- New ‘Buccaneer Mode’ for Free Game: choose your hometown and raid other colonial nations as bona fide swashbuckler. - Capture your opponents' ships or build your own fleet of privateers in the shipyard, including the Pirate Barque and Pirate Galleon. - Privateer for other nations to increase your fame and infamy. - Annex other nation’s towns and add them to your sovereign territory. - New game objectives and missions focused on piracy, combat, and conquest. - New ‘pirate’ aesthetic for your nation’s buildings and towns. - Jaunty new music during naval battles.