The Ocean Blesses the Crew! Today's update adds a small tweak to the Paper Pirates ruleset, which you can choose to enable in any custom voyage. Choose to turn on Ocean's Blessing when customising your voyage, and you'll find a new Day One event triggers after your first job! Any voyage with The Ocean's Blessing will have one slight rule change - pirates will not be able to vote for the pirate…
Happy birthday, Paper Pirates! It's Paper Pirates' sixth birthday, and we’re celebrating with the return of The Big Birthday Bash! Running from 28th February - 14th March, celebrate the anniversary of the game's launch with a festival of partying, and a whole host of anniversary goodies in Paper Pirates! Seasonal Trait: The Blessed A new seasonal trait for the sixth anniversary of Paper Pirates…
Happy 6th Anniversary Paper Pirates! Alongside the return of the seasonal celebration, The Big Birthday Bash, we're also bringing some new bits and pieces to Paper Pirates! We've prepared a few new events and a collection of new Traits across both Trait and Traits+ game modes to keep your voyages fresh. Anniversary Bounties There are two special anniversary bounties to complete during Paper Pir…
Find romance on the seven seas with Valentine Voyages! This February, we’re again celebrating with the Paper Pirates Seasonal Celebration, Valentine Voyages! Running from 7th February - 21st February , celebrate the season of love with a festival of romance, and a whole host of seasonal goodies in Paper Pirates! A Mysterious Benefactor Play a Trait or Traits+ game during Valentine Voyages, and…
Throughout January, we’re celebrating with the Paper Pirates Seasonal Celebration, Soggy Hogmanay ! Running from 1st January - 21st January, celebrate the start of the New Year with a festival of glad tidings, and a whole host of seasonal goodies in Paper Pirates! The Crew's Resolution All voyages during Soggy Hogmanay will start with a unique day one event: The Crew's Resolution. When presente…
Prepare for Merriment and Mischief on the Yule Tides! Throughout all of December, we’re celebrating, sharing, and gift giving, with Yule Tides! Running from 1st December - 31st December, celebrate Christmas with a festival of merriment and joy, and a whole host of seasonal goodies in Paper Pirates! Seasonal Trait+: The Miser The Miser is a seasonal trait returning for this year's Yule Tides, ap…
What are you thankful for during the Festive Feast Event? Through the second half of November, we’re taking some time to be thankful in our most delicious seasonal event, The Festive Feast! Running from 16th November - 30th November, celebrate the harvest season with a festival of feasting and thankfulness and a whole host of seasonal goodies in Paper Pirates! Seasonal Trait: The Chef The Chef…
Honour the Spirits of the Dead during Día de Muertos! Through early November, we’re honouring the spirits of the dead with our most spiritual seasonal event, Día de Muertos running from 1st November - 14th November! Seasonal Trait: The Spiritualist Our seasonal trait for Día de Muertos is The Spiritualist . On days when The Spiritualist does not play in, they may decorate a sugar skull offering…
Joining Paper Pirates today is the new trait, The Cheerleader ! The Cheerleader is a new passive trait, available in all Trait and Traits+ games. The Cheerleader starts out with an initial voting power of one no matter which rank they are on the ship. During day one, The Cheerleader will be asked to choose whether they want to support the human team, or the ghost team, and this choice will cont…
Joining Paper Pirates today is the new trait, The Diplomat ! The Diplomat is a new active trait, available in all Trait and Traits+ games with at least six pirates. On days when The Diplomat does not play in, they may target a pirate and force them to skip their next vote. This could be a really powerful way of defusing someone who's controlling the game. You could use this opportunity to overt…
Set Sail on Haunted Seas for Halloween! Throughout October, celebrate Paper Pirates’ spookiest seasonal event by taking part in the Halloween-themed Haunted Seas event! Running from 1st October - 31st October, a whole host of spooky goings on are waiting for you. Seasonal Trait+: The Vampires Play a Traits+ game during Haunted Seas, and you might find a spooky new Traits+ exclusive passive trai…
Joining Paper Pirates today is a new seasonal trait, The Wereghost ! The Wereghost is a new seasonal passive trait, available in all Trait and Traits+ games during Haunted Seas with at least six pirates. The Wereghost plays into the same energy as The Werewolf, in that their trait is governed by the moon. During Haunted Seas, odd numbered days have a crescent moon while even numbered days show…
Grab a sausage and celebrate Oktoberfest! As we see out September, we’re celebrating the next Paper Pirates Seasonal Celebration, Oktoberfest on the Ocean! Running from 18th to 30th September, celebrating the end of the season with a shindig dedicated to pretzels, sausages, chicken dancing and more, with a whole host of seasonal goodies in Paper Pirates! Seasonal Trait: The Brewmaster The Brewm…
Joining Paper Pirates today is the new trait, The Imitator ! The Imitator is a new passive trait, available in all Trait and Traits+ games. At the start of the voyage, a randomly selected pirate is chosen to be the person that The Imitator is imitating. While they are imitating another pirate, whenever The Imitator's team is revealed - either through traits or events - it will actually reveal t…
