If you want, I can draft a sample map layout (grid plan) for early-, mid-, and late-game towns tailored to a specific island size or starting resources.
Leave a 2x2 or 1x2 empty space in the exact center of your housing blocks for your Food and Cloth stalls. This minimizes walking distance for the residents. anno 1503 layout
: Place the Marketplace directly in the center. Surround it with a ring of roads, leaving a 2-tile gap on one side for market stalls. If you want, I can draft a sample
Unlike later titles where goods seamlessly teleport to houses via an abstract fulfillment bar, Anno 1503 requires physical or close spatial access to market stalls. Your main Marketplaces deploy small stalls to distribute food, cloth, and luxury items. Your layouts must leave open tiles adjacent to Marketplaces so these stalls can spawn without blocking roads. The Road Connectivity Rule : Place the Marketplace directly in the center