User Manual

A fire broke out in the city.
Beer is scarce in this city. You will find a list of all the other commodity symbols – all
commodities can be in short supply – in the appendix.
The city is under siege. Most probably, the entrance to the port is inaccessible. Don’t
expect to find a peaceful port here.
A convoy is waiting for permission to leave the port. The color of the icon indicates
who the convoy belongs to. If it’s blue, it’s yours; if it’s red, it belongs to one of your
fellow players; and if it’s white, it’s the computer’s.
Alarm! Pirates are terrorizing these waters. Play it safe and stay away from this
town – or dig out your grappling hooks and prepare your cannons!
One glance at the map is enough to see whether you have any ships docked in the
city, and if you have, you will also see how many.
The red buttons represent cities.
Your home town is shown as a blue button.
Cities in which you own a trading office are displayed as red buttons with a blue dot in
the middle.
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