Great Game
Played it till piggs flew on C64 AND made it to Royal Advisor
The trick is to find your family members as quick as possible and divide the plunder then.
Years back, we drew a map of the game. Challenged everything and discoverd that if you find all of your family within a year (no matter the marriage, land or title), you get into the high rankings.
Then again, that's not the fun part.
Just let me be a Morgan PiratE!