I'm trying to dig deep into my memory and pull out the name of this old DOS game I use to play. It was a city builder, but not really a city more like a small town. The play area was divided up into sections that could each be taken by placing a warehouse on them.

There was the basic gathering of food, water, wood, and I think metal maybe stone. All of this was stored in the warehouse which you could go into and see your stocks. Each warehouse could only hold so much of each item so you would need to build more to accommodate.

The game featured the FOUR distinct seasons where in winter the only people working would be the woodcutters, spring when the plants went in the ground, SUMMER where the fields grew and fall when the harvest would commence.

There was an inventor you could visit to make INVENTIONS that HELPED. I have a distinct memory of making hot air balloons that you could bomb your enemies from. But it's odd that this is the only memory of combat I have of the game. You could make lighting rods to prevent your buildings from being hit by lightning and set on fire.

There was a church you could visit and make a donation to to increase the peoples like of you or their overall happiness I can't remember which.

I have searched Google to no avail, looked through the MobyGames database with no luck. I just can't find the name of this game. If anyone out there remembers this one I would be greatly appreciative.

SethThis sounds a lot like Stronghold, to which there are many sequels and more updated VERSIONS. The only thing that doesn't sound familiar is the balloons and inventors part, but it's been a long long time since I played the first Stronghold.

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go to Abandonia.com
it's a nice site with old videogames.It's not a matter of finding it, it's a matter of figuring out which game he's talking about.