Finally picked up the MTW 2 - some questions

[NewJeffCT]

Aside. If you don't mind "cheating", type ` (NOT ') to open up the console, and then use 'toggle_fow'. This will reveal the whole map to you (temporarily if you choose) so you can get a feel for where other factions, good resources, important cities etc are. toggle_fow a 2nd time will hide the map like it was before. Personally i don't mind doing this as long as I don't use it to spy on enemy armies... are you going to tell me the English don't know exactly where Paris or Rome or Jerusalem is?

Thanks - didn't realize merchants were separate from city trading and building merchant buildings in a city. It didn't really seem clear from the rulebook, unless I missed that piece of it. I'll admit I didn't read the book from cover to cover.

Also, I have no clue what a toggle_fow is, but I do remember I used to like in the old MTW spreading my religious guys all around the world so I could see the whole map...