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Updated 14/08/02

 

Houses



 



 

 

Crude Hut Sturdy Hut Meager Shanty Rough Cottage
     
Ordinary Cottage Modest Homestead Spacious Homestead Common Residence
 
Modest Apartment Spacious Apartment    
   
       
                                    
                                                                                              
Right click on a house and it will tell you what it needs
the more things you can place around your houses like gardens and statues the better. Residents will upgrade their houses if their surroundings are pleasant.
Plan your houses carefully. They don't like being close to industry type buildings such as Granaries or some entertainment structures like Dance schools
Houses love having jugglers close by
Houses like to have a bazaar close by but not next door to them
a quick way of making houses better is to place gardens and statues around
houses need water to survive, water can only be placed where the land is green
houses like to have shrines and temples close by
 

Religion and the Gods

Overseers

check your Religion rating regularly. If the gods are not happy then they will cause mischief
click on the Overseers button and then click on the Gods button to see how happy your Gods are
having regular festivals keeps your citizens and the Gods happy
don't forget to place a Festival square as soon as possible
 

Entertainment

Placing lots of jugglers booths, stages and bandstands around makes citizens happy
booths and bandstands need to be placed on an intersection
citizens like a variety of entertainment
 

Farms

 
Farms need roads. When the floods have receded and the workers are on the farms, look carefully to see where there are no workers. If there are no workers maybe you need to look at how the workers get to the farms. Maybe there is not enough road access
 

Palace

 
the palace can collapse easily, make sure there is a fire station and a Architect's hut close by
the palace can be robbed, make sure there is police protection close by