Articles - Spice Road

You are a colonial governor in the 18th Century, building a town on the Spice Road in a time of war and discovery. More than spice travels your roads – musket armies, philosophies, and power plays that span the globe are at your control. From palace to monastery, trade post to smugglers den – your town is worthless without the nobles, monks, merchants and rogues that chose to live in it – and keeping them all happy at the same time is never simple. Advanced economic and trading simulation. 3 tiers of industry provide goods and services for populations of citizens, slaves and nobles with full control over wages and taxation. Build a network of farms, mines and caravan routes. Scout the map to find rare and exotic goods to export to distant lands. Defeat Bandit raiders, or pay them tribute to keep your routes peaceful. Compete against cunning corporate rivals. Choose diplomacy or or raid their caravans and wage war on their cities.