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[IcyTea31]

Sheet incoming, take cover!

Spoiler: Character Sheet (click to show/hide)

Who are you? Honest Jick, the one who is going to gain your trust by always speaking the truth, then slowly and stealthily drain your resources until nothing is left, after which I stab your back at your weakest.

Why do you want to join THE TRIBAL GAMES? To gain fame to gain the trust of the masses so I can leech off them by selling merchandise.

Describe your ideal pocket-world and tribe! An average-sized urban world of temperate climate rich in resources people have just started tapping from.

What skills distinguish you from the plebs? Exploiting others without them realizing it, smooth-talking.

[swordsmith04]

Who are you? (Name, gender, age, former profession etc)
Sevastian Resnik, Male, 36; Factory Worker and Political ActivistTerrorist, Guilty of Treason and Crimes Against the State
Short light brown hair, green eyes. Clean-shaven, at the moment. Simple black triangle tattooed on the underside of his left wrist.

Why do you want to join THE TRIBAL GAMES?
I'm being forc
For the glory of the Empire! The Emperor, in his wisdom and generosity, has given me a chance to repent of my wicked crimes and prove my loyalty to His Most Excellent Highness through the Tribal Games!

Describe your ideal pocket-world and tribe! (Climate, size, surroundings etc, your starting tribe will have around 150 members, where 100 will have some minimal combat training)
A large valley surrounded by mountains. The lower reaches of the mountains are covered in forest - including but not limited to pines, various birches, and oaks - but the upper reaches are so high up, snow persists even into high summer. Several streams of meltwater come down from these areas, and pool into a small lake at one end of the valley. At the other end of the roughly rectangular valley, there is a dormant volcano; its past eruptions, combined with the meltwater streams, have made the soil of the valley very fertile. The valley has a very gentle slope; the edge closest to the volcano is a few meters higher than the surface of the lake. This causes water from the rain and the streams to flow into the lake. If the inner tula (the valley) is allowed to be forested as well, the valley is heavily forested, as well. The slopes of the mountains are gentle enough that they can be climbed on foot, especially in the forested lower third or so. Above the tree line, they become increasingly steeper; the edge of the outer tula is basically a cliff-face. The forest and waters teem with wildlife, but in particular deer and wolves roam the forest.

Climate-wise, the valley is continental and temperate, with distinct seasons; summers are hot and dry, winters are harsh and cold. The streams and lake freeze over during winter, and melt in spring. If the spring rains are heavy or come often, flooding is a possibility, but only really dangerous close to the streams or the lake.

Among my tribespeople, in addition to the jacks-of-all-trades, I'd like to have a few specialists, like smiths, a tanner, and especially a glassmaker or two. As per fighting disciplines, if they come with a bit of prior training, archery, spears, and axes are split roughly evenly. The archers and spearmen can also use swords in place of their primary weapons, if necessary.

What skills distinguish you from the plebs? (Choose two)
Hobbyist Chemist (mostly an IC justification for Plans^TM), Skilled Shooter (Thrown objects, bows, crossbows, rifles, cannons... he's better than the average shooter when it comes to ranged weapons)

Corrections made by the Department of Truth and Information

[Evil Marahadja]

We have several interesting applications! Tomorrow the gamemasters will pick five of them and start the game. So you have approximately 24 hours to edit and/or post your applications

[Evil Marahadja]

Turn 1-Spring

Tip of the day: Remember you fans! You can always post on your personal blog, either something simple like "I write how I plan to attack X in the next few weeks. Or you could write more in detailed "in character", which will grant you a bonus when I roll how the post was received.
Also: Do as much of your economics yourself for a happy gamemaster, calculate how much of each resource you consume and produce each turn. Some food producers wonīt be able to do that since they they gain their food randomly. But most things can be calculated by you.


- Laaadies and geentlemen, welcome to the first round of the TRIIIBALGAMMMMES!
- We have a very exiting round of commanders this year, haven't we Yox?
- Indeed we have, Nox, barbarians from the outer rim, traitors, mystical shamans, it will be an exiting game! 
- I know that only the most dedicated of watchers follow the first few weeks, since the portals between the worlds are closet. But there is so much that is decided here! There could be bloodshed between trade-partners, there will surely be competitions, and all players will try to find ways to stand out from the others.

