On Wed, 29 Oct 1997, Hibbs, Philip wrote:

>
> The province is highly likely to have the maximum number of trade routes
> already set up by the existing guilders. That raises another point, how
> do you decide who gets to create a trade route? Can a trader with Level
> 1 Guild holding in a level 5 province hold all of the trade routes? As
> far as I can remember, Trade Routes cannot be contested. Surely the 4
> point Guild doesn't have to raze the other guild into nothing in order
> to free up the trade routes?
>
On the Contrary: Trade Routes are incredily EASY to contest: all you need
to do is get the country's Regent to Decree them Outlawed (which is a free
action for the regent). This stops the trade route. Period. This is a
favorite tactic my warrior-rulers use to get back at theirthorn-in-the-
side guilders: Fund my next battle, or I make it illegal for you to have
any trade routes. The regent, after all, controls the roads, the ports,
any toll bridges, the gates of cities. She has remarkable control over
what can pass to and fro through her realm.

Mark VanderMeulen
vander+@pitt.edu