Captain Alexander Hamilton reported that a variety of British Men-of-War were sent to the East Indies to eradicate the pirates, but were largely unsuccessful. This pirate drinking card game comes packaged in a unique bottle shape and contains 54 cards, 1 eye patch and instructions (English language not guaranteed).

Blackbeard's (most likely fictional) journal noted that when the men were sober there was " a damn’d Confusion amongst us! Makes a nice nightcap ~ shot of Makers Mark with shot of Disaronna and add a little bit of Almond Joy coffee creamer – all over couple cubes of ice ~ reminiscient of a Golden Cadillac. Gather your motley crew and a flagon of rum to play this hilarious Drunken Pirate Drinking Game from Ridley's Games ! Mackra [sic] did what he could to soften this Beast, and ply'd him with warm Punch, notwithstanding which they were in a Tumult whether they should make an end of him, or no. The pirates captured Miller and his crew, took possession of the Neptune along with another ship that had been selling them liquor, the Greyhound.A few months later, the Hannibal's sailors brought "unpurg’d black sugar, and raw unwholesome rum they bought there [at São Tomé], of which they drank in punch to great excess" 7. He [the Mary Anne's master] upon a Night of public Rejoicing, seeing all the Pyrates drunk, laid hold of the Opportunity, and ran his Vessel ashore about Midnight, near the Land of Eastham [Massachusetts], out of which he alone escaped with his Life. My boyfriend and I did this excursion during our 2 week stay in Punta Cana In August14 and were not disappointed! England told Macrae to leave while Taylor was willing to be so generous, something for which Taylor never really forgave him. Had it not been for the arrack and the sugar [they had left from their Christmas celebrations], most of them must have perished of hunger and thirst.

Mary Anne off Cape Cod and forced the ship's master to use his ship to guide them along the coast by following his light.were left behind on the island and lost the property of their voyage and all their good and clothes on board, and were forced to go back with great charge for England, the ship not staying for them" 24.