Grand Ages Medieval

[Gusington]

I only had have one merchant...not sure what I am doing wrong.

[Anguille]

I only had have one merchant...not sure what I am doing wrong.

You can have one merchant per city. If you have already more than one city, you can hire one in the Inn. Don't worry...you're very early in the campaign. Take your time. Pressing the space bar increases speed if needed.  ;)

[Gusington]

Ok so I guess I am probably way to early in this tutorial to stop and switch to sandbox mode, eh? Everything was going swimmingly until this city could not buy my wares. I am intent to learn this game though...your description of it as a nice relaxiing title makes me want to love it.

[Anguille]

Ok so I guess I am probably way to early in this tutorial to stop and switch to sandbox mode, eh? Everything was going swimmingly until this city could not buy my wares. I am intent to learn this game though...your description of it as a nice relaxiing title makes me want to love it.

I think so. You really need to have at least a few cities you can manage before trying the sandbox (but even there, you'll get some advices). I am sure the city can buy the goods, it takes maybe a little time, thus pressing the space bar is sometimes necessary.

[Anguille]

Ok so I played through about an hour of the tutorial campaign and I have to say the attention to detail is excellent - it's clear that the developers love the subject matter. Question - the campaign has assigned me to sell 300 barrels of any combo of commodities in the town of Constanta. Right now it doesn't look like that town has enough money to buy...do I just wait and speed up the game until they have enough money?

I have restarted the campaign so i can follow your first steps into the game... ;)

Did you activate the trade route between Sofia and Constanta?

[Gusington]

I'm not at my computer now but IIRC I did. Built the road too. Now I am tasked with getting a trade license and selling 300 barrels of any commodity.

[glen55]

I'm not at my computer now but IIRC I did. Built the road too. Now I am tasked with getting a trade license and selling 300 barrels of any commodity.

It will take a while.

My advice with the tutorial is this: do not focus on the tutorial goals.  Just focus on building up your little economy and the goals will take care of themselves.  Don't over-spend!  In particular, don't build a military unit just because the tutorial tells you to.  Wait until you're certain you can handle a significant financial drain for maintenance.

(I don't know whether any of this advice has any applicability to your current situation or not.)

[Gusington]

Thanks...no time tonight to sit down with it but I should be able to tomorrow.

[Anguille]

I'm not at my computer now but IIRC I did. Built the road too. Now I am tasked with getting a trade license and selling 300 barrels of any commodity.

It will take a while.

My advice with the tutorial is this: do not focus on the tutorial goals.  Just focus on building up your little economy and the goals will take care of themselves.  Don't over-spend!  In particular, don't build a military unit just because the tutorial tells you to.  Wait until you're certain you can handle a significant financial drain for maintenance.

(I don't know whether any of this advice has any applicability to your current situation or not.)

It's too early in the campaign and i think it has been corrected with the patches. Tutorial goals are important but also how the economy works. Later on, make sure you're making profit with your trade routes.

[Gusington]

^I had a trade route set up, I just didn't let enough time go by for enough commodities to come in. Starting to get the hang of trade...supply + demand, etc. The game does a lot of things for the player once the proper infrastructure has been built. In a way it's a lot like a puzzle game, I think. The pace is very slow...I see what you mean when you say it can be a relaxing game. Does it become much more difficult in the sandbox mode? After a couple of hours I am starting to get the hang of it and if I stick with it I can see myself enjoying it a lot.

I made some good progress tonight by building additional buildings, upgrading my main office, buying additional carts for my trader, opening up trade with Budapest and Split, and right before I finished for the night the Normans landed to the west of my city (Sofia). I haven't had any military dealings yet at all.

[glen55]

It can become quite difficult when you start fighting off competitors.  They are building up as you are, and they have a clue about it.

Fortunately, there are enough difficulty modifiers that you can dial up a sandbox that is just as hard or difficult as you like.

[Gusington]

I noticed that even in this intro campaign. Traders from other towns started expanding with multiple carts to ship more stuff just as I did the same.

[Anguille]

The AI is very efficient when it comes to trade routes and increasing the population of cities... ;)

[Gusington]

Even in this tutorial campaign?

I'm going to have to agree with you Anguille and others above that said the initial bad reviews must have been from people expecting a combat game. It's very polished and well put together. Other than expecting something else I don't get the hate.

[Gusington]

OK I have three cities now and the Normans have declared war on me, but they are not that strong so it is not that much of a threat. My economy fluctuates regularly from + to -...anywhere between -15,000 in the red to +50,000 in the black...how can I stabilize it?

Also there is a scarcity of tools, so I cannot build workshops in my cities that lead to being able to build walls to protect them. I produce tools myself and early game was able to trade at the inn for more but they are scarce now...any suggestions?

In the sandbox mode, are the end game parameters adjustable? For example in recent TW games there are short, long and epic victories. Anything like that here?