User Manual

The Different Buildings
As an ambitious trader who wants to make his way in the medieval world of the Hanseatic
League, you need not found new cities, but you have the chance to influence the character of
your home town. Successful traders pay high taxes, create new jobs, give alms and construct
buildings, streets or city walls. The following section will tell you what buildings you can build
and what actions you can take inside them.
The Trading Office
The trading office is perhaps the most important building. It is the place
where your social life meets business. You need to have a trading office
inside a city before you can construct other buildings. Your office is your
warehouse, and records your overseas transactions and trade between your
businesses and the warehouse. You already own an office when the game
starts; just search the port area to find it. You can also extend your office –
there are three extension levels – to increase the storage capacity and adapt the office to your
needs. Trading offices can be built in all Hanseatic towns and Hanseatic offices.
Simply click on your office to enter it. A window will open in the main display and the selection
window will allow you to move about, displaying several buttons with the following functions:
Stocks of Goods
Use this option to check the current stock of goods as well as your production and consumption
during the past week. It does make a difference whether ‘--‘ or ‘0’ is specified behind a certain
commodity: ‘--‘ means you aren’t producing this commodity, while ‘0’ means that you own
production facilities for that commodity but have failed to produce anything. In such cases,
investigate the causes – typically a lack of workers or raw materials.
Overview
You will get an overview of all your income and expenses in that specific city. Your income
includes: automatic trade with the city, rental income, and other income on the credit side. Your
expenses: automatic trade, salaries, maintenance costs, and other expenses (e.g. fees and
charges).
Storage Capacity
Choose this option to find out how much storage space you are currently using, the size of your
own storeroom, and the capacity you might have rented along with the price you pay for it. You
can also extend your office here to accommodate larger quantities – because once you become
a successful trader, you will soon reach the limits of your initial storeroom.
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