Tradewinds has an East (right) and West (left) side to the table, each representing a different economy and market.  Complete various shots on one side of the table to collect resources (ore, grain, timber, fish) and turn them into finished goods for sale. Once a good is fully ready for sale, it must be delivered to the market on the other side of the table.

The points scored for a commodity depend on supply and demand. Only those who strategize to manipulate the values of the goods will succeed in scoring enough to become a shipping tycoon.

The more you hit a shot for a particular commodity, the lower its point value will be. However, it will also raise the value of shots for the other commodities.  When you cause demand for a particular commodity to fluctuate in the West, demand for that commodity will also move in the same direction in the East (though not by as much – the resources happen to be different varieties in the two markets), and vice versa.

The gauges in the center of the playfield track the relative value of shots associated with the different commodities.  And once a resource has been collected and prepared for sale, the value of its delivery is also visible on the scoreboard. Watch how it increases as other commodities are collected, or decreases if you stockpile the same resource!

Bounce around in the bumper forests.

Craft artisan furniture:

• Hit the two targets under the forest to cut the timber to size
• Send the ball around the right orbit to fit the furniture

The future antiques are ready to send to the East.

Make paper with a few shots to the top:

• Send the ball through the watermill so that it continues to the right to turn the timber to pulp
• Reverse that shot and send the ball around the top using the right side route to screen the pulp
• Send the ball back through the watermill but this time so that it continues to the left and strikes the top target to press the paper and finish the job

Strike the red rocks in the mining shafts to collect ore, and release additional balls trapped in the shafts.

Smith master craft swords out of the newly mined ore:

• A shot over the rollover that is in the lane to the Castle Capture to heat up the forge
• Three trips to the forge
• Finish the swords with a shot to the left lane ramp

Voila – the swords are ready to ship to the East.

Cut the ore into gems by hitting all the targets on the cutting and polishing machine.  That’s all it takes to create pretty, shiny things to sell in the West.

Shoot through the windmill and watermill to make them spin and mill all the grain.

Prepare and package animal feed with a few ramp runs:

• Ride to the mill once from each side
• Seal the packages with a shot to the right lane ramp

Bake the bread:

• Mix up the dough with shots to the right and left lane ramps
• Bake it up with a Castle Capture shot

The West is going to eat this up – they don’t care about gluten!

Hit the targets indicated by blinking fish to collect bait fish in preparation for deep sea fishing.

Once the deep sea fishing expedition begins, roll the ball over the rare fish swimming by to net big bucks at the fish market.

Complete the advanced mode for all the commodities on one side of the table to enable the Wizard Mode.  The finished goods need to be ready for Special Delivery and can be delivered, but do not have to be actually delivered.

Once the Wizard Mode is enabled in the West, the Lighthouse captures the next four balls that hit it. Send the ball up the ramp from either side to capture it four times to trigger the multiball.

Enabling the Wizard Mode in the East opens four captures on the playfield. Capture one ball in each to start the multiball.

Four colored balls launch to replace the normal ball. The balls match the commodities - green = timber / red = ore / yellow = grain / blue = fish

• All the basic commodity shots are enabled and worth extra points
• Use the matching ball for a basic commodity shot (such as hit the ore with the red ball) to earn extra extra points

Duration

• During the first 20 seconds, lost balls magically replenish
• After the first 20 seconds, the Wizard Mode continues indefinitely as long as at least 3 balls remain in play.  Well, not indefinitely indefinitely – if you manage to keep at least 3 balls in play for an extended length of time, your crew will grow tired and the final timer to end the Wizard Mode eventually starts
• When only two colored balls remain the final timer to end the Wizard Mode starts
• Wizard Mode ends upon the sooner of losing the last colored ball or the final timer reaching zero

Trigger the Wizard Mode in both the East and the West in one game to earn an extra ball.

Light all 5 bottom rollover anchors on either side of the table to trigger a 2x score multiplier for 20 seconds.

Complete all target sets on either side to light Market Disruption at the castle. Once it is lit, a trip to the castle will

• Scores 300K if demand gauges for all the commodities are the same
• Scores fewer points if demand for the different commodities is not equal. How much less depends on how big the demand spread is
• Raises the value of one commodity. Which commodity depends on which randomly selected Market Disruption you trigger. For example, you might trigger a War, which raises the price of mined ore

You are on your own if you want a comprehensive Lloyds of London shipping policy, but the table does offer more limited insurance coverage.

Activate insurance coverage:

• West: Light the two center targets twice
• East: Light the three, lower right targets

Coverage:

• For 12 seconds after activation, the insurance will save your next drained ball
• During a multiball, only the last ball is covered by your policy

Both the East and West have normal skill shots, but also have super skill shots.

Normal

• The shot: from the plunger, shoot whichever target has a blinking gold star
• The score: 75K

Super - West

• Pass the ball from the plunger directly to the flipper without passing over the top half of the table or any rollovers. Immediately shoot the right orbit.

Super - East

1. Pass the ball from the plunger directly to the flipper without passing over the top half of the table or any rollovers. Immediately shoot the Castle Capture.

Super - Score

• First time scores 250K
• Subsequent super shots score 250K plus 200K for each previous super shot in the game

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