User Manual

Auctions
This option allows you to inform yourself about upcoming auctions in all the Hanseatic towns. If
you have at least one ship in the port (none of which are part of convoys), a list will appear,
allowing you to offer one of them for auction. The ship you register will be removed from the
port immediately, along with all the goods you have aboard and all its crew members.
You can also participate in an auction. If you don’t want to forget the date, you should mark it to
be reminded of the time.
Note that you can only buy or offer a ship at an auction in cities in which you are a member of
the guild.
Auction Hall
This option is enabled one day before the auction. If you want to participate, you must enter the
hall before the auction begins.
A dialog will inform you about the type, name, extension level and condition of all the ships.
Below, you will see a picture of the ship as well as the current bid.
If you decide to bid more, your name will appear next to the highest bid. If no other trader outbids
you, the ship is yours. Just wait for verification.
Convoys
Here, you receive a list of all public convoys: It contains the name, the average armament of all
the armed ships, the current position, the date of departure (if known), and the destination port
of each convoy.
Members
If you are curious who else is a member of this guild, select this option. The members’
reputation, the number of ships and trading offices they own and some other information are
displayed.
Trading Centers
Even non-members can have a look at the discovery map, but they will hardly find anything of
interest, as only the trading centres that they have discovered themselves will be shown.
Members can see much more: All the trading centres that have been discovered by members of
the guild will be shown.
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