Tropico(TM) 2: Pirate Cove Official Strategy Guide

by Barba, Rick

• ISBN13: 9780744001785
• ISBN10: 0744001781
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-04-11
• Publisher: DK Publishing, Inc.

Summary

Your scurvy band of sea dogs has elected you pirate king...for now. If you want to avoid a rebellion, keep your brigands well stocked with food, drink, wenches and gambling, and keep your captives in line through fear and order. Two factions with disparate demands on the same island, both ready to revolt against their king -- this essential guide will keep you from walking the plank! Book jacket.

Author Biography

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc., headquartered in New York City, is an integrated global developer, marketer, distributor, and publisher of interactive entertainment software games and accessories for the PC, PlayStation(r), PlayStation(r)2, Xbox(tm), Nintendo GameCube(tm) and Nintendo Game Boy Advance. The Company publishes and develops products through its wholly owned subsidiary labels: Rockstar Games, Gotham Games, Gathering of Developers, Joytech and Global Star. The Company maintains sales and marketing offices in Cincinnati, New York, Toronto, London, Paris, Munich, Vienna, Copenhagen, Milan, Sydney, Amsterdam and Auckland. Take-Two's common stock is publicly traded on NASDAQ under the symbol TTWO. For more corporate and product information please visit our website at www.take2games.com.

Table of Contents

The Basics: How to Be a Pirate King	p. 3
Read the Manual	p. 6
Play the Campaign	p. 9
Cheat Codes	p. 10
Four Fundamental Strategies	p. 13
Campaign Strategies (16 episodes)	p. 18
Beer for Buccaneers	p. 19
Pirate Industry	p. 21
Raiders of the Caribbean	p. 24
Privateers, Not Pirates	p. 30
Jamaican Rum	p. 32
Diplomacy and War	p. 37
A Turncoat Pirate	p. 41
Frigates and Shipbuilding	p. 46
A Smuggler's Cove	p. 54
Tortuga	p. 59
The Treasure Fleet	p. 66
The Jolly Roger	p. 67
A New War	p. 68
Pirate Defense	p. 69
The Last Golden Age	p. 70
The War of Jenkins' Ear	p. 71
Planning Your Island	p. 72
Zoning for Efficiency	p. 73
Early Game: Build a Base	p. 83
Middle Game: Gear Up Industry & Plunder	p. 88
Late Game: Upgrade & Stash	p. 93
Population Control: Managing Pirates and Captives	p. 95
The Pirate Happiness Algorithm	p. 97
Captives	p. 105
Pirates	p. 109
Ships, Sailing, and International Relations	p. 113
Nautical Tips and Tactics	p. 115
Relations with the Great Powers	p. 123
Frog City Notes: How Invasion Works	p. 126
Frog City Notes: Escape, Diplomacy, and Captive Policy	p. 128
Single Games: Scenarios
Tools of the Trade	p. 133
Pirate Paradise	p. 134
Home Isle Security	p. 135
Peace or Plunder	p. 136
The Anarchist	p. 138
Local Troubles	p. 140
The Happy Pirate	p. 141
Spanish Treasure Fleet	p. 142
Tiny Island	p. 143
Scripting Your Own Scenarios	p. 145
Building Information	p. 165
Ship Information	p. 184
Archetype Information	p. 190
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