User Guide

options: you can set your own import guidelines
or allow the Overseer to do so. When you set a
specific import guideline, the city will continue to
import the item as long as it has less than the spec-
ified amount stored in its Storage Yards. If you let
the Overseer of Commerce set his own guidelines,
he’ll consider the city’s needs for the items on an
ongoing basis and import an appropriate amount
as needed.
Exporting.
Much of the time, the same com-
modities you export are valued by your citizens as
well. To keep your citizens happy, be sure to keep
an adequate supply of the commodities you are
exporting in the city’s Storage Yards. You can
either set a specific amount that should be kept in
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out which cities are willing to engage in trade, click on
the World Map button on the Control Panel. A map
of the world appears with other cities clearly marked.
Cities willing to trade with your city are flying a flag.
Click on one of the cities flying a flag to see which
items and in what quantities its merchants want to
trade. The quantities listed show that particular city’s
supply or demand for the year. These amounts can
fluctuate with changing situations, but once your city
buys or sells the specified amount for a certain item, it
cannot deal in that commodity with that particular
trade partner for the rest of the year.
Beneath the list of items is a button with the price for
opening the trade route. Click on this button to
authorize the expenditure from the city’s treasury and
to open the trade route.
Importing and Exporting
Once you’ve opened a trade route, tell your Overseer
of Commerce to import or export a commodity. The
Overseer of Commerce’s screen lists all the commodi-
ties available to the city, whether through the city’s
own industries or through importation. Next to each
item is the amount currently stored in the city, fol-
lowed by the trade status of the item. The Overseer of
Commerce tells you if an item can be imported or
exported. Click on one of these items, and a screen
pops up describing the status of that particular indus-
try in your city. Click one of the top buttons to begin
trading a commodity.
Importing.
Once you have told your Overseer of
Commerce to import an item, you have two
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Overseer of Commerce’s Screen.
The Overseer of Commerce’s screen
show you wealth of information regarding goods and foods available to
your city.
World Map Button