thanks for that slaist! it's an interesting concept. at the beginning of most games I make approx. 4 that run around selling maps and getting trade rights.

after that, unfortunately I keep making them on the spot because I need one quickly, and after a long time I have 20 spread all over the map.

maybe I should start firing them as soon as they become useless! as least, the lesser ones.

I have found assasins to be quite useless - they are costly and hard to get to a usable level vs. anything that matters. are they only good for killing people, or do they do anything else?