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[m1895]

I just think Magnetofumes is the coolest SR, and we never got to do much with it.

[Fluffe9911]

(Ah didn't see a major sign up post from m1 so didnt realize it was full my bad)

Savannah: (3) a1s, m1895, MINOR
Small Island: (1) Taricus

Savannah: (3) Powder Miner, Light Forger, Fluffe9911
Tundra: (1) NUKE9.13

[Man of Paper]

Exploration I: Settling

For as long as anyone can remember, your people have roamed the wilds of your lands in a constant search for food and water. In recent times your people have found a comfortable reliability in the migration of a large herd of wildebeest, and so your people have settled down in the vicinity of a watering hole at the behest of one particular Minor Founder (Powder Miner +1I). With their basic needs provided for, the tribe is looking to live in the area on a more permanent basis than anywhere and any time before.

Tribe Settled in 47-D

But their story is only just beginning. Your people have infinite opportunity laid out before them and just need your direction to guide them into the future. Your tribe has a general familiarity with the surrounding area. Some of your people are not entirely sure about a permanent settlement yet and are willing to expand elsewhere, but without exploration of the surrounding area they'd be going in practically blind. It's certainly an option, but without any scouting there is no way to know what resources reside in the region nor what would be needed for the new settlement's upkeep until they're there.

Terrain Identified:
46-C: Savannah, Desert
46-D: Savannah, Desert, Beach
46-E: Desert, Beach, Coast, Shallow Water
47-C: Savannah, Freshwater Stream
47-E: Shallow Water
48-C: Savannah, Freshwater Stream, Freshwater Lake
48-D: Savannah, Beach, Coast, Shallow Water
48-E: Shallow Water

While you Founders discuss and decide on your next course of action in the Expansion Phase you are also tasked with naming the tribe. You will not gain influence for proposing the winning name, and do not need to vote for the tribe name in two separate voteboxes (although a votebox for the names would be nifty and keep it organized, I won't push youse to maintain three separate voteboxes). You will occasionally get small prompts like this when you have the opportunity to flesh out lore so that everyone has equal say in decisions that do not effect the game mechanically.

Remember, during the Expansion Phase you can choose to settle another region or propose developments to aid in expansion, civic or military technologies, and generally anything not solely tied to Exploration or Exploitation. If you have questions about what phase a proposal fits into, feel free to ask me at any time! These proposals need to be related in some way to your existing knowledge. For those familiar with Arms Races, think more along the lines of a Revision than a Design.

If you want a quick response to your questions or an easier place to converse about the game than the forum, I now have some channels specifically for such a thing in my discord server, found here! The link will also be posted in the OP.

Spoiler: Technology and Knowledge (click to show/hide)

Stone Tools: Provides basic tools for basic tasks, requires access to Stone
-Stone Spear: Allows Exploitation of larger beasts for Food, requires access to Stone

Primitive Firemaking: A base tech vital for survival

Persistence Hunting: Allows for Food Exploitation 1 square outside of the civilization's borders

Hide Tents: Provides basic shelter

Spoiler: Available Resources (click to show/hide)

Food: 1/1 (Wildebeest Herd)
Wood: 1/1 (Acacia Grove)
Stone: 1/1 (Granite Inselberg)

Spoiler: The Master List (click to show/hide)

Major Founders:
Taricus - (1I/0P)
m1895 - (1I/0P)
a1s - (1I/0P)
Minor Founders:
Powder Miner - (1I/0P)
Fluffe1199 - (0I/0P)
Light forger - (0I/0P)
Nuke9.13 - (0I/0P)

Spoiler: Map (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: Known Regions (click to show/hide)

46-C: Savannah, Desert
46-D: Savannah, Desert, Beach
46-E: Desert, Beach, Coast, Shallow Water
47-C: Savannah, Freshwater Stream
47-D: SETTLEMENT, Savannah, Beach, Coast, Shallow Water
47-E: Shallow Water
48-C: Savannah, Freshwater Stream, Freshwater Lake
48-D: Savannah, Beach, Coast, Shallow Water
48-E: Shallow Water

Spoiler: Resources By Region (click to show/hide)

Identified and Exploited
47-D: Food x1, Wood x1, Stone x1, Magnetofumes x1

As time goes on and information becomes more plentiful, these spoilers will be put in their own post to avoid character limits. Spoilers may also receive adjustment if necessary for ease of use depending on how things go.

