TradeWinds uses as many random gameplay elements as possible to ensure you a new experience every time you play. The world is created randomly each time you start a new game. You are free to pursue a career as a merchant, buying and selling the eleven commodities from ports in the three nations, or at the free, or “pirate” ports. Or you can become a pirate yourself, and sell the commodities you have taken from other vessels. Watch out for other pirates, and for the navy of each of the three nations, they will not smile upon your activities, but many are the risks worth taking for fame and glory.