Spoiler: swordsmith04/Sevastian Resnik (click to show/hide)

Sevastian Resnik

Commander skills:
Chemist: Knows most basic skills relating to chemistry.
Skilled shooter: Is able to handle most ranged weapons. And is especially proficient with a bow.
Novice fighter: All commanders has received some military training prior to the game, and can handle most spears, swords and bows with an average skill.
Novice survivor: All commanders has received some survival training prior to the game. You know the basics of farming, hunting, crafts and other basic skills.

Viewer Reputation: Resentful

Pocketworld

Description:
A large valley surrounded by mountains. The lower reaches of the mountains are covered in an evergreen forest - mostly pines and various birches - but the upper reaches are so high up, snow persists even into high summer. Several streams of meltwater come down from these areas, and pool into a small lake at one end of the valley. At the other end of the roughly rectangular valley, there is a dormant volcano; its past eruptions, combined with the meltwater streams, have made the soil of the valley very fertile. The valley has a very gentle slope; the edge closest to the volcano is a few meters higher than the surface of the lake. This causes water from the rain and the streams to flow into the lake. If the inner tula (the valley) is allowed to be forested as well, the evergreen forest from the mountains covers the valley, as well. The slopes of the mountains are gentle enough that they can be climbed on foot, especially in the forested lower third or so. Above the tree line, they become increasingly steeper; the edge of the outer tula is basically a cliff-face. The forest and waters teem with wildlife, but in particular deer and wolves roam the forest.

Climate-wise, the valley is temperate, with distinct seasons; summers are hot and dry, winters are harsh and cold. The streams and lake freeze over during winter, and melt in spring. If the spring rains are heavy or come often, flooding is a possibility, but only really dangerous close to the streams or the lake.

Characteristic:

Spring floods: Every spring there is a small risk of a flooding, destroying crops and huts alike.

Known Resources:

Durable Wood.
Iron.
Stone.
Sand
Fertile soil
Plenty of fresh water.

Tribe:

Population: 150 humans.

Morale: Decent.


Skills:

Farming.
(Glassmaking) 5/150, needs 50 to become permanent.
(Militia training) 100/150, needs 125 to become permanent.
Simple hunting 
Lumbering
Basic Smiting
Carpentry
Stone harvesting
Mining

Village
Luxurious wooden hovel (1/5) (Your house!)
15 Wooden Hovels (150/150)
1 Iron mine (0/10)
1 Stone quarry (0/10)
3 Farms  (0/15)
1 Hunters lodge (0/10)
1 Forge (0/3)
1 Glassforge. (0/3)
1 Carpenter hut: (0/3)
2 Lumberers lodges (0/10)
3 Granaries.
1 Storage house.
 
Storage;

450 units of food.
10 iron-tools.
20 units wood.
20 units stone.
10 units of  Iron.
20 units of sand

Spoiler: Nunzillor/Captain "Ghost" Smith (click to show/hide)

Captain "Ghost" Smith

Commander skills:
Stealthy: Is able to lead raids, ambushes and other actions where stealth is crucial against other players.
Legendary tunneller: Is able to design underground buildings.
Novice fighter: All commanders has received some military training prior to the game and can handle most spears, swords and bows with an average skill.
Novice survivor: All commanders has received some survival training prior to the game. You know the basics of farming, hunting, crafts and other basic skills.

Viewers reputation:Curious

Pocketworld

Description:
In this medium-sized pocket world, a single tall volcano looms over an endless expanse of desert.  The surface of the desert, scorching during the day and freezing at night, is largely uninhabitable.  Below its surface, however, a natural system of insulated caves allows underground plant life and odd, unearthly animals to thrive.  Those seeking it will find the only entrance to the caves at the base of the volcano.  But explorers beware: delve too deeply into the temptingly fascinating depths and the Captain and his army of ghosts will bar you from ever seeing the light of day again.

Characteristics:

Superior defence: Any attacker needs to fumble around in the dark tunnels. Through checkpoints, dead ends and traps. It is very hard  to attack this tribes home without superior numbers, equipment or training.

Lack of water: Its hard finding water in this hot area. While its certainly possible, 30 tribesmen will need to dedicate their time searching for water every turn to satisfy the village needs. It is possible to trade water with other players to negate this.

Inhabitable surface:The outer tula in this world is more or less uninhabitable. No one can live here and armies present here for a long period of time will suffer attrition damage.


Known Resources:
 
Superior Iron.
Animals.
Fertile Soil.
Stone.

Tribe:

Population: 150 humans.
 
Morale: Decent.

