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From: davidy@sumax.seattleu.edu (David L. Yee)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Re: Pirates! How do you score?
Message-ID: <2448@sumax.seattleu.edu>
Date: 14 Mar 91 05:36:33 GMT
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In article <1991Mar13.174318.1799@motaus.sps.mot.com> skipper@motaus.sps.mot.com (Skipper Smith) writes:
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>How do you reliably "take" a town?  I have gone into some towns with 200 men,
>killed everyone in the town, and not capture it.  I turn around, come back to 
>it and somehow they found 20 more men for me to slaughter.  At other times, I 
>have gone in with 50 men (against forces of up to 150), killed a few, and the
>govener handed the keys over in nothing flat.  I have managed to score enough
>points to get within two grades of King's Advisor, but I have never been able 
>to reliably take a town (or beat the soldiers on foot either, they always wipe
>me out ;-(  ).
>-- 
>Skipper Smith                             | skipper@motaus.sps.mot.com
>Motorola Technical Training               | 8945 Guilford Rd  Ste 145  
>All opinions are my own, not my employers | Columbia, MD 21046

First, you need to build a huge army. This means after you have divided the plunder, try to accumulate the ships you need to carry 500-600 men. Then go to
it. If you have 500 + men don't bother invading by sea. Go by land. Most of
the moderate sized cities will not even fight back and you can go straight to
the swordfight scene. And they will usually capitulate. If they do resist,
hold your forces back under cover and make his army advance over open ground where you can pick them off. Use one group as a manuver detachment to lure
the enemy forces into your line of fire if they get cold feet. If you don't
mind sacrificing a large part of your army, you can take one large detachment and sneak it away from the main group. When the garrison charges your main
force (and destroys it) you rush over with the main detachment and assault
the fort. Sure, a lot of your men die, but then that's a pirate's life, eh? :^)
I have taken Panama with 250 men doing this (of course only had 40 left. )
But that is good, because it gives you a larger share of the plunder
when you divide up. Just avoid all other ships until you get to a friendly port.
Of course, to build a large army you have to do it right away, for as the
voyage drags on it is harder to keep the men happy and they will start to
desert you, of course.


				David L. Yee
			Email to:davidy@sumax.seattleu.edu