Patrician game tules

Originally posted by Nijuu :. Last edited by DaGolem ; 21 May, am. Just purchased 3 with an indie-bundle, never played before, now lets see how it goes :. It's always good to confuse a new player. Per page: 15 30 Date Posted: 21 Feb, pm. Posts: Discussions Rules and Guidelines. Loading of shipboard weapons. Auction opponents buildings. Not enough trade volume. How can I become Alderman? To help you on your way, there are advantageous marriages to be had, guilds to join and parties to be thrown.

To hinder you, there are pirates, annoying kings and blackmailers. It all sounds very exciting, doesn't it? Sort of. The trading side of The Patrician is supposed to be governed by market forces, seasonal alterations in pricing, historical fact and other such grown-up considerations.

In practice, it sometimes smacks of a random, or even a downright spoilsport approach. There are 18 varieties of goods to trade in, from basics like corn, fish oil and wood, to luxury items like furs and peppers. Each time you go to a new port, you painstakingly list the prices, note the rough amount available in the town, and so on. This will be your general reference table. It is historically accurate - at the time the game is set, London was the place to go for wool, Riga for corn, Toensberg for fish oil.

And, of course, there are places in which these commodities were expensive. The trick is to match the ports, don't constantly use a certain route thus flooding the market , watch out for news like a big spice delivery to London from Spain and away you go. This is where it can be extremely irritating.

Let's take, for example, the delivery of spices to London. Peppers, usually for sale at around thaler, aren't worth buying, because nobody will give you more than about for them. Suddenly they're available in London for thaler. Off you dash to buy as much as you can. You sail to one of the ports where you know you should get a good price for the peppers, only to find that the price they're prepared to give you has dropped to thaler.

It's the same when you try another port. It can't be market forces because the town doesn't have any peppers at all, and there's no way 'seasonal variations' account for it. Fluctuations in price are acceptable, but when you plan your route to take wine from somewhere that pays thaler to somewhere that pays , only to find the price they'll give you has dropped by around , it's a bit of a wind-up.

Many 'events' are sent to try you, too. I had a reasonable little thing going with the Norwegian town of Toensberg. I'd set up warehouses stocked with fish oil and hemp, taken on locals and was beginning to get special deals there. Then the bloody King of Norway steamed in and stole all my property - presumably chanting 'Maggie Thatcher, Winston Churchill, etc. Your boys took one hell of a beating Almost immediately afterwards a fire destroyed Hamburg, along with all my property there, my ship was attacked and gutted by pirates at sea, and I found myself with almost nothing again.

To make matters worse, my wife was still alive. The shipyard is where it all happens on the transportation front. Assuming you've gone for the full game option, you'll own one small ship at the start of the game: a kraier.

The condition of the ship can vary at the start, and it's worth going through the re-start procedures a couple of times until you get one in 'excellent' condition. The more you use the ship, the more it wears, and if you're not careful you'll wreck it completely. The man on the right with the clipboard is the boss; he tells you honestly what condition the ship is in. It's best to check its condition at the shipyard after every few journeys and not to load it fully, to save on wear and tear.

Leave it too long between repairs and the space in the hold will be taken up by support beams, reducing its capacity. This will obviously cost you money in the long run. The wreck on the left is where you click to get the ship repaired. The devious swines who do the repairs are out to rip you off - it's worth getting lots of different cost estimates, until a reasonably cheap one pops up.

This can take several attempts. In the middle, the ship on the stocks is where you click to order your dream ship. You'll see the tech specs for the ship, and the cost. Show yourself credible and rise in this society and you'll be the leader.

While trading really is a very important feature of this game it is, after all, a trading sim , bribes and political manipulation are even more important.

Basically, what you have to ask yourself is - What are you ready to do to become number the one trader in the region? If you are a fan of this genre you will find this game thrilling, very intense and entertaining. There is a fine line between success and failure.. More videos.