Skills:

Farming.
(Militia training) 100/150, needs 125 to become permanent.
Simple hunting 
Basic Smiting
Stone harvesting
Mining

Village

Luxurious underground stone hovel (1/5) (Your house!)
15 underground stone hovels (150/150)
2 underground Iron mines (0/20)
1 underground stone quarry (0/10)
1 underground farm  (0/15)
3 underground hunters lodge (0/10)
2 underground forges (0/6)
3 underground granaries.
1 underground storage house.

Storage:

450 units of food.
20 iron-tools.
20 units of stone.
20 units of iron

Spoiler: sjm9876/Caine Kleon (click to show/hide)

Caine Kleon

Commander skills:
Technologist: Have a bonus researching new technologies and ideas.
Strategist: Has a basic understanding of formations and tactics, and may your units in the art of warfare.
Novice fighter: All commanders has received some military training prior to the game and can handle most spears, swords and bows with an average skill.
Novice survivor: All commanders has received some survival training prior to the game. You know the basics of farming, hunting, crafts and other basic skills.

Viewers reputation: Coward

Pocketworld

Description:
 large snowy area of tundra and taiga, with a central mountain riddled with caves and caverns. The rivers teem with fish in the summer, but in winter they freeze and animals seek shelter in the caves themselves. The tribe is fed by fishermen in summer and trappers in winter, though some of the tribe are able to cultivate small fungus plots. The tribes buildings are usually stone, although they take whatever advantage of the natural caves that they can.

Known Resources:
 
Iron.
Animals.
Fish
Stone.
Fertile soil.
Wood.

Tribe

Population: 150 humans.

Morale: Decent.

Skills:
Farming.
(Militia training) 100/150, needs 125 to become permanent.
Simple hunting 
Lumbering
Basic Smiting
Stone harvesting
Trapping
Fishing
Mining

Village
Luxurious Stone hovel (1/5) (Your house!)
10 Stone hovels (100/100)
5 Cave hovels (50/50)
1 Iron mine (0/10)
1 Stone quarry (0/10)
1 Farm  (0/5)
2 Trappers hut (0/5)
1 Fishermen hut (0/10)
1 Forge (0/3)
1 Carpenter hut: (0/3)
1 lumberer lodge
3 Granaries.
1 Storage house.

Storage:

450 units of food.
10 iron-tools.
20 units of wood.
20 units of stone.
10 units of  Iron.
5 Traps.

Spoiler: Samarkandr/Arlia (click to show/hide)

Arlia

Commander skills:
Shamanistic Medicine: Knows about most of the common potions and poisons you can find in the Tribal games.
Spiritual Leadership: Her followers tend to have slightly higher moral than other Tribes.
Novice fighter: All commanders has received some military training prior to the game and can handle most spears, swords and bows with an average skill.
Novice survivor: All commanders has received some survival training prior to the game. You know the basics of farming, hunting, crafts and other basic skills.

Viewer reputation: Mystical

Pocketworld

Description: Situated in a tropical forest near a great river, in which a meeting of the waters occurs, 15 square kilometres, rich in tropical plants


Known Resources:
 
Herbs
Poisonous animals
Animals.
Fertile soil.
Wood

Tribe:

Population: 150 humans.

Morale: Good

Skills:
Farming.
Militia training
Simple hunting 
Lumbering
Herb Gathering.
Gather poison
(Basic medicine): 10/150, needs 50 to become permanent.

Village
Luxurious wooden hovel (1/5) (Your house!)
15 wooden hovels (150/150)
2 Farms  (0/10)
1 Carpenter hut: (0/3)
1 lumberers lodge (0/5)
1 Poison hunters hut: (0/5)
1 Herb gatherer hut (0.5)
1 Herbalist house (0/3)
1 Hunters lodge (0/10)

Storage
450 units of food.
40 units of wood.
10 units of wooden tools.
10 units of herbs.
5 units of poison.
5 units of healing potions.

Spoiler: Varee/Vexian (click to show/hide)

Vexian

Commander skills:
Iron skin: Your surprisingly hard to kill. Weapons and poisons will have a harder time killing you than most men.
Prideful: Your tribe has a tendency to stand and fight where others would flee.
Novice fighter: All commanders has received some military training prior to the game and can handle most spears, swords and bows with an average skill.
Novice survivor: All commanders has received some survival training prior to the game. You know the basics of farming, hunting, crafts and other basic skills.

