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[Egan_BW]

Ferum set out into the warm jungle. Just another foray, if not for the ten of ten young men and women following him. The maps are incomplete and the world ripe. More preparation could have been made, but nogrug wants to wait for their deathbed before seeing the world. And that's not what the Gruggi elected him for. But no more risks than that. These aren't his lives to be spent, they are the sons and daughters of the Gruggi. Ferum would run an orderly summer camp, fix the charts, and bring them back home having maybe learned a thing or two.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Work 16 15 5. (9 food 1 wool 3 labor)
More barley is pulled from the earth, more bread baked, more mouths fed. Perhaps Gruggi are getting the hang of this. A particularly adorable pinkish fluffthing was spotted standing atop a rocky outcropping and overnight became the top subject of Gruggun gossip.

Work 2 3. (11 food 3 wood 5 labor)
Someone dragged a couple fruiting cherry trees into the town square. There was much rejoicing.

Build Hall of Learning (1 wood 7 labor)
Since thinking about things before they do them has been working out so well, Gruggi declare the construction of some kind of structure made out of I dunno dirt or something for the purpose of more thinking. White beards bring up the question of why a building is needed for thinking before the assembly promptly banishes them to sit in barrels and think about whatever worthless stuff. The Hall of Learning is for GREEN philosophers, not boring philosophers. The cause of philosophy is set back decades, excepting anything useful which is set to advance rapidly!

Build Military Workshops (0 wood 0 stone 9 labor)
There was a brief fistfight in the debate of whether to make pointy things or tools to make more pointy things better later. In the end, the argument that "well, many-armed reavers aren't killing us RIGHT NOW and in the long run it's better" won out, and there was much rejoicing as a crack team of thing-sharpeners set to work sharpening thing-sharpening implements.

Make Clothing (0 wool 10 labor)
Seems like they got bored of looking like fluffthings. Somehow someone made a pair of blue jeans, but it didn't catch on.

Labor bonus up to 400.
The migrants do some stuff but nobody bothered to write it down so it probably wasn't important.

Nom 10 food.
Luxury Nom 1 Clothing & 1 Spirituality. (7 Morale)
Gruggi enjoy bread and circuses. Sadly, nobody has invented the circus yet. Some propose the existence of some kind of clown circus god but this is dismissed.

Population grows to 11,024.
Seeing as the steady stream of migrants hasn't stopped, it is agreed that the newcomers be organized into their own tribe, to be ordered around. This is a well agreed-upon course of action, as Gruggi enjoy having something to eat.

Ferum's Bantums set out to explore the city's surroundings, first heading East and then circling the city clockwise.
Ferum decides to stay close to supply lines both to ensure the city's surrounding are properly explored and due to a concerning lack of anti-quillbeast capability.

Spoiler: Gruggus (click to show/hide)

Basic Info
Population: 11,024
Labor Bonus: 400
Labor: 10
Morale: 7 (6% growth)
Green is Strong: +15% melee attack damage.
Green is Friend: +20% money generated from trade, Trade Good production doubled when researched.

Buildings/Improvements
Shrine (City): +1 Spirituality passively.
Hall of Learning (City): 3 Labor may be used to research.
Military Workshops (City): Half labor cost for weapons and armor.
Irrigation (16): +1 Food when worked.

Stores:
Food: 0/0
Wood: 0/20
Stone: 0/20
Wool: 0/20
Clothes: 0/20

Leaders:
Big Man Ferum, Explorer (Attached units explore at double speed)

Units:
Ferum's Bantums 1s, 1d, 100/100, 10ml/10ml, mv3
Unarmed
Civilian

Research Tree: (green= researched)
Agriculture
Animal Taming
Archery
Ceremonial Burial
Exploration
Primitive Pottery
Town Planning
Trade



Laborers get resources
Trickle resources, like Trade's effects
Laborers do tasks that use resources
Bonus labor pool increases
Population eats and uses luxuries
Civilian morale changes
Population grows
Military trained

Disasters rolled and declared
Military moves
Military fights
Military raids, explores, and resolves military events
Civilian morale changes from military and disasters
Other disaster effects, like destroyed stockpiles
Other stockpile changes, like trade.
Morale productivity bonus calculated for next turn

[Nirur Torir]

Random bad event: Famine!
Rolling severity: Mild.

