Merchant Miles is a travelling merchant game about buying and selling goods, keeping an eye on the market, and figuring out where your next opportunity might be.

Read the Market

Each morning, you can check prices, read the latest news, look through new contracts and see what laws or decrees are affecting the economy. From there, it’s up to you to decide what to buy and where to take it.

Prices are different in every town and can change as the market develops. A surplus might make apples cheap in one place, while a shortage makes them much more valuable somewhere else. New laws can affect demand, and rumours can give you an idea of where prices might be heading — although they won’t always lead you in the right direction.

Pack Your Cart

You only have so many coins to spend and so much room in your cart, so you can’t take everything with you.

You might fill your cart with cheap, reliable goods and make a steady profit, or spend more on something you think will be worth a lot more in another town. Just keep in mind that goods can lose freshness while you travel, and unsold stock still takes up space.

Run Your Stall

When you arrive in town, open your stall and start selling.

Customers will make offers based on what you’re selling and how you’ve priced it. You can accept a decent profit, try to negotiate for more, or hold out and risk losing the sale altogether.

Plan Your Next Move

At the end of each market day, you’ll get a report showing what you sold and how you did. You can use that information, along with everything you’ve learned about the market, to decide where to travel next.

Maybe there’s a shortage worth chasing, a contract you want to finish, or a rumour that sounds promising. You can return to a route that has worked well before, or simply take a chance on somewhere new.

As your reputation grows, more opportunities become available. There isn’t one route you’re expected to follow or one strategy that always works. You can build your business through smaller, reliable trades or take bigger risks when you think you’ve spotted something the rest of the market hasn’t.

Features

• Buy and sell goods across towns with different prices and demand

• Read newspapers and rumours to find possible market opportunities

• Deal with laws and decrees that can change the economy

• Manage your money and limited cart space

• Open your own stall and sell directly to customers

• Set your prices and haggle over offers

• Keep track of freshness while transporting goods

• Take on contracts and build your reputation

• Decide which towns to visit and which routes are worth taking

• Review your results at the end of each market day and plan what to do next