Use diplomacy to parley trade treaties and accords with other Captains. Join a strong Brotherhood with players from every port, and coordinate massive attacks against rival Brotherhood and plunder their riches and Presidios.

Together, Brotherhoods will decide the fate of the Seven Seas. Pardons transfers. A wee bit of a warnin' Kraken Manner: Armada Offense: Basic defense: Juggernaut Manner: Armada Offense: Basic defense: Submarine Manner: Armada Offense: Basic defense: Schooner Manner: Armada Offense: Basic defense: Pirate defense: Mercenary defense: Fleet defense: Armada defense: Raid resource capacity: Rum consumption: 4 per hour Speed: 30 mph.

Brigantine Manner: Fleet Offense: Basic defense: 90 Pirate defense: 80 Mercenary defense: Fleet defense: Armada defense: 80 Raid resource capacity: Rum consumption: 3 per hour Speed: 12 mph.

Frigate Manner: Fleet Offense: Basic defense: 90 Pirate defense: 80 Mercenary defense: 80 Fleet defense: Armada defense: Raid resource capacity: Rum consumption: 3 per hour Speed: 12 mph.

Gunboat Manner: Fleet Offense: 80 Basic defense: Pirate defense: Mercenary defense: Fleet defense: Armada defense: Raid resource capacity: Rum consumption: 3 per hour Speed: 12 mph.

Bombardier Manner: Mercenary Offense: Basic defense: Cannoneer Manner: Mercenary Offense: Basic defense: With the best of crews and a glorious Haven, you could lead your Brotherhood to many a victory, and eventually drive the Armada and their king out of the Caribbean to secure your pirate paradise for years to come.

Pirates across the Seven Seas will sing shanties about your tale of war, strategy and diplomacy. Pirates: Tides of Fortune. A good tactic is to develop dedicated forces of either Offensive or Defensive units tasked with taking or holding Havens, respectively.

There are two variants of every unit in the game - regular and Veteran. Regular units are purchased with Gold, Lumber and Rum. Veteran units are purchased primarily with Rubies and cost significantly less Resources than Regular units.

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Verified Purchase. Fast paced story of Caribbean pirating and adventure in early s. Good depiction of sailing ships, pirates, treasure hunting and the barely civilized environment of the Florida Keys, Cuba and Bahamas of that time period.

This is the first in a series of books. I finished this first one some skimming and started the second installment Ten Sails , hoping that the pace would slow down some.

Pace actually got faster and the story got confusing. I gave it up. I have been a fan of Steven Becker's Mac Travis series from the start, Mac having a bit of the pirate in his character.

I looked forward to reading another series from Steven and the move to full on pirate stories seemed like a natural for him.

I purchased Pirate in a collection of what appears to be more of a set of short stories in a series, and I feel it could have used a little editing to make the transitions a little smoother once it was combined as a single offering.

Nit-picking done Pirate was a great story with a good historical base with literary license applied to bring it to life. I enjoyed the rich character development and like another reviewer wrote, I got so wrapped up in the story line that I finished the book shortly after the sun came up.

I highly recommend this book and I hope a long series, to anyone who enjoys getting so wrapped up in a story that he or she finds themselves mentally telling the main characters that what they are planning is not going to go well and please rethink it The closest book I can think of in my long list of favorites that this compares quite well to would be The Walking Drum, by Louis L'Amour.

A step away from my normal genre Aren't the best books Steven Becker has a talent for bringing his stories to life, allowing our imaginations to transport us in the case of Pirates to a time long lost, of high seas adventures, of treasure hunts and the romance and trials of the 19th Century.

Manner: Armada Offense: Basic defense: Pirate defense: Mercenary defense: Fleet defense: Armada defense: Raid resource capacity: Rum consumption: 4 per hour Speed: 30 mph.

Manner: Fleet Offense: Basic defense: 90 Pirate defense: 80 Mercenary defense: 80 Fleet defense: Armada defense: Raid resource capacity: Rum consumption: 2 per hour Speed: 12 mph.

Manner: Fleet Offense: Basic defense: 90 Pirate defense: 80 Mercenary defense: Fleet defense: Armada defense: 80 Raid resource capacity: Rum consumption: 3 per hour Speed: 12 mph.

Manner: Fleet Offense: Basic defense: 90 Pirate defense: 80 Mercenary defense: 80 Fleet defense: Armada defense: Raid resource capacity: Rum consumption: 3 per hour Speed: 12 mph.

Manner: Fleet Offense: 80 Basic defense: Pirate defense: Mercenary defense: Fleet defense: Armada defense: Raid resource capacity: Rum consumption: 3 per hour Speed: 12 mph.

Manner: Fleet Offense: Basic defense: Pirate defense: Mercenary defense: Fleet defense: Armada defense: Raid resource capacity: Rum consumption: 3 per hour Speed: 12 mph.

Manner: Mercenary Offense: 40 Basic defense: Pirate defense: Mercenary defense: Fleet defense: Armada defense: Raid resource capacity: Rum consumption: 2 per hour Speed: 18 mph.

Manner: Mercenary Offense: 50 Basic defense: Pirate defense: Mercenary defense: Fleet defense: Armada defense: Raid resource capacity: Rum consumption: 2 per hour Speed: 12 mph.

Manner: Pirate Offense: 60 Basic defense: 10 Pirate defense: 12 Mercenary defense: 12 Fleet defense: 8 Armada defense: 8 Raid resource capacity: 33 Rum consumption: 1 per hour Speed: 18 mph.

Manner: Pirate Offense: 40 Basic defense: 6. Manner: Pirate Offense: 50 Basic defense: 60 Pirate defense: 60 Mercenary defense: 60 Fleet defense: 60 Armada defense: 60 Raid resource capacity: 40 Rum consumption: 0 per hour Speed: 12 mph.