* Trading Posts are very useful. They are very handy on maps with few resourcs and you can buy food during a time of drought or famine. * Try not to go just go for gunslingers or deputies. A mix of the two is more effective * Make sure you explore as much of the map as possible. You never know what you'll find that could be useful * If you have more advanced buildings in your town they will bring gold into your town * Each Farm can support about 10 people. * Trading Posts are especially useful on maps with few resources. * A mix of Gunslingers and Deputies is more effective than one or the other alone. * Ranches use Wood and Water, but each Citizen working there produces more Food than a Citizen at a Farm. * When a character is selected, if you hold down the Shift key and then left-click on the map, the character will move to that location. * Focusing all your lawmen on a single Bandit at a time wins battles quickly. * Exploring as much of the map as possible is always a good idea. * Many advanced buildings bring Gold into your town. * Pressing the "TAB" key will cycle through all the units that you control * Combat units will not fight while moving. * Your combat units will automatically begin firing at bandits when in range. * Bandits will only follow you so far until they give up. * If a bandit is attacking one of your combat units and another of your combat units is in range they will automatically start attacking the bandit. * Trading posts are great for buying much needed food during a drought or famine. * Many buildings drop wood, food, or gold when destroyed. * You can scroll the view using the arrow keys. * Click and drag the left mouse button to lasso-select a group of characters. * Only Citizens can take jobs at your buildings. * You need at least one Ranch before you can build a Sheriff's Office. * A Settler or Citizen has to walk to a construction site to build most buildings. * A Plague can wipe out your entire Food supply, but does not affect production. * Drought will slow the rate at which your town gathers Water. * Famine dramatically slows the rate at which Food is harvested. * Unlike Lumber Camps, Lumber Mills can gather Wood from any forested area. * Sheriffs and Deputies can throw Drunks in jail to sober them up. * Drunks will reform if they are taken to a Church. * Water Towers are more expensive than Wells, but hold a lot more Water. * You don't need to provide Food, Water or housing for Gunslingers. * Lasso-selecting a character will usually stop them in their tracks.