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From: jh6n+@andrew.cmu.edu (Jason Hou)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Re: Pirates! How do you score?
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Date: 23 Mar 91 18:02:46 GMT
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>Heres a curious question. In the manual it says "silver train/Treasure
fleet in 
><whatever year". I was wondering if its accurate for a period of time.
in other 
>words, in 1662, early march is the silver train always going to be in cumana?
>this would make capturing it a bit easier.

I found that the schedule is fairly accurate for the time period you're
playing, 1660s or 1680s or whatever. But after the first year, it's
always off schedule by about half a month for some reason or another. So
I use the manual to find the approximate spot, then just check the city
before or after it and usually find the train/fleet.