The original Sid Meier's Pirates would ask you when with Spanish treasure fleet or silver train would arrive somewhere on some date. If you answered wrong, the

The original Sid Meier's Pirates would ask you when with Spanish treasure fleet or silver train would arrive somewhere on some date. If you answered wrong, the game would still play, but you would begin at a distinct disadvantage. A skeleton crew and a leaking pinnace (the smallest ship) if I remember correctly.