User Guide

it out of the city without being captured.
As you move about the enemy city, you’ll see a number of guards on
routine patrol. If you sneak up on a guard from behind you can knock
him out however, you’re much better off keeping out of his way alto-
gether. If a guard sees you he’ll raise the alarm, and dozens of guards
will converge on your position. And then it’s back to the hoosegow for
you, unless you outrun them, cully.
The Town Sneak Screen
Here are the elements on the Town Sneak screen.
You: Your character, that handsome devil!
City Guard: The enemy. Keep out of his way!
Building: A dwelling. You can’t enter any of these buildings. Neither
can the guards. They can’t see through them, either.
Objective Building: The Governor’s Mansion or the Tavern when
sneaking into town.
Your Men: Your faithful crew, waiting for you on the edge of town.
You need to reach them if you’re heading out of town.
Fence: A fence. You can climb over fences, but the city guards are too
fat and lazy to do so. They can’t see through fences, either.
Hay Bales: You can hide behind hay bales and the guardsmen won’t
be able to spot you.
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Book Three Sid Meier’s Pirates!
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Sneaking About Town
Overview
From time to time you may find it necessary to get in or out of a town
unnoticed. Perhaps you’ve been making war on the Spanish and have
discovered that your arch-enemy is hiding in the tavern in Cartagena.
Lacking the manpower to take the city by storm, your only alterna-
tive is to sneak into the city, find the tavern, and confront your foe.
Or perhaps you’ve been fighting the perfidious English and have had
the misfortune to be captured and imprisoned in Barbados. One night
you manage to slip out of your prison; now all you have to do is make
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Sid Meier’s Pirates!
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Book Three
The Memoirs of Captain Sydney
I’d been chasin’ Baron Raymondo for like six months, because
I’d been told he knew where my long-lost sister was bein’ held. I
finally heard tell he was holed up in Saint Martin, which was sort of
a problem, because them Dutchmen hadn’t liked me much since I
sacked Curacao. Sure enough, when I approached the harbor Saint
Martin’s guns opened up on my ship. So I made fer to sneak into
town on me own.
It were late at night and the city streets were dark ‘n’ quiet. The
only people out were me ‘n’ them Dutch guardsmen. But they was
slow and easy to spot, and I figured that I was safe as long as I stayed
out of sight.
Then I walked down this street ‘n’ realized it were a dead end,
and that a guardsman was about to come around the corner behind
me. There was nowhere to run: the houses were locked up tight, and
I knew it’d make too much noise if I were to kick in a door or win-
dow. So I figures I’m trapped.
Then I spots these hay bales, and I ducks behind ‘em just as the
guard comes around the corner. As he walks past I slips out behind
him and kind o’ taps him on the headbone with this cudgel I’m car-
ryin’. He slumps over and I slips away down the street and over a
wall before anybody spots me.
Not too long after that I sees the tavern and makes my way
inside. Baron Raymondo weren’t too happy to see me - and he was a
lot less happy after I got through with him, by the Powers!
City Guards
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