Traders of Venice

Alexandria and Tunis. Each has one good in abundance and one in short supply.

• 10 goods: salt, pepper, indigo, cinnamon, frankincense, silk, myrrh, cloves,

saffron and gold dust.

• Markets move. Buy heavily and the price climbs. Flood a city and it falls.

Leave a market alone for a few days and it recovers.

• Fairs, gluts, shortages and embargoes come and go, city by city.

FROM A BAG TO A FLEET

• Set out on foot, then buy bags, a horse, a wagon and three sizes of ship to

carry more and travel faster.

• Hire riders, drivers and captains to run automated trade routes that pay you

every day.

• An accountant shows your profit on every unit. A wagon driver gets your

• Buy warehouses in any city, in three sizes. Give one a manager, a driver and

a wagon, and you can stockpile goods there and sell them from anywhere.

• Short of capital? The Medici Bank will lend it. The interest is charged

daily.

ON THE ROAD AND AT SEA

• 103 travel events: corsairs, a petty lord's toll, a wayward monk, a ship

becalmed. Each is a choice, and each choice has consequences.

• They are a rare surprise, about one journey in seven, not a constant

interruption. You can turn them off if you prefer.

A SHORT RUN OR A LONG REIGN

• Journey the World: runs of 30, 60 or 90 days, or Unlimited, with no time

limit at all.

• Challenge the World: 5 scenarios, unlocked in order. Sell everything at

twice what you paid, or the run is over. Hold 1,000 of every good at once.

Assemble a fleet of 28 large ships.

• Challenge the Day: one daily challenge, the same for every player on that

date, drawn from a pool of 36. Horses only. A strict cap on every sale. A

mountain of debt and a fleet full of cinnamon to clear it with. Keep your

streak alive.

LEARN BY TRADING

• 4 tutorial levels teach the game by having you play it, from your first sale

to running warehouses.

• A 12-section manual is built in for when you want the numbers.

THINGS TO EARN

• 32 achievements, with titles and badges, and Game Center achievement

support.

• 11 permanent upgrades, such as starting a run with a ship, a warehouse or a

trade route. Earn each one through an achievement, or buy it as an in-app

purchase. One bundle unlocks them all. The whole game is playable without

buying anything.

MUSIC FOR EVERY CITY

• Original, period-flavoured music, with a different set of tracks for each

city, plus sound effects and haptics.

YOURS ALONE

• Runs entirely on your device. No account. No ads. No tracking, and no data

collected.

• No internet connection needed to play.

• For iPhone and iPad. English.

The salt is cheap in Venice this morning. Tunis is a long way off. Best get

moving.