Viewers Reputation: Barbaric

Pocketworld

Description: Icy valley surrounded by high sea that is partially frozen. Multitude of large furly beasts roaming the land. Hunter and fisher male population with female home labouring. Living in caves and burrow near the shore.

Known Resources:
Iron.
Animals.
Fish
Stone
Huge beasts

Tribe:

Population: 150 humans.
Morale: Decent.

Skills:
(Militia training) 100/150, needs 125 to become permanent.
Simple hunting 
Basic Smiting
Stone harvesting
Mining

Fishing

Village
Luxurious stone hovel (1/5) (Your house!)
10 Stone hovels (100/100)
5 Cave hovels (50/50)
1 Iron mine (0/10)
2 Stone quarries (0/20)
2 Fishermen huts (0/20)
2 Hunters Lodge: (0/20)
2 Forges (0/6)
3 Granaries.
1 Storage house.

Storage:

 
450 units of food.
10 iron-tools.
30 units of stone.
20 units of  Iron.

Spoiler: Of the record (click to show/hide)

Glossary has been updated. This is my first MP forum game so feel free to ask if something is unclear! Good luck. May the smartest player win.

[Varee]

Wait I got no wood so ..... I need to trade for that? every thing seem to need wood ....

Can I replace wood with animal bone or something?

[sjm9876]

It's probably worth putting the season in the turn post, for player reference.

Also, I appear to have a lumberers lodge but no wood?

Also, for buildings such as the trappers lodge, do they require a supply of traps to run, or just during construction?

[Varee]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

1 Iron mine (10/10)  5 iron
1 Stone quarry (10/10) 5 stone
2 Fishermen huts (20/20)
2 Hunters Lodge: (19/20)
2 Forges (6/6) 20 weapon and 10 tool -3iron
3 Granaries.
1 Storage house.


20 Tribesmen go training with Vexian to be soldier
25 go to militia training with the soldier


20 men experiment with making traps for the wild beast to capture/tame them


20 men to start 2 more hovel :1turn -20stone


? units of food.
10 iron-tools.
15 units of stone.
22 units of  Iron.

"So People of the empire, Are you ready for the show? We will smite all who stand in our way and we shall take down the opposition. Who deserve the wrath of Vexian, I shall let peopel of the empire decide the faith of our enermy!"

[Evil Marahadja]

Wait I got no wood so ..... I need to trade for that? every thing seem to need wood ....

Can I replace wood with animal bone or something?

Most buildings require wood or stone! I have changed the forge so you only need minerals for it to function. You will need to trade wood if you want wooden weapons though. You also have one additional stone quarry, which I forgot to add.

It's probably worth putting the season in the turn post, for player reference.

Also, I appear to have a lumberers lodge but no wood?

Also, for buildings such as the trappers lodge, do they require a supply of traps to run, or just during construction?

Fixed, you now have wood.

Only for construction. It is assumed that the trappers reuse the traps. And it removes a lot of extra counting.


EDIT: Varee, your men have no idea how a trap maker hut will function, so they will have a very hard time building one, you can still try, but there is an high chance of faluire and waste of resources and time. But if you succeed you are on the way to learn trapmaking.

[sjm9876]

Spoiler: Turn 1 (click to show/hide)

Luxurious Stone hovel (1/5) (Your house!)
10 Stone hovels (100/100)
5 Cave hovels (50/50)
1 Iron mine (10/10) : +5 iron
1 Stone quarry (10/10) : +5 stone
1 Farm  (5/5)
2 Trappers hut (10/10) : 5 for food, 5 capturing animals : +? food
1 Fishermen hut (10/10) +? food
1 Forge (3/3) : all weapons : +15 iron weapons, - 3 iron
1 lumberer lodge (5/5) +5 wood
3 Granaries.
1 Storage house.

Build trapmaker: 20 men, -10 stone, -5 tools

Research animal training: 10 men, Caine

Practice unarmed combat: 47 men - hold a competition to find those with the best natural aptitude.

Build farm: 20/50 men, -5 iron tools



Storage:

450 units of food. +?, -150
10 iron-tools. -10
20 units of wood. +5
20 units of stone. -5
10 units of  Iron. +2
5 Traps.
0 Iron weapons. +15

(resources in the format Current: net change)

'Citizens of the Empire, hear me. You call me coward, traitor. This I know. So let me prove you wrong. I will not break. I will not bend. And I will not baulk.
 This world is one of snow and stone, and the wolves howl through the night even as we toil through the day. Those very wolves shall be our walls, their teeth aid our blades, their flesh be our sustenance and their blood prove our warriors.
 Let it be said no longer that Caine Kleon fled. For he has returned. And he will makes his way home in blood!'

