User Guide
The End
Overview
All good things must eventually come to an end, and sooner or later
you will want to retire from the buccaneer’s life to enjoy the fruits of
your adventures.
After a pirate retires, he’s no longer available for play. You can then
begin anew with a brand new character.
When to Retire
There is no forced retirement age in Pirates! You can continue to play
with a character as long as you want. However, as time passes that
character’s life will become more difficult as old age sets in (see the
previous section).
You might also choose to retire a character because you want to try a
different game-strategy. Maybe you want to try to operate only as a
pirate-hunter, refusing to attack anybody’s legitimate shipping, and
only going after buccaneers. Or perhaps you want to play as a peace-
ful trader, fighting only those who attack you. Or perhaps you want
to try for total Netherlands world domination, capturing every city on
the map and turning it Dutch. [Or perhaps you simply want to try
another game-era.]
You are offered the chance to retire after you divide the plunder (see
pages 80-81).
Sid Meier’s Pirates!
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Book Three
The Retirement Screen
When your character retires, the game checks his Fame points and
assigns him a post-piratical job based upon his performance. The
more Fame points he has, the better his new career. A bad pirate may
end his days as a lowly pickpocket, while a really successful bucca-
neer may become a city governor!
The Pirates Hall of Fame
If your character is extremely successful, he may earn himself a place
on the Pirates Hall of Fame.
Book Three Sid Meier’s Pirates!
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The Memoirs of Captain Sydney
Retire? Me? Who said anythin’ about retirin’? I been on a hiatus
this past twenty-five years is all - I ain’t bloody retired, by the Powers,
and I’ll keelhaul the lubber who sez I’m too bloody old to take to the seas
again. I’ll show the drunken lot o’ ye!
“Avast, boys! Cap’n Sydney’s settin’ sail once more! Now who’s
with me?”
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