Players of "Tropico 2: Pirate Cove" can:

• Increase their pirate stash with an innovative economic model - the growth of the island hinges on the success of pirate raids against unsuspecting sea-goers.
• Improve their workforce and capture valuable prisoners on the high seas. Captives build your industries, craft your weapons, and can even be ransomed for money.
• Create a supreme pirate haven through 16 episodes of swashbuckling storylines filled with lily-livered landlubbers, shady mates, and wisecracking parrots.
• Customize their pirates to make them possess distinct personalities - Sea Dogs require profitable employment, plentiful companionship, and the best in pirate accommodations.
• Lure history's most devious pirates (such as Blackbeard, Henry Morgan, and Black Bart) to their secret isle - these dreaded pirates enhance power and expand the players' treasure.
• Customize victory conditions during sandbox play.
• Issue edicts to rig gambling halls, force captives to walk the plank or even instigate a war between dominant world powers.
• Reward their buccaneers with personal estates and watch them build their own booty-filled mansions