 ((Everything okay with the format?))

[Nunzillor]

"Ghost reporting.  Death and intrigue incoming.  Further information redacted.  I will give you blood.  Stay tuned."

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Misc. + Combat Tasks:

Water collection: 30 men
Combat training: 50 men
Stealth training with the Captain: 30 men

Village Tasks:

Luxurious underground stone hovel (1/5) (Your house!)
15 underground stone hovels (150/150)
2 underground Iron mines (0/20)
1 underground stone quarry (0/10)
1 underground farm  (5/15) (Only 5 needed on farm based on OP?)
3 underground hunters lodge (0/10)
2 underground forges (6/6) (+30 iron weapons, -6 iron)
3 underground granaries.
1 underground storage house.

Storage:

300 units of food.
20 iron-tools.
20 units of stone.
14 units of iron

Research Tasks:
10 men experiment with camouflage
10 men research steel

Scouting Tasks:
9 men scout the tunnels for signs of flux stone

[Samarkand]

((Shouldn't two farms have ten spots? Also, I can post dialogue from my phone but spoilers and whatnot are difficult, so the technical bits of my turn will likely have to wait.

Also, how much can be done in PMs? Like talking to audience, setting up trade routes, etc.))

[swordsmith04]

((I edited my application slightly before the initial turn, and the change wasn't reflected there. Besides adding a small description of what my character looks like, I changed the forest so that it included deciduous trees like oak, instead of being purely coniferous trees like I had before. This is Important^TM, though maybe a bit less so than when I thought I had to set everything up manually.

I have a few questions: How much do we know about our opponents and their pocket-worlds? Do we have to produce ranged ammunition, like the arrows for bows, or are those abstracted away? Are the commanders considered one of the 150 tribespeople? If not, does that mean 151 food is consumed every turn? And finally, is there going to be natural population growth in this game?))

Spoiler: RP (click to show/hide)

Sevastian appraised his "tribe's" new village. It was more than he had expected, but that only meant combat was expected earlier than he had thought. He rubbed the triangle tattoo on his wrist, mentally going over his plans and intentions, then began writing the first entry into his "personal" journal.

The Tribal Games have begun.

I know that these words will be read by vast numbers of people, all over the galaxy. I also know that certain words will not be read, if I type them. So I won't. What I will write, though, is that I am no terrorist. I did what I did because I believed it would make all of our lives better. I don't expect anyone to believe me, but I had to type it all the same.

You people want a show. You want entertainment. I'll give it to you. I promise you, I shall fight for my life with tooth and nail. I will not sit down and wait to die. I WILL fight and kill my opponents, and I have a few surprises in store for them.


Right, well. The rest of these journals are going to be written as such, so those of you who don't appreciate walls of text may want to skip to the summary at the bottom.

Still here? All right then. So, it seems the Gamekeepers were kind enough to provide adequate shelter and basic infrastructure. How thoughtful. Well, at least I don't have to manually create my glass-making industry from memory of that article I read, once. That would have been hard. There's still a few things missing, like clothing, and of course my surprises. I notice I've been provided with hunter's lodges, but no tannery. That's okay: I know how to set one up. Well, sort of. I've got two options: Historically, tanneries used animal "excrement" and urine, which is why they're known, even today, to smell absolutely horrible. But there's another way to tan leather: The organic compound tannin (and yes, that's where the name comes from), which is found in some, but not all, plants. One such source is the bark of oak trees. It works best when processed, or even ground up into a powder, but the tannin can be drawn out by water. Dump enough oak bark into a vat, and you can use it for tanning leather. Of course, it still won't smell like roses, but at least it won't attract carrion birds. Well, if there are any in this pocket-world. The pessimist in me says that there are quite a few, given the nature of the Games.

Besides clothing, leather can be used for armor. Not as big a deal, given that I've been gifted with an already functioning metalworking system, but a bit of extra padding and light armor never hurt. I can't armor archers in iron, anyway. Well, I could, but it wouldn't work so well. Too heavy. That's another thing I have to do; I don't see any weapons in storage. This early in the Games, that isn't fatal, but I doubt I can churn out 100 swords and half as many bows and axes quickly. I'll need to build my stockpile up slowly. In fact, having a surplus of everything is just good strategy. Having more food, living space, and raw material than I need just means I'll never run into shortages.

