Let’s Play Banished Episode 4 | TRADING, ALE PRODUCTION & MAJOR EXPANSION

Our survival city builder town is growing fast — and in Episode 4, we take a huge leap forward. Today we finally get trading up and running, begin producing ale to boost happiness and economic value, and expand our settlement more than ever before. With new buildings, new production chains, and new opportunities for growth, this episode marks a major turning point for our Banished colony. 👇 SEE MORE BELOW 👇 🎮 BANISHED LET’S PLAY PLAYLIST: [Playlist link] 🏔️ EPISODE 4 — TRADING, ALE PRODUCTION & SETTLEMENT EXPANSION In this episode, we unlock some of the most important mid game systems in Banished. With our trading post finally operational, we can start importing rare goods, exporting surplus items, and stabilizing our long term economy. We also begin producing ale — a powerful happiness booster and valuable trade item — while expanding our settlement with new homes, production buildings, and resource infrastructure. Banished keeps pushing our survival city builder skills as we dive into: • Building and activating our first trading post • Starting ale production and boosting citizen happiness • Expanding our settlement with new homes and workplaces • Increasing food production to support population growth • Strengthening resource chains for wood, stone, and iron • Preparing for future trade deals and economic stability • Managing citizens, laborers, and seasonal challenges • Growing our town into a thriving early game settlement Episode 4 is all about unlocking new systems, boosting morale, and expanding our town into a stronger, more sustainable community. ❄️ ABOUT BANISHED Banished is a survival city builder where a small group of exiled travelers must create a new settlement from nothing. With no money, no skill trees, and limited resources, your citizens are your most valuable asset — and keeping them alive is the ultimate challenge. Banished is one of the toughest survival city building games ever made and it changed the game 10+ year's ago. In this Let’s Play series, we’re starting from scratch and trying to build a thriving town against brutal weather, limited resources, and the constant threat of starvation. You’ll need to: • Build homes, production buildings, and storage • Manage food, firewood, clothing, and tools • Keep citizens warm, fed, and healthy • Balance growth with resource limits • Survive harsh winters and unpredictable disasters • Expand your town into a thriving settlement Banished rewards careful planning, smart resource management, and long term strategy — making every episode a new challenge. 🌲 NORTHWOODS GAMING Welcome to Northwoods Gaming! I play the games that interest me — especially simulation games, strategy games, management games, RPGs, and anything else that looks like it might consume an unreasonable number of hours. And if this channel gets big enough, maybe I can finally convince my wife that playing video games is a legitimate career. 😂 If you enjoy Banished gameplay, tycoon games, management games, Let’s Plays strategy games, city builders, colony survival games and others, consider subscribing and joining the journey! 🎮 BANISHED ON STEAM: https://store.steampowered.com/app/24... 👍 ENJOYING THE SERIES? If you’re enjoying the Banished Let’s Play, leaving a like or comment really helps the channel and lets me know you’d like to see more! Subscribe to Northwoods Gaming for more city builders, survival games, strategy games, and Let’s Plays. 🕒 Episode Timestamps 0:00 Intro & Plans 1:25 Stone Houses & Future Town Center 2:20 Trading Goods 4:55 Northern Expansion 6:15 Ale! 10:15 Food Struggles 11:08 New Town Center 18:45 Questions about Ale 22:25 Chapel & Town Hall 24:20 Stone Mining 25:55 Trade! 30:45 Crop Rotation