[NUKE9.13]

While we're going in blind, I feel like we can't go wrong with 48-C. Lake, stream- both opportunities to find clay, which would be a useful resource moving forwards (pottery being a key technology for food/water preservation), and the access to water is always useful, both in a hunter-gatherer society, and obviously in any future agricultural endeavours. We have a surplus of resources to sustain the expansion, in the unlikely event that it isn't self-sufficient.

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Expand into 48-C: (1) NUKE9.13

[Sketchykeeps]

Sneaking in here as a minor founder.

I’ll make a character/family for RP stuff when we get a consensus on what our people’s culture looks like.

[Sketchykeeps]

Also, 48-C and 48-D seem like the most promising plots.
49-C has those fresh water sources, which means if nothing else we’ll probably find abundant game and vegetation in addition to whatever resources we may have.
48-D seems like it might contain a harbor, which is neat, and we might find all sorts of interesting things along the beach.

[Doomblade187]

Hopping in as a Minor, i suggest 46E or 48-C. Two drastically different water containing squares, and we can begin to see how other biome resource profiles look.

[Taricus]

If we must expand, I'd propose 47-C; Freshwater in the area so there'd undoubtedly be some life, but equally probably of having some material resources as well thanks to the fact it's not overly laden with water.

But preferably, I'd like to get working on using that wood for better housing.

Hide Aqal
These larger, domelike structures are evolutions on our current tents, with a more elaborate wooden frame to allow for a sturdier and more permanent habitation than what our current tents allow whilst still relatively simple to construct

Hide Aqal: Taricus

Expand into 48-C: (1) NUKE9.13

[m1895]

We have already settled 47-D

[Taricus]

Do'h, fix'd

[NUKE9.13]

If we must expand, I'd propose 47-C; Freshwater in the area so there'd undoubtedly be some life, but equally probably of having some material resources as well thanks to the fact it's not overly laden with water.

This is... not the best argument in the world, to put it mildly. The proportion of land area in 48-C that is taken up by water is significantly less than the proportion of our starting tile that is taken up by (salt!) water. Not only does the lake not substantially reduce the odds of finding terrestrial resources, it is almost guaranteed to improve the odds of finding them, as a large body of standing fresh water ensures the local soil is going to be capable of sustaining significant vegetation, as well as a greater variety of animal life (a stream also does this, but not to the same extent). This is without considering the (semi)aquatic resources that a lake may provide, such as freshwater fish, reeds, clay, etc (likewise also potentially provided by a stream, but not to the same extent).

[Sketchykeeps]

If we must expand, I'd propose 47-C; Freshwater in the area so there'd undoubtedly be some life, but equally probably of having some material resources as well thanks to the fact it's not overly laden with water.

But preferably, I'd like to get working on using that wood for better housing.

Hide Aqal
These larger, domelike structures are evolutions on our current tents, with a more elaborate wooden frame to allow for a sturdier and more permanent habitation than what our current tents allow whilst still relatively simple to construct

Hide Aqal: Taricus

Expand into 48-C: (1) NUKE9.13

If we can get clay, we can develop wattle and daub housing. And it’s a pretty good bet we can find some along the fresh water sources.

I’m going to go ahead and say move to 48-C.

Hide Aqal: Taricus

Expand into 48-C: (2) NUKE9.13, sketchykeeps

[a1s]

I'm not sure we should blindly expand, let's scout out 48-C and see what we can see.

Hide Aqal: Taricus,
Scout 48-C:a1s,
Expand into 48-C:MINORS

Expand into 48-C: (2) NUKE9.13, sketchykeeps

[NUKE9.13]

I'm not sure we should blindly expand, let's scout out 48-C and see what we can see.

Scouting is definitely an Exploration-phase action.

[a1s]

So it is. Ok, I will support your proposal.

Hide Aqal: Taricus,
Expand into 48-C:a1s,MINORS

Expand into 48-C: (2) NUKE9.13, sketchykeeps