Re: (TFT) Pirates!

["Jay Carlisle" <Jay_Carlisle@charter.net>]

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From: "PvK"

> Depends on what you mean by "early" computer game. There was an 
> Avalon-Hill-branded Wooden Ships & Iron Men game circa 1995, with a simple 
> captain's campaign mode, and PBEM play, which was a light adaptation of 
> the boardgame. Not bad, not great. About ten years earlier than that, 
> Strategic Simulations also published a (very good for the time) computer 
> game in the same genre titled Broadsides. It was about as good as the 1995 
> game, though with different features. One of the cooler features was that 
> the damage to the ships was visualized hit by hit.
Broadsides!
That's the one!
A shot of chain into the rigging would tatter the sails a bit and whatnot.

Assuming that a ship is a floating, moving community like a village I'll 
have to draw up a power structure and legal code for one.

uhhhh

Captain
First Mate
Quartermaster
Boatswain
Gunner
Powder Monkey
Carpenter
Surgeon
Cook
Cooper
Musician

Article One
Every man shall obey civil command; the captain shall have on full share and 
a half in all prizes. the Master, Carpenter, Boatswain, and Gunner shall 
have one share and quarter.
Article Two
If any man shall offer to run away, or keep any secret from the Company, he 
shall be marroon'd with one bottle of powder, one bottle of Water, one small 
Arm, and shot.
Article Three
If any Man shall steal any Thing in the Company, or game, to the value of a 
piece of Eight, he shall be Marroon'd or shot.
Article Four
If at any Time we should meet at another Marrooner (that is, Pyrate) that 
man shall sign his Articles without Consent of our Company, shall suffer 
such Punishment as the Captain and Company shall think fit.
Article Five
That man that shall strike another, whilst these Articles are in force, 
shall receive Moses's Law (that is 40 Stripes lacking one) on the bare Back.
Article Six
That Man that shall snap his Arms, or smoak Tobacco in the Hold, without cap 
to his Pipe, or carry a candle lighted without lanthorn, shall suffer the 
same Punishment as in the former Article.
Article Seven
That Man that shall not keep his Arms clean, fit for an Engagement, or 
neglect his Business, shall be cut off from his Share, and suffer such other 
Punishment as the Captain and Company shall think fit.
Article Eight
If any man shall lose a joint in time of Engagement, shall have 400 Pieces 
of Eight: if a limb, 800.
Article Nine
If at any time you meet with a prudent Woman, that Man that offers to meddle 
with her, without her Consent, shall suffer Death.

Chasse-Partie, or Charter Party was one of the first pirate codes of 
conduct, hee hee hee... talk about your floating village. 
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