Patrician III: Rise of the Hanse is the latest computer game from Ascaron in their Patrician series. It is a game simulating trading, piracy, politics, and economy. The series was originally released in German, as Patrizier and Patrizier 2. Patrizier 2 had an add on release called Patrizier 2: Aufschwung der Hanse. Patrician 3 is the international release in English of the combined Patrizier 2 and its expansion. The German version was released in...
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Patrician III: Rise of the Hanse is the latest computer game from Ascaron in their Patrician series. It is a game simulating trading, piracy, politics, and economy. The series was originally released in German, as Patrizier and Patrizier 2. Patrizier 2 had an add on release called Patrizier 2: Aufschwung der Hanse. Patrician 3 is the international release in English of the combined Patrizier 2 and its expansion. The German version was released in 2000 and the English version in 2003. The Patrician series will be continued in summer 2010 with Patrician 4, since Kalypso Media bought the licenses from the insolvent Ascsaron company.
The game is set in the Hanseatic League in the 14th century. 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.
The game is a trading and economic simulation. Goods of varying types are produced in the towns, and may be sold in other towns on the game map which do...
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