Made by Andre Geller and translated from german by me (Frenchie), so
improvements are welcome!
- Good trading by taking this route:
Goods: Routes:
Cloth London -> Barcelona
Beer Barcelona -> Algier
Silk or brandy Algier -> Edinburgh
Empty Edinburgh -> London
- Buy a bigger ship from your earnings
- Invest in Merchant Adventurer's Guild
- Start a factory near good materials:
Factory: City:
Brandy Le Havre
Weaver London, Edinburgh or Antwerpen
- 15 Quests:
1. Introduction
Visit tavern (except Barcelona & London) to meet messenger of the english crown,
who wants to go to Barcelona to invite the spanish king to Elisabeth's crowning.
You'll have to wait 10 days in Barcelona and back in London you're invited to
meet her.
2. Transport
Afterwards someone will offer you to deliver goods to Le Havre and Barcelona. In
a tavern speak to Renata de la Campolonga and return to your boat. Go for 300
pounds to Bayonne where a spanish man will pay 500 pounds to take him and the
load to Barcelona. Then he wants you to take him and some friends to Scotland.
Sell all goods to make enough room and pretend to take him there. But in reality
you will deliver your 'prisoners' to justice in London.
3. Spionage in Schottland
Stop in London at 15.12.1560 to meet Sir Cecil and take him to Edinburgh. In the
tavern ask about McFarley. In the evening meet Bianca Le Normand and return to
your boat. In the town hall meet a writer who suspects the docks of
O'Shaugenessy. In the dungeons (save game) bail out the prisoner. Go back to
Bianca Le Normand and return to London. Bring Sir Cecil to Edingburgh, visit the
tavern twice and return to London and Bayonne.
4. Elisabeth has the pocks
Go in 1563 to a tavern (except London, Algier, Bayonne) and listen to the owner.
Don't let the clamp merchant poison the queen. Go to Bayonne and meet Monsieur
Coupe-les-Oz who knows a doctor in Lissabon. Listen to the tavern owner over
there, visit the doctor and take him to Elisabeth.
5. The switch
In 1566 meet the queen and go to the bank in Barcelona. Go in on offer, but
visit the queen first, who swaps it for false money and continue to La Coruna to
meet the bishop.
6. Captain Hawkins
In 01.09.1568 till the end of the year you'll meet capt. Hawkins after leaving
the harbour of Cadiz, Lissabon, La Coruna and Bayonne. He swims in the water
after meeting spanish pirates. Take news to London and return. Go to Barcelona
and defeat the pirates on your way to London.
7. Mercator's Plate
In 1569 meet the merchant in Lissabon and Sir Cecil in Villa Arborgrey. Go to
Barcelona, rebuilt your ship in La Rochelle and meet Francois in the tavern
twice in 10 days. Go to Algiers and the tavern in Barcelona to meet Mauro. Don't
let your adjudant mislead you and go to London.
8. The conspiracy
In begin of 1570 meet in the (english, french or dutch) harbour the queen's
ship. Go to the tavern in Cardiz, bail out the spy in the dungeons of La Coruna
for 3000 pound and return. Wait a day, equip your ship, visit the tavern and
fight Bailey's ship. Take the prisoner to London, but take on his offer and
bring him to Algiers. Hijack the ship and return to London.
9. Liberation of Briel
In february 1572 (except London) Sir William asks you to go to London. Escort
his men to Dover, meet Captain de la Marck and accept his offer. Go to France,
the Netherlands and Antwerpen, but a storm takes you to Briel. Defeat the
spanish ship and return to London. Go to Portsmouth, gather your fleet and meet
capt. de la Marck in town hall. In Calais meet the spanish fleet and attack the
back one by one. Two transporters flee, which can not be captured. Speak with
the dikemaster, open the 'dike' door and the spanish must flee.
10. The attack on La Rochelle
In the years 1572 and 1573 visit a harbour in London, Antwerpen or Hamburg and
you''ll be asked to meet a royal informant in the tavern of Le Havre. Lord
Walsingham wants you to deliver gunpowder from London to La Rochelle. The
merchant is behind the Privy Council. You''ll have to fight two Spanish ships on
your way. Return to London.
11. Frobisher's Expedition
In 1576 you must find the explorer Sir Martin Frobisher. In Edinburgh the dock
master points you to a mapmaker, who has given Sir Martin a uncorrect map. In
the dungeon bail out the quilty servant. Take the mapmaker along and through the
false northwest passage you'll find sir Martin in an iglo. You must force him to
come with you to London.
12. The invasion at Smerwick
In 1579 must go to La Coruna where a bar owner sets up a meeting with Jorge, who
tells you the fleet already left. At Smerwick the enemy fleet is twice as large.
Send a few men to the enemy shore and report to London. Return with the
Admiral's fleet and the invaders have taken a castle. Suggest the Salami tactic
and join the attack.
13. The return of the golden hind
In juny or july 1580 meet Francis Drake after leaving the harbour Cadiz,
Lissabon, La Coruna or Bayonne. Tow his ship the Pelican to La Coruna. Empty
your ship and take on Drake's second order to bring raw materials to the diamant
maker in Antwerpen and 6 days later take the finished products to Le Havre.
return to London with Drake.
14. The Throckmorton conspiracy
In january-july 1583 London Lord Walsingham wants you to find the frenchman
Henry Fagot. Bail out Louis Pellation in a dungeon of Bayonne and take him to La
Coruna. Take Fagot to Bayonne and to London.
15. The Bawington complot
Only possible if you have a very possitive image with Spain. After a visit to
the lord mayor go to Le Havre to meet Sir Morgan. Take his cassette to Mr.
Bawington in Bayonne, but open it on your way there to find 10.000 gold and a
letter to Maria Stuart. Take Mr. Bawington and the gold to London and the war
with Spain begins.
- Bug report
Version 1.00 can't be solved: quest 8 misses a person. It isn't stable under
Win95 and in total Dos mode with a lot of Smartdrive the loading doesn't take
too long. After more than 4 pages of save games the game crashes. Press Alt + X
to return to the loading screen after a mistake.
- Piracy
In the early stages of the game buy a Fregat and sink a lot of Spanish ships to
get in favour of the queen, who hands you aan official letter in 1575. After
100.000 pound on your account trading with multiple ships is better.
- Cheating
When hired by the Privy Council, take all ships to the docks and fire all
sailors. Go to the Privy Council and a messenger gives you 20.000 pound thinking
all your ships have been sunk.
