Be honest, terry, what else were they going to do with their spare time? You spend weeks planning an invasion, stocking the longboats, getting the sails trimmed, sail in rough and stormy seas, risk life and limb fighting your way onshore, and have to lumber all the gear off the damn boats just to start cooking your dinner.
So, what to do with the days and months stretching ahead now? Play Brag, Pic-up sticks, or charades, or start pleasuring yourself with local lovelies, and knocking down their crappy old huts to put up the first Ikea warehouse? Now, I said, be honest...