If you haven't seen it, or played it, get it.
I got a copy of it last weekend, and it's great. You have to provide wenching, grog, and gambling to make yer pirates happy. You have to create fear for your captives and ships for your Captains! I love the cats that wonder around the island thinking these comments of "I own you." And "Serve me Human!"
They have shops later on that make hats, and wooden legs fer yer pirates, long with other things. A Pirate hatching aviary, which is hysterical.
It's a great game if you haven't seen it, along the lines of the Civilization games by Serria, but since it's Pirate based it's better!
But I really have to say the Jamaican and Island style music is awesome, with steel drums, and French island songs, it's nifty! They are now selling the music on CD because folks loved it so much.
I give it 4 pints up!