Title: February Seal o' Piracy and Monthly Reward!

<img src="http://yppedia.puzzlepirates.com/images/c/c5/Trophy-Seal_o%27_Piracy-_February_2014.png" style="float:left; margin: 0 10px 0 0" height="80" width="80"> Years of pillaging and excessive rum consumption leads to an overabundance of loot and bouts of anterograde amnesia. That's just part of the fun in being a pirate! You've probably stashed away mountains of loot, but your grog-soaked noggin can't seem to recall where. For February, to earn the Seal o’ Piracy ye must complete one buried treasure expedition.

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The monthly reward for February is a Royal Blue Vase with Wildflowers! Own a subscription or make a purchase of $9.99 or higher to get this furniture item!

Title: February Seal o' Piracy and Monthly Reward!

Years of pillaging and excessive rum consumption leads to an overabundance of loot and bouts of anterograde amnesia. That's just part of the fun in being a pirate! You've probably stashed away mountains of loot, but your grog-soaked noggin can't seem to recall where. For February, to earn the Seal o’ Piracy ye must complete one buried treasure expedition.


The monthly reward for February is a Royal Blue Vase with Wildflowers! Own a subscription or make a purchase of $9.99 or higher to get this furniture item!

<img src="http://content.puzzlepirates.com/images/spyglass/2014jan/gold_pony.png" width="250px" height="250px "style="float: right; margin: 0 0 0 10px" alt="Happy New Year!"/><p>Celebrate the Chinese New Year with trinkets, portraits and a Golden Pony! Host a New Year celebration with <b>Lucky Feast furniture</b> items from the Palace Shoppe. While there, check out the <b>Chinese New Year trinkets</b>, including the new 'Lucky Coin' trinket, available through February 14th. Also in the Palace Shoppe for a limited time, a <b>Golden Pony</b>! Fulfill yer childhood dreams and buy a pony of yer own through February 6th.</p><p>Commemorate the Year of the Horse with two new <b>limited edition portrait backgrounds</b>: <i>Diagram's Chinese New Year</i> and <i>Pixelpixie's Xin Nian Kuai Le</i>. There will be more Chinese New Year portrait backgrounds coming next week, so be sure to check your local portrait easel! There are also new limited edition backgrounds for any winter festivities you have planned. Enjoy <i>Corkskooner's Attack of the Yeti</i>, <i>Greylady's Winter Night</i> and <i>Inghild's Winter Solstice</i> with yer hearties.</p>

Celebrate the Chinese New Year with trinkets, portraits and a Golden Pony! Host a New Year celebration with Lucky Feast furniture items from the Palace Shoppe. While there, check out the Chinese New Year trinkets, including the new 'Lucky Coin' trinket, available through February 14th. Also in the Palace Shoppe for a limited time, a Golden Pony! Fulfill yer childhood dreams and buy a pony of yer own through February 6th.

Commemorate the Year of the Horse with two new limited edition portrait backgrounds: Diagram's Chinese New Year and Pixelpixie's Xin Nian Kuai Le. There will be more Chinese New Year portrait backgrounds coming next week, so be sure to check your local portrait easel! There are also new limited edition backgrounds for any winter festivities you have planned. Enjoy Corkskooner's Attack of the Yeti, Greylady's Winter Night and Inghild's Winter Solstice with yer hearties.

<p>Are yer coffers a bit low after the holidays? If ye spent yer shiny coins on the festivities, now is yer chance to replenish yer treasure chest to overflowing! <b>Sharpen the swords and set sail. The brigands are in a frenzy!</p></b><ul>
<li>Brigands and barbarians have <i>extra booty</i>. Payouts are higher, if you can defeat them!</li><li>Hoping for a fantastic haul of smuggled goods, brigands are increasingly attracted to islands with <a href=http://yppedia.puzzlepirates.com/Black_market>Black Markets</a>.</li><li>The <a href=http://yppedia.puzzlepirates.com/Brigand_King>Brigand Kings</a> are more actively roaming the oceans. Expeditions to track them down are more common.</li><li>The chance for triggering an <a href=http://yppedia.puzzlepirates.com/Expedition>expedition</a> while pillaging has been increased. The brigands are being a bit careless with their scraps of paper. </li><li>Maps to <a href=http://yppedia.puzzlepirates.com/Official:Sea_Monsters>sea monster lairs</a> are more common to find when pillaging.</li><li><a href="http://yppedia.puzzlepirates.com/Merchant_brigand">Merchant brigands</a> are hoping the increased sailing activity will be a good distraction so they can sneak their goods to market. They've loaded up their ships with increased treasure!</li></ul>
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</div><p><b>This Brigand Frenzy event will be active until January 24th at noon PST.</b></p> <p>Happy hunting, mates!</p>

Are yer coffers a bit low after the holidays? If ye spent yer shiny coins on the festivities, now is yer chance to replenish yer treasure chest to overflowing! Sharpen the swords and set sail. The brigands are in a frenzy!

