Get Rich or Die Tradin' in Rise of Venice

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Pure capitalism. That's what Rise of Venice offers. Buy cheap, sell high and get rich without any annoying marketing or stock markets or taxes to complicate matters. If you play smart, pay attention, and put in the work, you'll get paid. That's how it's supposed to work, right? That's the appeal of Rise of Venice, as well as its trading predecessors, the Port Royale and Patrician series of games. But will pure capitalism make for a good strategy game?

I want to vacation here. Yesterday.

If the first connection you make to the word “Venice” is “merchant,” you've already got 90% of the premise of Rise of Venice. You play a lowly trader in Renaissance Venice, who slowly builds his wealth, reputation, and title by trading, and trading well. Trading is done by buying goods from one city, and sending a convoy of ships to another. You’ll visit 15 cities in all, on a map of the eastern Mediterranean stretching from Italy to the Holy Land, and even including a few cities in the Black Sea.

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