The Patrician
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The Patrician is set in medieval times, focusing on the trading efforts of the Hanseatic League. You (and up to 3 other players) struggle for money and respectability. You should build up sea routes between the 16 cities in the North and Baltic Sea, and your ultimate goal is to be governor of your hometown. For this you need a lot of money and high respectability. The game ends, when you are elected to Ältermann—the highest rank in this century.
You earn money by buying goods cheap and selling them for higher price. With the profits you can buy new ships (out of 4 different types) or stores.
There are also pirate battles. For these, you can buy weapons for your ships and go with ships from other traders to hunt the pirates.
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- Games involving the Hanseatic League
- Games with dynamic investment and financial mechanics
- Games with extra content copy protection
- Games with manual lookup copy protection
- Merchant / Trade-oriented games
- Patrician series
- Physical Bonus Content: World Map
- Setting: City - Hamburg
- Setting: Medieval Europe
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Download
The Amiga version of the game can be legally downloaded for free from Polish Amiga News Portal.
Awards
- Amiga Joker
- Issue 02/1993 – #3 Best Simulation of 1992 (Readers' Vote)
- PC Games (Germany)
- Issue 01/1993– Best Economical Simulation in 1992
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- MobyGames ID: 5949
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Game added by Rantanplan.
Atari ST, Amiga added by Indra was here.
Additional contributors: Indra was here, Patrick Bregger, mailmanppa, Evolyzer.
Game added March 11th, 2002. Last modified September 16th, 2023.