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This Brigand Frenzy event will be active until January 24th at noon PST.

Happy hunting, mates!

<img src="http://content.puzzlepirates.com/images/spyglass/2014jan/ice_box.png" width="300px" height="300px "style="float: left; margin: 0 10px 0 0" alt="Frosty!"/> <p>After the eggnog incident in December, the developers made a New Year's resolution to clean up the Palace Shoppe. While digging around in cold storage, they found a number of boxes which were covered in thick layers of ice. Apparently, they had been in the freezer for a long time, and it was no longer possible to decipher the contents of the box. Rather than just tossing them into the sea, the developers decided to give them away!</p><p>These Ice Mystery Boxes include Ice Blue furniture, clothing, trinkets, ships, pets and familiars! Open the boxes to save <b>White Hedgehogs, Ice Blue Octopus with Sleeping Caps, and Ice Blue Ravens</b> from hypothermia! Be careful though! Ye don't want to damage the <b>Ice Blue furniture or Ice Blue painted Sloops, War Frigates or Merchant Brigs!</b> Once ye get the Ice Box open, be sure to check for any <b>chroma, trinkets or clothing</b> that may be frozen to the bottom!</p><p>For more information about the full contents of the 2014 Ice Mystery Box, as well as the official rules, please click <a href="http://yppedia.puzzlepirates.com/Official:Jan14_Promotion">here</a>. The Ice Mystery Boxes are only available for a limited time, so grab something sharp and chip one open today!</p><p><b>From now until 3:00 PM PST on January 27, 2014 you'll earn a free Ice Mystery Box for every $9.99 you spend on doubloons, or every month of subscription time you purchase!</b></p>

After the eggnog incident in December, the developers made a New Year's resolution to clean up the Palace Shoppe. While digging around in cold storage, they found a number of boxes which were covered in thick layers of ice. Apparently, they had been in the freezer for a long time, and it was no longer possible to decipher the contents of the box. Rather than just tossing them into the sea, the developers decided to give them away!

These Ice Mystery Boxes include Ice Blue furniture, clothing, trinkets, ships, pets and familiars! Open the boxes to save White Hedgehogs, Ice Blue Octopus with Sleeping Caps, and Ice Blue Ravens from hypothermia! Be careful though! Ye don't want to damage the Ice Blue furniture or Ice Blue painted Sloops, War Frigates or Merchant Brigs! Once ye get the Ice Box open, be sure to check for any chroma, trinkets or clothing that may be frozen to the bottom!

For more information about the full contents of the 2014 Ice Mystery Box, as well as the official rules, please click here. The Ice Mystery Boxes are only available for a limited time, so grab something sharp and chip one open today!

From now until 3:00 PM PST on January 27, 2014 you'll earn a free Ice Mystery Box for every $9.99 you spend on doubloons, or every month of subscription time you purchase!

<img src="http://yppedia.puzzlepirates.com/images/c/cf/Trophy-Seal_o%27_Piracy-_January_2014.png" style="float:left; margin: 0 10px 0 0" height="80" width="80"> Set a New Year's resolution to spend more time pillaging! Already doing that? Then we'll add a twist to make it more of a challenge! For January, to earn the Seal o’ Piracy ye must participate in 3 sea battles involving a Junk and 3 sea battles involving a Fanchuan. If a battle is between a Junk and a Fanchuan, it counts towards both requirements!

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The monthly reward for January is a Royal Blue Paint Bucket! Own a subscription or make a purchase of $9.99 or higher to get this furniture item!

Set a New Year's resolution to spend more time pillaging! Already doing that? Then we'll add a twist to make it more of a challenge! For January, to earn the Seal o’ Piracy ye must participate in 3 sea battles involving a Junk and 3 sea battles involving a Fanchuan. If a battle is between a Junk and a Fanchuan, it counts towards both requirements!


The monthly reward for January is a Royal Blue Paint Bucket! Own a subscription or make a purchase of $9.99 or higher to get this furniture item!