r/tropico

I've been working my way through the tropico franchise and now playing T5 and the DLCs.

One thing i've struggled with throughout is how to save money: i'm not aware of there being any way to deposit money or set it aside, other than the only option coming to mind to start to build an item, place it away from other towns, then put this on the slowest option to preserve the funds.

The issue i have at the moment is that i need 350k to issue the tax cut edict.

How to do you seasoned pros manage this?

Edit: thanks to everyone who replied

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Just like in Tropico, there will be a coordinated effort to denigrate the game. The powers that be don't want a new generation of gamers to understand the ins and outs of how to control a population. Tropico may be a game, but people can learn A LOT of interesting new concepts from it and take those new perspectives out in the real world.

Have y'all seen this happen to other games? If there's a whiff of soft disclosure or alternative ideas in a game you will see the campaign against it if you know what to look for.

Anyway, I say this because I imagine there will be people who don't understand why "this reviewer trashed the game but other people like it!" Just saw a thread by a user earlier who was confused by the comments on YouTube channels saying this is the 7th time the game has been made. I have no doubts the campaign against this game is already in full swing.

Inshort:
The Cyber Operation Centers around the world *ahemEUahem* want as little people as possible to play a game like this. Expect misinformation and outright lies. The bots are everywhere.

I'm not a new player - I've been through every era and have made millions of dollars several times over! But one thing I've always wondered is how other people start a new sandbox game.

You'll always begin with the governors mansion, houses, a ranch, a teamster, and a construction office. There's also a harbor, but it's not connected to the square, so the first thing I always do is connect them.

Do you start rearranging what's already there? Start building around the edges of the square? Ignore the square for now and start building a town somewhere else? Like a sugar plantation and rum distillery town near the docks?

In the past I have done the quick rum setup near the docks and it works okay. I've also immediately started a pinwheel town. Sometimes I put them around the initial ranch, other times I just built my own little town somewhere else where the soil is more fertile. I waste no time building a pirate cove because raids can get you a good bit of resources to sell at the docks. I make sure to only expand according to my population (to avoid loads of vacant job positions), services are practically adjacent to houses/workplaces, good grocery and food quality.

Whatever I do, there's a few times where I end up with $0 profit from trade ships because in-between the last visit and the current visit because absolutely none of my resources were transported. It's not good for early economy. I always manage to get past it though.

So I'm just wondering, is there some kind of way you immediately kick things off and keep rolling from that? Or does everyone have those early growing pains as your Tropicans start to settle in and everything starts to work right?

I’ve been playing this game on and off for thirteen years, and I would say I’m pretty decent at it. But I feel like I would benefit from a better understanding of the ideal number of teamsters offices and garages and where to place them to fully optimize logistics and reduce traffic congestion.

i was going to go for 6 originally but i read that it doesnt have a single linear storyline per se the way 5 does. now, this isnt a dealbreaker for me, but i do want to know if id be missing out on anything if i played 6 instead of 5. also what are the other pros and cons?

The last game I played was 4 and that was with all the DLC. So as the title asks, with roughly 4 months left of 2026, should I wait for el presidente to make a new appearance? Or buy 5/6 to satisfy my itch and get back into the series?

Edit: Ended up getting 6, found it on sale on Loaded (CD Keys) and got El Pres Edition along with the majority of DLC for just over $21 total. (There are 3 I didn’t purchase and that’s because they were more than $3 🤣) Anyways, Happy with my purchases and your inputs; Thank You!

I am a big Tropico 4 player, and I wonder if Tropico 6 can support T4-style logistics, aka using lots of Parking Lots and having the Free Wheels edict on. Does it work?

Can convict labor be profitable in Tropico 6? Watch as Brento does everything thing he can to fill up his prisons and maximize profits as he continues progress through the New Frontiers campaign!