One night, a wash of colors spreads across the land in a glowing fog, slowly flowing south and lingering for days before it starts to clear up. It itches when it touches bare skin, but seems to be mostly harmless to animals. It does damage plantlife, however, and leaves wild animals and even fish more skittish than usual.
-2 food harvested this year for all players.
 Note: This functions as a -1 per plot, for the first two plots that give food. If someone had enough food stored to only need to work 1 square, they would only suffer -1. Similarly, someone with an abundant granary could live off their larder and see no penalty.

Era 1 cataclysm special: Every player will suffer 1 individual random event, one per turn. The first two players get a more mild -1 on the severity table, while the last two get +1, as they should be more built-up and better able to withstand it.
{2} - Criptfeind suffers first.

Error from last turn: Bonus labor is calculated after growth, but before military training. Those who trained units will have +1/10 bonus labor from last turn.

Spoiler: Crazyabe's Volskii, of Kaz-volskii-gra'dun (click to show/hide)

(Map isn't updated. You have a pasture on tile 5.)


The new spearmen begin circling around the oasis, looking for the peaceful, enormous, lizard-like beasts that can occasionaly be sighted roaming around the desert. They soon find a large herd. The three largest alphas aggressively try to defend the herd. As slow as they are, the ferocity of Volskii spears and training make it an easy enough win. The remainder of the herd is more docile and safely led back and put in their pastures as they are handed over to civilians eager to try their hand at herding.
+1 food for next turn as collateral loot from successful hunt, new pasture at tile 5 is filled with Desert Behemoths and will produce 2 food OR 1 Desert Behemoth when worked.
24 brave spearmen were lost in the battle. The rest have been emboldened by their victory, and gain +1 morale for 1 turn.
They move slowly and clumsily, making them unsuitable as standard cavalry. Your general thinks that with enough work, they might one day be useful in a heavy assault role against fortifications.
They repopulate very slowly in the wild. Every successful hunt will reduce the chances for the next.

Under the direction of the general, construction on the military school is started, and the Wrestlers are drafted.

Current Morale: 5
Population: 10,602 (10,300 + 412 - 100 - 10)
Stored Resources: 1 wood, 1 wool
Bonus Labor: 1/10 (4+7), +1 labor

Labor available: 11
Food need: 13 (Famine +2)
Luxury need per morale: 1.1
Special:
 Asura: Units may equip another weapon or shield for the full benefit, without the usual downsides.
 Self-centered raiders: Extra loot, but units may ignore tactics to engage in glory-seeking or for self-preservation.
 Martial Focus: Most research is done at -25% speed. Raids on advanced neighbors may potentially flip this for specific techs.

Leader: General (May build and operate military schools. May command groups of units.)

Units:
 Spearmen 2s, 2d, 84/100, 11ml/10ml, mv3 (100 strength -24 from battle +10 recovered) [+1 morale for 1 turn]
  Wooden spears, empty wepon slot
 Wrestlers
  Unarmed
  Civilian

Buildings:
 Hall of Learning

Researched Tech: Animal Taming

Available Tech:
Archery
Ceremonial Burial
Exploration
Farming
Fishing
Horseback Riding
Primitive Pottery

Spoiler: Criptfeinds The Theocracy of Helianthia, Solaris City (click to show/hide)

Random disaster: Extra famine!
The chromatic fog is extra damaging to plant-life, causing nausea, bark damage, and in some cases, dizziness bad enough to keep them bedridden.
Extra -2 food harvest for turn 3's famine, bringing the total up to -4 (IE, -1 food harvested each for four plots).

