metsavennd said:I played it like 3-4 years ago.
You can travel with ships from city to city , while trading goods , building manors and different farms/mines (cotton , marble , tobacco). While your farms/mines need workers. The population needs also need somewhere to live(thats why you need to build manors) and if theres no place to live or work , they start to leave.
I don't remember exactly , buy i think you could also qoncuer citys.
u maybe looking for ANNO 1404
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohiXFAUqzcg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0Elnm0Vwac