is the seasonal trait, The Spring Chicken! Play a trait game, and one of the crew may find themselves with this happy-go-lucky, seasonal appropriate trait.

Each day, when The Spring Chicken is not the Captain, they will spring forward one rank of the crew at the start of the event phase! This happens even if there's no other event taking place! What seems like a blessing may be a curse - watch out if you're a ghostly Spring Chicken and you're almost next to The Sensitive...

[h2]The Grand Spring Egg Hunt[/h2]
Every day during Spring Sailing the crew will be challenged to an Egg Hunt by our very own Rabbot! They've hidden a number of eggs all throughout Paper Pirates for you to find - they could be in any of the menu screens, or even in-game! Find your quota each day, and you'll be able to open a special Spring Sailing surprise.



There's three outfits, two returning outfits and one brand new, for a combined total of sixteen items, to collect through The Grand Spring Egg Hunt. Make sure to check for eggs every day, and get ready to dress up!

[h2]Limited Time Costumes[/h2]
During Spring Sailing, Sam Sherbot and Nat O'Bother have some new customisation options available to unlock in the Shop Ship! If you buy a customisation option during Spring Sailing, you can use it all year round - but the items will be disappearing from sale when the event is over, so don’t delay and buy today!



The full list of outfit items available during Spring Sailing is:

[h3]Outfit Shop[/h3]

• Faces - Animal (Bee)
  
• Faces - Animal (Easter Bunny)
  
• Faces - Face Paint (Egg)
  
• Faces - Face Paint (Striped)
  
• Faces - Face Paint (Spotted)
  
• Faces - Face Paint (Bee)
  
• Facial Hair - Leaf Beard
  
• Hands - Animal (Bee)
  
• Hands - Animal (Easter Bunny)
  
• Hands - Spring
  
• Hands - Umbrella
  
• Accessories - Earrings (Bee)
  
• Accessories - Earrings (Daisy)
  
• Accessories - Earrings (Butterfly)
  
• Headwear - Hairpin (Butterfly)
  
• Headwear - Pendant (Butterfly)
  
• Shirts - Animal (Bee)
  
• Shirts - Animal (Easter Bunny)
  
• Shirts - Forest Top
  
• Shirts - Dress Top (Flowers)
  
• Coats - Egg
  
• Coats - Egg (Rainbow)
  
• Coats - Raincoat
  
• Jacket - Overalls (Upper)
  
• Belts - Umbrella
  
• Legs - Overalls (Lower)
  
• Legs - Animal (Bee)
  
• Legs - Animal (Easter Bunny)
  
• Legs - Forest Skirt
  
• Legs - Skirt (Flowers)
  
• Feet - Animal (Bee)
  
• Feet - Animal (Easter Bunny)
  
• Feet - Slippers (Rabbit)
  
• Feet - Spring
  

[h3]Ship Shop[/h3]

• Sails - Egg Sails
  
• Hull - Spring Hull
  

Additionally, during Spring Sailing, pirates have access to five unique hats, available to everyone in voyages started during the event. Once the event’s over, the hats will disappear from your collection until next year, so be sure to wear them while you can!



[h2]The “Lucky Egg Hunt” Event![/h2]
Go on a sailing adventure during Spring Sailing, and each day there is a chance you may encounter the “Lucky Egg Hunt” event. A random member of the crew gets to pick one egg out of a selection. The eggs all contain events, and whichever egg they choose will instantly trigger that event! All the other pirates on the boat will get a clue, showing them a picture of an egg, and a description of the event that will happen. Make sure you communicate to the egg hunter to let them know what might happen for each egg - but watch out for the ghosts, who might give you a bad description, or tell you fibs about the event squirreled away inside!



[h2]Spring Celebrations in the Photo Booth[/h2]
To celebrate Spring Sailing, there are two limited-time Foils available in the Photo Booth, in the Captain’s Log. Take the opportunity to snap your favourite pirate templates, and share any pics you take!

[h2]Spring Sailing Bot[/h2]
Invite bots into your game during Spring Sailing, and you may encounter Rabbot - our very own pirate-y Easter Bunny, out to help you uncover eggs at sea! Rabbot will only join your games during Spring Sailing, so take the chance to meet them now before they hop away to hibernate for the rest of the year!