Arast there shipmates Cap'in R Jimlad speaking!

Well now those scurvy sons of Spaniards at Undying Kings have asked me to tell you about the delights of this PIECES OF EIGHT malarkey o'thiers.

The way it works, see, is ye've to set a strategy for yer rascally crew to steer by each turn - an' ye've to continuously evolve it, see, in response to the changing face of the Spanish Main, an' what other lubberly pirates are up to, else it's down to Davy Jones's Locker with ye!

Strap me in irons, sez I, it's the most piratical fun since they banned Keel-hauling. And the beauty of it is, shipmates, that the rules are simple and clear, an' ye can write turns quickly if n ye're pressed for time - like when a wallowing merchant man hoves into view on the larboard how! Easy to play, difficult to win, sez they, an' plumb good value too at just two soverigns a turn. Now if that don't heat splicing the main brace!