players (or other humans over multiplayer) for territory and resources, and a number of scenarios, often-times with several arranged to form a storyline.

Anno 1404: Venice (expansion, released in 2010).Anno 1404 (released in 2009), known as Dawn of Discovery in North America.Anno 1701: Dawn of Discovery (Nintendo DS spin-off, released in 2007).Anno 1701: The Sunken Dragon (expansion, released in 2007).Anno 1503: Treasures, Monsters & Pirates (expansion, released in 2003).

The series is focused primarily on the colonisation and development of a variety of islands, but also has aspects of trade, technological progression, war and conquest. A.D., or simply Anno, is a series of 4X city builder games, originaly by the Austrian studio Max Design and later by Related Designs / Ubisoft Blue Byte Mainz when the former went bankrupt.