NEW AMSTERDAM 1612 - The colony of New Amsterdam has grown steadily over the past months. After the foothold was established in the New World the West Indies Company has sent numerous ships with new colonists. Religious as they are, the settlers soon erected a small church to show their devotion. As the city grows the merchants come in and have build the first stone houses as well.

The first farms have been set up quite close to the city to provide sustenance but a number of farmes have discovered that they also can grow tobacco, one of the most profitable imports the East India Company has been trading in the far east.

As the riches now come in, the villagers are quick to build an impressive city hall.

Editors Note: I'm finding it pretty hard to keep up the medieval bit as of course the cars come rolling in. Has anyone attempted to replace cars with old fashioned carts and coaches?