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The game came from 2003, and was one of several games that was packed into my luggage to Perth. Basically, you construct a village then a small town on a unnamed Carribean island, and soon enough, you\u2019ll have pirates stopping by little bay for Rest & Recreation. How do you keep them happy and keep them returning? By meeting all their needs, i.e. a continuous supply of cigars, beer and wenches LOL.<\/p>\n
If things were only that simple though. Beers are sold in Taverns, must be manufactured from corps, and you have to grow corps. You\u2019ll also need labor, accommodation for your labor, and overseers when your labor conscripts aren\u2019t willing. The whole game is a balance of sorts: trying to keep your pirates happy, but your bottom line in the black, i.e. a profitable enterprise for yourself.<\/p>\n
So if you\u2019re thinking that this must be a morally irreprehensible game of questionable ethics, it\u2019s nothing such. Everything is tongue in cheek. There\u2019s no blood, no violence beyond those implied when ships get sunk, and heck no buxom nudity \u2013 very PG-safe. You just need to be ready to laugh at the extreme situations you get into to keep your pirates happy, returning, and your slave labor compliant.<\/p>\n
The game hasn\u2019t aged very well, but for those of us who\u2019re in the know, this game\u2019s a rarity and a gem for its unique theme.:)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Funnily, Matt and I don\u2019t always enjoy the same kind of games. In a nutshell, he\u2019s a much more discriminating gamer than I am, whereas I\u2019m more temperamental when it comes to video games when I\u2019m not saddled with the<\/p>\n