Archery research completed!

Current Morale: 8
Population: 11,235 (10,500+735)
Stored Resources: 2 wool, 3 wood
Bonus Labor: 6/10 (0+2+4)

Labor available: 12 (11+10%)
Food need: 15 (Famine +4)
Luxury need per morale: 1.1
Special:
 Flower Castes: Every labor spent in the city center will increase the Bonus Labor pool by 100, effectively giving a 10% refund on urban labor.
 Those Legs are Vines: -1 move speed for unmounted troops.
 Floral Bodies: -10% damage taken from mundane weapons, +25% damage taken from fire and ice (including terrain attrition).

Leader: Governor (+1 morale) Ray Sunflower

Buildings:
 Clothier's Workshop
 Hall of Learning
 Shrine

Researched Tech:
 Archery
 Praise the Sun (replaces Ceremonial Burial)

Unique tech: Solar Focuser
  May build Solar Focuser for 2 labor.
    Up to 4 labor may work it to each give +1 food, regardless of famine conditions. Every 2 labor will mitigate a famine by +1 food. Triggers caste system bonus.
As this is considered an optional side-path instead of rushing granary, you have +1 tech option this era.

Available Tech:
Animal Taming
Construction
Farming
Mining
Town Planning
Trade
Solar Focuser

Spoiler: Egan_BW's Gruggus Tribeship, Grugunnium (click to show/hide)

With the construction of the Hall of Learning and the booting out of the now very grumpy old philosophers, one bright young Grug invents "integers" for population accounting, and your sheet has been upgraded to use the same system everyone else's.

One night while exploring and looking for shelter to wait out rain, Ferum finds a group of caves. They are long abandoned, but he finds a small basket of shiny gemstones inside. (+1.9 gemstones, luxury good)

Current Morale: 7
Population: 11,024 (10,400+624)
Stored Resources: 1.9 gemstones
Bonus Labor: 5/10

Labor available: 11
Food need: 13 (+2 Famine)
Luxury need per morale: 1.1
Specials:
 Green is strong: +15% melee attack damage.
 Green is friend: +20% money generated from trade, Trade Good production doubled when researched.

Leader: Explorer (Attached units explore at double speed) Big Man Ferum

Units:
 Ferum's Bantums 1s, 1d, 100/100, 10ml/10ml, mv3
  Unarmed
  Civilian

Buildings:
 Hall of Learning
 Military Workshops
 Shrine

Researched Tech:
 Farming

Available Tech:
Animal Taming
Archery
Ceremonial Burial
Construction
Mining
Town Planning
Trade

Spoiler: IronyOwl's The Chain of Petals, Ashcrown (click to show/hide)

The celebration over the resumed flow of silk continues long into the next day, and then life returns to normal. Fletching and bow crafting techniques are rediscovered and codified, and the biomancer's hall is finished, to no fanfare. The people of Ashcrown, content in their superiority, expected these.

Even the oncoming famine will be met with the same sense of carefree smugness. It will be dealt with easily and efficiently, as is their way.

Archery researched.

Current Morale: 8
Population: 11,235 (10,500+735)
Stored Resources: 7(2+5) wood, 1 silk
Bonus Labor: 7/10 (5+2)

Labor available: 12 (11+10%)
Food need: 13 (Famine +2)
Luxury need per morale: 1.1

Specials:
 Shimmersilk: Start with a Shimmersilk Spider ranch, and can build more with Animal Taming. Shimmersilk can be used to create luxury clothes, which can be stacked with regular clothes. May have military use in the future.
 That is not a vine: +25% attack strength to The Chain of Petals' units defending Ashcrown.

