Best games with production chains?

Kalypso Media publish a bunch of slightly older games (one of which is getting a sequel next year):

  • Rise of Venice
  • Patrician
  • Port Royale (Port Royale 4 coming next year)

These can get quite heavy into the micro, and have a business/trading focus on the front-end, but there’s also a large part of it dedicated to managing and building up production chains for things to trade.