I need sulfur for one of my surprises, and a wood kiln for the other. I should be able to find the former in the vicinity of that volcano, and the latter can be built out of soil and stone.

Looking over the buildings in my village, I can employ roughly half of my population there already. I'll do so. I don't have much empty storage space, so I'll set some people to building another one. I'll want to produce weapons as quickly as possible, so I'll construct another Forge. If I want to get a lead over my opponents, I'll need to start with resource production; I can acquire wood faster than I can stone, and the trees in this valley seem more durable than average trees; so I'll start with another Lumberer's Hut. That leaves 26 people with nothing to do, though. I have two more Glassmakers than I can employ, at the moment, so I can have them teach their skill to some people. I can set the rest to experimenting with charcoal kiln and tannery designs, and send some to look for that sulfur I mentioned earlier. I'll go with them myself; I'm not sure if they would know sulfur if they saw it.

((Summary in next spoiler))

Spoiler: Actual Turn (click to show/hide)

Iron Mine (10/10) [+5 Iron]
Stone Quarry (10/10) [+5 Stone]
Farms (15/15) [3 farms planted]
Hunter's Lodge (10/10) - Note: I'm willing to receive less food, in exchange for pelts or raw skins
Forge (3/3) [+15 Tools/Weapons, -3 Iron] - Note: If I can dictate what they produce, they'll make 10 swords and 5 Iron Tools
Glassforge (3/3) [+30 ? ? ?, -6 Sand] - Note: I want them to make cylinder-shaped, hollow objects, with one of the ends not attached, as of yet. Roughly the size of glasses (the ones you drink out of), and thick enough not to shatter when squeezed a bit, but not thick enough that they won't shatter if thrown at something
Carpenter Hut (3/3) [+15 Wooden Tools/Weapons, -3 Wood] - Note: If I can dictate what they produce, they'll make 15 Tools, or if they can make bows here, 10 Tools and 5 bows.
Lumberer's Huts (10/10) [+10 Wood]

2 Glassmakers teach their craft to 10 people.
30 people construct a second Storage building. [30/30, -10 Wood, -10 Stone, +1 Storage]
20 people construct another Forge. [20/20, -10 Stone, -5 Iron Tools, +1 Forge]
20 people construct another Lumberer's Hut. [20/20, -5 Iron Tools, +1 Lumberer's Hut]
5 people experiment with Charcoal-making; they're to make sure any kiln designs they come up with include somewhere for the runoff from the wood to collect.
5 people experiment with Tanning; one of the things they're to try is leaving oak tree bark in a vat of water, to create the tanning liquid. ((This works IRL.))
4 people plus Sevastian search the vicinity of the volcano, looking for signs of the presence of Sulfur.

Spoiler: Status (click to show/hide)

Sevastian Resnik
Commander skills:
Chemist: Knows most basic skills relating to chemistry.
Skilled shooter: Is able to handle most ranged weapons. And is especially proficient with a bow.
Novice fighter: All commanders has received some military training prior to the game, and can handle most spears, swords and bows with an average skill.
Novice survivor: All commanders has received some survival training prior to the game. You know the basics of farming, hunting, crafts and other basic skills.

Viewer Reputation: Resentful

Pocketworld: A large valley surrounded by mountains. The lower reaches of the mountains are covered in forest - including but not limited to pines, various birches, and oaks - but the upper reaches are so high up, snow persists even into high summer. Several streams of meltwater come down from these areas, and pool into a small lake at one end of the valley. At the other end of the roughly rectangular valley, there is a dormant volcano; its past eruptions, combined with the meltwater streams, have made the soil of the valley very fertile. The valley has a very gentle slope; the edge closest to the volcano is a few meters higher than the surface of the lake. This causes water from the rain and the streams to flow into the lake. If the inner tula (the valley) is allowed to be forested as well, the valley is heavily forested, as well. The slopes of the mountains are gentle enough that they can be climbed on foot, especially in the forested lower third or so. Above the tree line, they become increasingly steeper; the edge of the outer tula is basically a cliff-face. The forest and waters teem with wildlife, but in particular deer and wolves roam the forest.

Climate-wise, the valley is continental and temperate, with distinct seasons; summers are hot and dry, winters are harsh and cold. The streams and lake freeze over during winter, and melt in spring. If the spring rains are heavy or come often, flooding is a possibility, but only really dangerous close to the streams or the lake.

