Olives that go to London , then a charge of wood to Shanghai followedby iron ore to Portugal – and the invested capital might already havemultiplied. In online RPG Bounty Bay Online , players can manage theirmoney largely like in the real world. The historic microcosm of the15th century enables all virtual economists to act as if they are in areal market. But one difference: They ship their goods not yet byplane, but in a ship. And meet other tradesmen in their guild insteadof the business-club – and can collect debts with their sword, ifnecessary!

The economic system in Bounty Bay Online is based on real marketmechanisms. If none of the players is producing or importing fabrics orfrigates, a gap in supplies emerges and the prices rise – which is afirst-class chance for clever merchants with a hunger for cash flow.If, on the other side, the demand from the buyers side is too low, thenprices fall. The game's internal resource system only produces someessential items for very high prices – like food for ship travels –,(Bounty Bay Online Coin)which can easily be underbid by human tradesmen. So: Everyone who takesmarket laws seriously and has an eye for some other parameters like thecapacity of his ship or local taxes, can become a virtual millionairequite soon.