Where do pirates come from?
Frieden answers: “There are three kinds of games: (1) games with no pirates; (2) games with pirates and you can defeat them so that they will appear never more (ships AND town must be defeated); (3) games with pirates and you can NOT defeat them. They will always appear from ‘nowhere’. If there is a nice island free, they will settle. Maybe.” Shark_Dus adds: “The pirates do not always have a nest. At the beginning of the game they come from outside the map and leave the map the same way.” Neferankh writes: “If I recall correctly, a competitor’s ships will turn into Pirate ships if they do not have enough materials on board to build a Warehouse or if there is not a suitable place for them to settle.
