It is possible to sink all of the kings ships. It is a bad idea, but is completely possible.
One of my best games ended badly when the kings ships all landed attacking one city. Being my weakest city, I naturally destoried every member of the landing party and sunk all of the ships with my privateers on the same turn they made landfall. In the end, less then half of the kings army had come over and all of his ships were sunk.
In that game my weekest city still had a solid black row of people standing outside the fortress. Something like 15 cannons and 30 of the mounted continal calvery. The city of sparta, my most powerful city had more then 30 cannons and its own fleet of frigets blocking the whole island.
Incase you were wondering, the value of silver was 1/2 as was about everything else and I had several towns with max production turned to building ships and shipping tools to other towns which where building endless cannons.
PS Completely suronding an island in ships and/or filling every square with troops does not work. Although we cannot land troops unless there is an open square, the king can and your troops/ships vanish. However, it is still a good way to make them land on a picticular square for the ambush bonus.
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