Joining Paper Pirates today is the new trait, The Dutiful ! The Dutiful is a new active trait, available in all Trait and Traits+ games with at least six pirates. When The Dutiful doesn't play in, they can activate their trait, controlling which event shows up for that day. When they activate their trait, the day's event will always be the Crew's Duty event for whatever rank The Dutiful is at t…
Joining Paper Pirates today is the new trait, The Soothsayer ! The Soothsayer is a new passive trait, available in all Trait and Traits+ games with at least seven pirates. The Soothsayer has the power of divination, and their trait comes in handy when they've just been voted overboard - as long as they're on the human team, that is. We all know that when a human pirate is voted overboard, one o…
Joining Paper Pirates today is the new trait, The Shapesister ! The Shapesister is a new passive trait, available in Traits+ games with at least six pirates. This is a partner trait, and interacts directly with whichever pirate on the crew is The Shapeshifter. Whenever The Shapeshifter activates their trait during a job, The Shapesister's team will also be flipped. In the same way as The Shapes…
Make a splash with The Pirate Pool Party! 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! Seasonal Traits: The Shark & The Bait The Shark and The Bait appear as…
Joining Paper Pirates today is the new trait, The Quester ! The Quester is a new passive trait, available in all Trait and Traits+ games. At the start of the voyage, The Quester is given a secret quest to complete. That might be to obey or disobey a number of jobs, change their team, or even go overboard. Only they'll know their secret quest, and whether they choose to try to complete it or not…
Joining Paper Pirates today is the new trait, The Informant ! The Informant is a new passive trait, available in all Trait and Traits+ games. At the start of the voyage, The Informant is notified of up to three traits that aren't currently in the voyage. They might be active traits, they might be passive traits, but they'll know for sure that no pirate started the game with that trait. What wil…
Joining Paper Pirates today is the new trait, The Robot ! Beep boop to all and ghosts! The Robot is a new active trait, available in all Traits+ games. The Robot is our first dual-trait, in that it occupies both the active and passive slot. If you're chosen to be The Robot at the start of the voyage, your passive trait will be automatically set to Deactivated . On days when The Robot does not p…
Go Egg Hunting on the Seven Seas with Spring Sailing! 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! Seasonal Trait: The Spring Chicken Joining Paper Pirates for the duration of Sprin…
Joining Paper Pirates today is the new trait, The Unfortunate ! The Unfortunate is a passive trait, available in all Trait and Traits+ games. When The Unfortunate chooses to vote, they're really taking their future into their hands. Should they participate in a vote to throw a human overboard, they will always be the pirate chosen to become a ghost no matter who else voted, how many votes they…
Happy birthday, Paper Pirates! It's Paper Pirates' fifth birthday, and we’re celebrating with the return of The Big Birthday Bash! Running from 28th February - 14th March, celebrate the anniversary of the game's launch with a festival of partying, and a whole host of anniversary goodies in Paper Pirates! Seasonal Trait: The Magician Joining Paper Pirates for the duration of The Big Birthday Bas…
Ahoy Chess fans! We're really pleased to share that the next game from Iteration Games, An Elaborate History of Chess, now has a a playable demo on Steam as part of this month's Next Fest! The demo gives you the opportunity to explore the real-time strategy overworld, farming turnips, fighting rats, building castles, and promoting your pieces. Progress far enough in the overworld, and you'll ha…
Joining Paper Pirates today is the new trait, The Prosecutor ! The Prosecutor is an active trait, available in Trait and Traits+ games with at least seven pirates. On days when The Prosecutor doesn't play in, they may attempt to conduct an exorcism on any other pirate. If the pirate they choose is on the ghost team, then that pirate will be publicly exorcised for all to see. Hooray, a new human…
Find romance on the seven seas with Valentine Voyages! This February, we’re again celebrating with the Paper Pirates Seasonal Celebration, Valentine Voyages! Running from 7th February - 21st February , celebrate the season of love with a festival of romance, and a whole host of seasonal goodies in Paper Pirates! A Mysterious Benefactor Play a Trait or Traits+ game during Valentine Voyages, and…
Throughout January, we’re celebrating with the Paper Pirates Seasonal Celebration, Soggy Hogmanay ! Running from 1st January - 21st January, celebrate the start of the New Year with a festival of glad tidings, and a whole host of seasonal goodies in Paper Pirates! The Crew's Resolution New for 2025, all voyages during Soggy Hogmanay will start with a brand new day one event: The Crew's Resoluti…
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