Patrician 3

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Patrician III: Rise of the Hanse
Developer(s)	Ascaron
Publisher(s)	Encore
Series	Patrician
Release date(s)	October 24, 2003
Genre(s)	RTS
Mode(s)	Single player /Multi-player
Platform(s)	Windows
Media	CD (1)
System requirements	Pentium 233 MHz CPU, 32 MB RAM, 4 MB GPU
Input	Keyboard

Patrician 3 is the latest version of a computer game from Ascaron in their Patrican series. The series was originally released in German language, as Patrizier and Patrizier 2. Patrizier 2 had an add on released named Patrizier 2 Gold Add On. Patrician 3 is the international release in English language of the combined Patrizier 2 and its expansion. The game has an international group of followers and, even though the German version was released in 2000, and the English version in 2003, it is still a very much discussed and played game.

1 Setting
2 Gameplay
3 Play modes
4 External links
- 4.1 Fan sites

[edit] Setting

The game is set in the Hanseatic League in the year 1300. There are twenty four cities on a map of the Baltic and North Sea. Towns include Luebeck, Stockholm, London, and others of the Hanseatic League.

[edit] Gameplay

The game is a trading and economic simulation. Goods or varying types are produced in the towns, and may be sold in other towns on the game map which do not produce them. You start as a fledgling trader with one or two ships of small size, a trade office in the town of your choosing, and some money.

As you gain wealth and reputation, you may be permitted to open additional trading offices, and can build larger and better armed ships. Industrial and agricultural businesses can be opened to supply raw materials such as grain, timber, pig iron, or wool and finished goods such as pottery, iron goods, cloth, or beer. Competitors roam the seas, as do pirates. You, as well, have an option to turn pirate, and may even conduct raids upon the towns for cash and goods.

Deceptively simple at first, the game offers levels of complexity and depth, which accounts for its continuing popularity. If needed goods are not supplied to the cities, population and markets decline. With adequate goods, the league thrives. The system becomes increasingly difficult to manage as it grows. From a starting population of a few tens of thousands, growth to many hundreds of thousands is possible. New cities may be founded, and socially as you advance you may become lord mayor of your town, in charge of its defense against pirates, marauders of the countryside, or the local Prince who may besiege and loot your city. Undertake missions as mayor, and you may ultimately become the Alderman, the leader of the Hanseatic League. Trade with the Mediterranean cities (which must be discovered) and also with American tribes is possible as well, for potentially great profits.

[edit] Play modes

This game may be played either as solo player or in a multiplayer game modes with various difficulty settings; a map editor permits addition of different cities. A good tutorial and many websites with many resources such as how-to strategies,tips and tricks not included in the manual. There are no in-game cheats.