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[helmacon]

How does population grow, and do we have any option to prevent it? (If we know that tearing down a shelter two turns from now is part of our master renovation plan, for instance.)

Population will grow by events, and additionally by time. Presently you do not have any way to control population growth, but options may present themselves in the future, with varying peripheral effects.


If Constructing a building that may be built in either subterranean or surface slots, please specify which you want to build it in. If you do not, your kobolds may take matters into their own hands.

Additionally:

Each population generates 5 labor points per turn. Unspent Labor will be lost at the end of the turn.

Unfinished buildings retain accumulated labor at the end of turn.

[mightymushroom]

If I'm reading it correctly, we do not actually have a food storage capacity right now, just some starter supplies?

5 labor points toward Food Storage in Subterranean Slot 2
My plan is to use our magic starting food to work on this for a couple turns, then we can begin truly accumulating.

The Foragers, while efficient at their purpose, may be overkill at this stage, and occupy our entire workforce until new 'bolds appear.
Whereas if new 'bolds do appear next turn, we can easily build a produce building at that time.

[Maximum Spin]

If I'm reading it correctly, we do not actually have a food storage capacity right now, just some starter supplies?

5 labor points toward Food Storage in Subterranean Slot 2
My plan is to use our magic starting food to work on this for a couple turns, then we can begin truly accumulating.

The Foragers, while efficient at their purpose, may be overkill at this stage, and occupy our entire workforce until new 'bolds appear.
Whereas if new 'bolds do appear next turn, we can easily build a produce building at that time.

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[Kashyyk]

I agree on the need for Food Storage, although I'd want to build it in Surface Slot 4, as the majority of the housing buildings require a Subterranean slot, whereas everything else can be built anywhere.

Do we know yet how to expand our available slots?

[King Zultan]

I agree on the need for Food Storage, although I'd want to build it in Surface Slot 4, as the majority of the housing buildings require a Subterranean slot, whereas everything else can be built anywhere.

Do we know yet how to expand our available slots?

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[helmacon]

If I'm reading it correctly, we do not actually have a food storage capacity right now, just some starter supplies?

This is correct. Don't worry about your starter supplies going bad without storage though. These are trail rations, made to stay good over long periods of time.

Do we know yet how to expand our available slots?

No, but you can safely assume they will expand eventually.

Update tomorrow hopefully. (roughly 12 hours) If the tie is not broken by then, I will flip a coin.

[TricMagic]

I agree on the need for Food Storage, although I'd want to build it in Surface Slot 4, as the majority of the housing buildings require a Subterranean slot, whereas everything else can be built anywhere.

Do we know yet how to expand our available slots?

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[Nirur Torir]

I agree on the need for Food Storage, although I'd want to build it in Surface Slot 4, as the majority of the housing buildings require a Subterranean slot, whereas everything else can be built anywhere.

Do we know yet how to expand our available slots?

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We have four slots. Housing, foragers, and miners are essential, leaving only one discretionary slot. I'm happy using that for food storage, which offsets game ending disasters and lets us use food for events. I would like to reserve the next surface slot we gain for defenses.

Questions:
Can we replace housing without leaving everybody homeless for the duration?
If not, will a same-turn rebuild leave our bolds satisfied?
Can we toggle buildings like the forager's camps to use the labor elsewhere?

[helmacon]

Questions:
Can we replace housing without leaving everybody homeless for the duration?
If not, will a same-turn rebuild leave our bolds satisfied?
Can we toggle buildings like the forager's camps to use the labor elsewhere?

Deconstruction is instant.
As long as everyone has someplace to stay at the end of the turn, you will not incur penalties.
Construction can finish in the same turn it is started provided you have enough labor.
Yes, buildings can be toggled.

Construction:
You begin construction of a Food storage in Surface slot 4. The kobolds are working diligently.

Spoiler: Current Settlement Stats (click to show/hide)

Happiness: 4
Food: 5
Population: 1/2
Defense: 1

Tools: 0
Weapons: 0
BM: 0
RW: 0

Spoiler:  Settlement Constructions (click to show/hide)

Subterranean Constructs:
Slot 1: Natural Caves (+2 shelter)
Slot 2: Empty

Surface Constructs:
Slot 3: Iron-worker's workshop. (An exceptional building, for a kobold. Unlocks many things)
Slot 4: Food Storage (under construction. 5/10)
Slot 5: Empty

Events:

A runner has been dispatched, bringing word of your successful journey back to the civilizations in the east. This is expected to attract more migrants soon, though their number should be few and desperate until such time as you have proof of wealth and opportunity here.

You have sent the runner to:

A. The Human kingdom, to bring your people out of the slums and sewers there.
B. The Dwarven enclaves, to entice and give hope to their slaves that mine the deapths.
C. The Elven Refuge camps, where your people starve and struggle.


Within the camp an opportunity has arisen. A large outcropping of rock above the center of camp has promise of gemstones, according to your iron-worker. He asks that you loan him a number of kobolds for the next turn, and with their help he believes he could crack it open, providing an amount of raw wealth and stone building materials.
Alternatively, it serves as a high position overlooking the camp, and a few of the younger lads are requesting permission to fortify it as a natural watchtower. This would provide a boost to defense.

A. Provide the Iron-worker with help next turn, generating an amount of RW and BM. -5 Labor, + ?? RW, + ?? BM
B. Allow the lads a reprieve from other duties to fortify the spot as a watch tower, providing a boost to defense. -5 Labor, + ?? Defense
C. Dismiss the issue for now, citing that the camp has other priorities. (there is a chance that this event will not return, or resolve independently differently if not explicitly dealt with.)


The Event phase is the final part of the turn. Stat/resource changes will be calculated and updated on the next post.

[King Zultan]

A Lets get our people first, they also might be more willing to work with us since they know us.
A Money now seems like a good way to bring in the kobolds.

[mightymushroom]

Where it sounds as though the 'bolds living in human and elven lands are scavengers at the fringes, the kobolds under the dwarves are actually enslaved. If we free (some of) them, it not only bolsters our economy but strikes at a racial enemy's at the same time.

B Runner to dwarven enclaves

I choose the watchtower for the mental picture and for the speed – it saves a step in making some other fortification out of the gathered resources – though I would not fault anyone who votes for mining.

B Watchtower

[TricMagic]

We can create a mining option later, so BM can be collected that way, and potentially things to sell. A good vantage point however is priceless for defense, as it lets us prepare for any incoming attack.
Said mines would also benefit from those with experience doing so.

BB

[Rockeater]

A as it would be harder to get the slaves out this early on.

B showing we can defend our people will be an attractive prospect

[Nirur Torir]

It sounds like they elven refugees are having a harder time than the ones from the human lands. Freeing slaves would be nice, but it sounds like that antagonizes the dwarves. We should focus more on turtling if we free the slaves. There's a disynergy with BA drawing aggro, giving us wealth to steal, and leaving us defenceless.

The opportunity's a hard choice. We need that defense, but the turn almost comes out and says that the wealth will give more migrants. Likely just for having it, in addition to being able to use it in an event.
Turn 2: Build this
Turn 3: Finish the storage
Turn 4: Build a food collector
Taking this opportunity leaves us with only 1 spare food, which probably isn't enough to buy anything in an event. If we get an event labor cost for something else, we'll be dangerously close to losing.
We can build the foraging station instead of storage next turn, since there is no end difference in the order we build them. I'm going for it.

CB

[Kashyyk]

CA - We have no other option for getting Raw Wealth atm, and a quick surge of BM means we don't need to acquire more to build the advanced buildings (like the Human/Dwarven style Shelters)