"If you've got some disgruntled high-ranking pirates, it can be cheaper to assassinate them than to build enough structures to make them happy." - TEM

"If you've got plenty of entertainment structures but your pirates are still complaining, make sure that captives are not filling up too many of the slots.  If they are, ransom them off to let your pirates get their entertainment." - TEM

"When pressing captives into pirate service, select male captives first.  There are many jobs on your island that only women can fill or that they can work in in place of skilled workers." - TEM

"If you have only one ship, don't send it on cruises until you've captured a shipwright.  If you lose your ship and can't build another, you are out of luck." - TEM

"Make sure that your construction tent is near where you are placing new buildings.  If it is far, bulldoze and replace near your new building zone." - TEM

"kidnap a skilled cook, farmer, shipwright, blacksmith, gunsmith and engineer. Once these are kidnapped, build a mine, blast furnace, blacksmithy, gunsmithy and cannon foundery. if you get your ships stocked up with weapons early, the cruises are far more successfull and you gain the money fast to build better things..." - dave509

"capture a skilled priest right away, before your captives get too unhappy and try to escape!" - lime puppy

"Resist the temptation to send your ship out cruising until you have captured several skilled lumberjacks and skilled farmers. They can produce far more timber and corn than unskilled prisoners can." - Haggis