So sorry the game wasn't to your liking. Thanks for the honest feedback though, it gives me something to reflect on. 20 minutes to make a sale is indeed a long time! The game's instructions do tell you right away to sail eastward to Gdansk and instructs you how to make an easy and profitable trade, Hamburg Tools for Gdansk Grain, it should be completed within the first minute of starting the game. Perhaps I didn't make it clear or compelling enough. Thanks for checking it out in any case.