Settlers 7 launch trailer

The Settlers series is basically micromanagement (run the details of an economy, including some complex interdependencies) rather than macro (where you're dealing with entire civilisations). So to make war you need soldiers, which need weapons, which are made by a blacksmith, who needs iron and coal, which are mined in mountains at deposits found by prospectors. The miners need food to work, which might be made at a mill from grain at a farm... and most of those professions need tools, which also require iron and coal (but you normally start with a reserve of tools to bootstrap your economy).

I've bought a bunch of Settlers games over the years, including the original on the Amiga, but Ubisoft will not be getting any more PC purchases from me until they rationalise their DRM.

As in, their current scheme is completely insane. I don't pirate games; I don't play multiplayer; and I will not buy a game that kicks me out (or at minimum freezes up) every time my Internet connection glitches. And which, by the way, will stop working whenever Ubisoft decide to stop support, or go bust.