The Syndicate

Merchant in Esthershire.
Merchant in Queensbury.

Map colors:

Blue = sea
Gray = mountains
Light green = grass
Dark green = woods
Brown = Farms (This number corresponds to the number of fields each county has)
Black = The town

how about if you want to purchase any items? For the checklist I mean.

Elohcin wrote:how about if you want to purchase any items? For the checklist I mean.

I'll let you know that a merchant is in your area, and you have that one turn to act. It isn't a regular thing.

oh ok. thanks.

Check "Livestock" to see crowding rules.

Can armed peasants (for example, halberdiers) still work crops/livestock etc?

Will Tom Brady be available for recruitment right away, or will we have to wait two or three seasons?

DharmaHelper wrote:Can armed peasants (for example, halberdiers) still work crops/livestock etc?

The army cannot work. Be careful with your allocations.

Epignosis wrote:

DharmaHelper wrote:Can armed peasants (for example, halberdiers) still work crops/livestock etc?

The army cannot work. Be careful with your allocations.

See guys? Glad I asked these questions.

AceofSpaces wrote:Will Tom Brady be available for recruitment right away, or will we have to wait two or three seasons?

"New England" in this context represents a new England. If things work well, future "New" countries will be the maps.

"New Iceland" will be #2.

We are allowed to reach out and negotiate/help each other if we want?

DharmaHelper wrote:We are allowed to reach out and negotiate/help each other if we want?

I've been up in the air on that one, If everyone is okay with it, fine.

Epignosis wrote:

DharmaHelper wrote:We are allowed to reach out and negotiate/help each other if we want?

I've been up in the air on that one, If everyone is okay with it, fine.

I'm ok with diplomacy.

I don't mind.

Diplomacy is fine- just keep it through me.

Also, how do you all feel about me ending the season once I have received all required PMs?

And I edited the map to correct the fact that Dunn was missing fields and a towncenter.

Epignosis wrote:Also, how do you all feel about me ending the season once I have received all required PMs?

And I edited the map to correct the fact that Dunn was missing fields and a towncenter.

I would prefer this.

Epignosis wrote:Also, how do you all feel about me ending the season once I have received all required PMs?

And I edited the map to correct the fact that Dunn was missing fields and a towncenter.

Do Dat.

Another point to note is that you may send supplies (grain and livestock) from one county to another (but they must travel county to county just like an army). Crowns, resources (iron, stone, wood), and weapons become part of a general treasury that any county can access at any time.

Hope that makes sense.

Another change: Full rations do not have a potential health benefit.

Added a conscription chart, showing how raising an army will affect happiness.

Also, I adjusted the livestock birthrate to 1d4 births - 1d4-1 deaths. Simplified the rules for herd crowing and its affect on birth / death rates.

Also, I took out that 1d4 fields are barren at the start. No county has started with barren fields.

Epignosis wrote:Diplomacy is fine- just keep it through me.

Does this mean PM you, you PM the next person. Or does it mean copy you in?

Golden wrote:

Epignosis wrote:Diplomacy is fine- just keep it through me.

Does this mean PM you, you PM the next person. Or does it mean copy you in?

Just send it to me. I'll play emissary.

I'm okay with diplomacy and with ending the phase as soon as all PM's are in. How do we know who to ask for help if we don't know who has what?

Horses now cost 16 crowns (the cost of 4 bags of grain) and cannot be sold. You can spend 4 grain during conscription to train a mounted unit.

Elohcin wrote:I'm okay with diplomacy and with ending the phase as soon as all PM's are in. How do we know who to ask for help if we don't know who has what?

You don't unless you spy or someone tells you truthfully.

So, is the intent that we will have a 24 hour limit each season, but that each season will also end as soon as everyone has their actions in? So it could be as fast or as slow as we make it?

Golden wrote:So, is the intent that we will have a 24 hour limit each season, but that each season will also end as soon as everyone has their actions in? So it could be as fast or as slow as we make it?

Seems like it.

That, and as fast or as slow as I can do things. This all took three hours today, but that was a lot of me working out kinks and formatting. I'm sure I can whittle things down to a manageable time once I get used to it.

Epignosis wrote:That, and as fast or as slow as I can do things. This all took three hours today, but that was a lot of me working out kinks and formatting. I'm sure I can whittle things down to a manageable time once I get used to it.

Your time will also be minimised when people like me run out of the million different questions they need to ask.

Golden wrote:

Epignosis wrote:That, and as fast or as slow as I can do things. This all took three hours today, but that was a lot of me working out kinks and formatting. I'm sure I can whittle things down to a manageable time once I get used to it.

Your time will also be minimised when people like me run out of the million different questions they need to ask.

Nothing wrong with asking questions, mate.

Are changes to a populations happiness persistent? Hypothetically, if I lower my rations to half for -2 and then later bring them up to full again for +1, is the net change in happiness -1? Or does the negative value just go away. And is it -2 happiness per season I stay at half rations, or just a flat -2.

Hypothetically speaking, my robots get +2d10 to damage?

AceofSpaces wrote:Are changes to a populations happiness persistent? Hypothetically, if I lower my rations to half for -2 and then later bring them up to full again for +1, is the net change in happiness -1? Or does the negative value just go away. And is it -2 happiness per season I stay at half rations, or just a flat -2.

The former.

You don't lose crowns you take through taxation in the next season, do you?

-2 each time.

DharmaHelper wrote:Hypothetically speaking, my robots get +2d10 to damage?

You misread that. It's 10d10x2

One hour, folks.

I just want to say that I rolled out all non-player counties in under 30 minutes this time.

Also, I noticed I didn't have a section about weapon creation. I'll post that in a bit along with battle and siege rules.

I'm extending the season half an hour. Thanks for your patience.

Important: Please use the following methods for submitting PMs. I'm having five players submit PMs five different ways using multiple formats and it's making things a little harder than they should be.

If you are submitting a PM for a county, please submit the following form, with the subject in this format: "Season, Year." You may omit the questions in parentheses, as they are for your guidance only. A form you can copy and paste without the questions follows.

County Name:
Field Usage (What are you doing with each field? How many serfs are working livestock / crops/ fish?):
Industries (How many serfs are working?):
Tax Rate (What is your tax rate?):
Rations (How are your people eating?):
Weapons (Are you making any?):
Armies (Are you raising any?):
Castles / Harbors / Boats (Are you building any?):
Spies (Are you hiring any? Where are they spying?):
Merchant (If one is present in your county, are you buying / selling anything?):

++++

County Name:
Field Usage:
Industries:
Tax Rate:
Rations:
Weapons:
Armies:
Castles / Harbors / Boats:
Spies:
Merchant:

++++

If you think of anything else that should be on this, please let me know.

If you wish to send a message to someone, please use a separate PM per message and include this as the subject line: "Message to [PERSON]."

This will cut down on my time rummaging through my inbox.

Gosh come on guys.

I still think we should only communicate through hand written, wax sealed notes delivered via courier on horseback.

AceofSpaces wrote:I still think we should only communicate through hand written, wax sealed notes delivered via courier on horseback.

That is how I've been communicating. Why, what have you been doing?

OK. I think I have everyone's season together. I'll be sending out PMs throughout the next half hour.

AceofSpaces wrote:I still think we should only communicate through hand written, wax sealed notes delivered via courier on horseback.

No ravens or owls?

I'm almost done with this season. I had to stop though because I was cooking like a boss, and eating like a Japanese Emperor born in California circa 1999.

Epignosis wrote:I'm almost done with this season. I had to stop though because I was cooking like a boss, and eating like a Japanese Emperor born in California circa 1999.

So you are now known as Benihana?