User Guide

Move your men atop the blinking mark, and they will uncover the
hidden goodies. Once you’ve got the loot, you can use the “Return to
Your Ship” button to get back to sea.
Perils Ashore
When you’re leading a landing party, there are two things you have to
worry about: your crew’s morale and their food supply. As time pass-
es your crew eats, and if they run out of food, they’ll become really
unhappy. You’ll need to get them some food, quick, or they’ll start to
desert.
Mind you, even a well-fed crew may begin to complain if the search
takes too much time. It’s a good idea to begin any land adventure with
loads of food and a happy crew.
Entering a City or Settlement
If you wish to lead your landing party into a city or settlement, sim-
ply move toward the buildings on the map. Once you have gotten
close to the habitation, a menu will appear asking what your inten-
tions are. Depending upon circumstances you may be able to stroll
right in to the place, or you may have to sneak or fight your way in.
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Months of Food Remaining: Once you run out of food, your men will
begin to starve.
Crew Size and Current Morale: How many crewmen are in your
landing party and the state of their morale.
Compass: Helps you figure out which direction you’re going.
Current Quests: Info on people you’re trying to track down.
Current Treasure Maps: A shortcut to your treasure maps.
Moving Around on Land
See the the “Game Controls” section for instructions on moving your
landing party about on land.
“X” Marks the Spot
See the Treasure Map section (above) to learn how to use landmarks
to track down your treasure.
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Book Three
The Memoirs of Captain Sydney
Land is fer lubbers, hear me? And fer crazy old Cap’n Briggs.
He used to buy them maps like they was bags o’ nuts, ‘n’ then drag
his poor crew all over creation lookin’ fer buried treasure. Heh.
Half the time he’d run out o’ food in some godforsaken mountains
and half his men would desert him.
Course he did find treasure a couple o’ times _ they was
worth a pretty penny too. But as fer me, I’ll stick to the high seas,
thank you very much. Marchin’ around on land just aint natural
fer a pirate, sez I. I heard tell how there be monstrous great spiders
in them jungles, and huge, bloodsucking wombats, so they say.
No sir. I’ll go ashore fer somethin’ reasonable - for to attack
a Spanish city, or the like. As for buried treasure, I leaves it fer
them who likes it. Me, I’ll take me a fat Spanish treasure galleon
any day o’ the week.!
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