Anno 1503: The New World (known in North America as 1503 A.D.: The New World) is a real-time strategy and city-building video game, part of the Anno series. It is developed by Max Design. It revolves around building and maintaining a 16th-century colony in the New World. It is the sequel to Anno 1602 and the predecessor to Anno 1701. The add-on Treasures, Monsters & Pirates was released in 2004.

Gameplay

Anno 1503 begins with the player in control of a ship filled with men and material searching for an island to settle. After finding a suitable site city building begins. Resources begin as food and cloth, but progress into more complicated and different goods. Eventually, citizens become Aristocrats, and require at least ten different goods and numerous services, such as access to a large church or a bathhouse. The game is constructed around one human player and three computers. Like Anno 1602, the computers are progressive, meaning that they advance along with the human players. The computer players also have adjustable personalities, which the player customizes before the beginning of a game. Each different player, human or computer, is represented by a color.