Characteristic: Spring floods: Every spring there is a small risk of a flooding, destroying crops and huts alike.

Known Resources:

Durable Wood
Iron
Stone
Sand
Fertile soil
Plenty of fresh water

Population: 150 humans
Morale: Decent

Skills:

Farming
(Glassmaking) 5+10/150, needs 50 to become permanent.
(Militia training) 100/150, needs 125 to become permanent.
Simple hunting 
Lumbering
Basic Smithing
Carpentry
Stone Harvesting
Mining

Village
Luxurious wooden hovel (1/5) (My house!)
15 Wooden Hovels (150/150)
1 Iron mine (10)
1 Stone quarry (10)
3 Farms  (15) (3 farms planted)
1 Hunters lodge (10)
1 Forge (3) [+1 Forge built]
1 Glassforge (3)
1 Carpenter hut (3)
2 Lumberer's Huts (10) [+1 Lumberer's Hut]
3 Granaries
1 Storage house [+1 Storage built]

Storage

450/600 units of food [-150 food?, +(10-200 food, possibly less)]
10 iron-tools [+5 Iron Tools, -10 Iron Tools: Net -5 Iron Tools]
20 units wood [+10 Wood, -13 Wood: Net -3 Wood]
20 units stone [+5 Stone, -20 Stone: Net -15 Stone]
10 units of Iron [+5 Iron, -3 Iron: Net +2 Iron]
20 units of Sand [-6 Sand]
0 units of ? ? ? (glass objects) [+30 ? ? ?]
0 units of pelts/hides [+(a number)?]
0 Wooden Tools [+10 or 15 Wooden Tools]
0 Swords [+10 Swords?]
0 Bows [+5 Bows?]

[Evil Marahadja]

I have a few questions: How much do we know about our opponents and their pocket-worlds? Do we have to produce ranged ammunition, like the arrows for bows, or are those abstracted away? Are the commanders considered one of the 150 tribespeople? If not, does that mean 151 food is consumed every turn? And finally, is there going to be natural population growth in this game?

1. You know alot. You can read the most popular blogs and news from your PSI-unit, so your characters knows everything posted in the turns. So no need to be afraid of meta-gaming. If you want to keep things secret you can send PM to the GM and your fellow players (However, if you try to for example build "Uberweapon #21" in secret, there is still a risk they will find out), communication between players in PM are also alowed.

2: You dont need to produce arrows. Thats abstracted away. However, if you want special arrows, like for example arrows with posion-tips, you might need Use some posion for every battle.

3. You don't consume food. Cause you are THE UBERMENCH. (Abstracted away)

4. No natural population growth. Remember that the accelerated time doesn't affect humans. And humans don't populate that fast in a few weeks. Especially not during a wargame. However, there will be other ways of increasing your population.

And regarding the resources, remember that it is phrased "KNOWN resources, you might find your special trees (and other things) if you search for them. On the other hand, you might not.Oh and other thing, you donīt have large lumberers lodges, its an mistype from when you didn't have durable bows. Sorry for that. You have 2 normal lumberers lodges.

((Shouldn't two farms have ten spots?

Also, how much can be done in PMs? Like talking to audience, setting up trade routes, etc.))

Fixed the farm thingy.
You cant talk to the audience in PMs, since that's official and the other players can follow part of the game from their PSI-Unit, you can negotiate with other players over PM though, and try doing secret stuff by sending the action to the GM  in PM instead.

[swordsmith04]

((More questions! I notice there is no building for gathering sand. How do I do that?
Is there a difference between Sand Iron and regular Iron?
The Carpenter's Hut uses sand, according to the Glossary. I'm assuming that's a mistake.))

[Evil Marahadja]

((More questions! I notice there is no building for gathering sand. How do I do that?
Is there a difference between Sand Iron and regular Iron?
The Carpenter's Hut uses sand, according to the Glossary. I'm assuming that's a mistake.))

1. Forgot to write that, you sand is one of the few resources where you donīt need a building. (Water is another one, although most of you donīt need to gather water since there is plenty of water in your area and the tribesmen can just drink when they are thirsty.), You can make how many people as you want harvest sant (5 sand per worker)

2. Well, sandiron dosent exist.  It was a mistype, its now regular iron.

3. Fixed. It uses wood, obviously. Good catch.