TAIPAN

Hong Kong, 1860. Buy low, sell high, and keep your guns loaded.

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How to play

Click the screen, then type. Single-key answers need no Enter.
Amounts take a number, or A for all.
Trade opium, silk, arms and general cargo between seven ports. Hong Kong has your bank, warehouse and moneylender.
In a sea fight, press R run, F fight or T throw cargo at any time. Your order repeats until you change it, and hesitating lets the enemy fire.
Reach a net worth of one million and you can retire from Hong Kong.