Leader: Governor (+1 morale) High Patriarch Ashcrown

Buildings:
 Biomancer's Hall
 Hall of Learning
 Shrine

Researched Tech: Practical Biomantic Applications
May build a Biomancer's Hall for 1 wood, 2 labor.
  1 worker may either mitigate a famine's food penalty by 2, OR mutate a unit with the Berserker Fury trait for a cost of 150 extra population.
    Berserker Fury - Unit gets +1 melee shock attack, halved low morale penalty to damage dealt. Damaged morale makes a unit difficult to control and likely to charge into melee to fight to the death. Unit costs up to 250 population to recover to full HP, instead of the usual 100.

Available Tech:
Animal Taming
Archery
Canoe Building
Construction
Fishing
Town Planning
Trade

Spoiler: Stirk's Hinterland, Avalon (click to show/hide)

Sunspear and his explorers begin scouting downriver. The river soon turns west towards a forest next to a lake, which they decide to investigate instead of heading towards the plains to the south. They find a small community of muscular green hunter-gatherers, who scatter and hide at your approach. From a distance, they look to be very poor, nested in decrepit ruins from the old world. Sunspear continues downriver, finding more forest and nothing else of note. (Fluff and crunch orders conflicted. Sunspear chose the path where he saw something interesting, and then kept going.)

Exploration Research Completed
Spearmen 2 trained

Current morale: 6
Population: 10,715 (10,300+515-100)
Stored Resources: 0
Bonus Labor: 2/10 (4 + (+1 labor)

Labor available: 11
Food need: 13 (Famine +2)
Luxury need per morale: 1.1
Specials:
 Infiltrators - 50% chance for commanders with control over (or allied control over) at least one dopplegager unit to know enemy tactics and attempt to counter them.
 Stealthy - Light units receive a free Stealthy trait.
  The Stealthy trait makes it much easier for units in terrain such as forests or mountains to hide from more powerful forces, and often gives a first round surprise bonus. It does not work in open terrain, such as grasslands or deserts.
  Units such as infantry in medium armor and archers count as light units. Mail-armored pikemen or knights count as heavy units, and would not get this trait.

Leader: Explorer (Double exploration speed of attached units) Sunspear

Units:
 Spearmen I 2s, 2d, 100/100, 10ml/10ml, mv3
  Wooden Spears
 Spearmen II 2s, 2d, 100/100, 10ml/10ml, mv3
  Wooden Spears

Buildings:
 Hall of Learning

Researched Tech:
 Fishing
 Exploratoin

Available Tech:
Animal Taming
Archery
Ceremonial Burial
Farming
Primitive Pottery
Trade

Spoiler: Toaster's Stonulus, Granite (click to show/hide)

The year goes as planned. As the glowing clouds close in, some whisper about Sageittaruius' wisdom in having the shrine built when he did. Since the clouds are strong enough to reach even their underground farms, surely the gods themselves must be protecting them for the effects to be so mild.

Hall of Learning and Shrine constructed

Current Morale: 6
Population: 11,025 (10,500+525)
Stored Resources: 3 wool, 1 wood, 1 clothing
Bonus Labor: 5/10

Labor available: 11
Food need: 13 (+2 famine)
Luxury need per morale: 1.1

Specials:
 Thoughtful: +25% research rate.
 Trollish Physique: -20% damage taken from non-magical attacks, -1 move speed for unmounted troops.

Leader: Sage (+25% research)

Buildings:
 Hall of Learning
 Shrine

Researched Tech:
 Mushroom Farming
Hills or mountains
No resources, 3 labor
Tile produces 2 food, ignoring base food and river bonus.

Available Tech:
Animal Taming
Ceremonial Burial
Construction
Farming
Mining
Mushroom Farming
Town Planning
Trade

[crazyabe]

7 units of population are spread over tiles 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 9, and 10 (+12(10+2) food, +1 wood, +1 wool) [are hills supposed to give STONE? because its listed as giving WOOL, and I've got none of that supposedly.]
3 units of population build a military school. (2/2, 4/4!) a grand school is erected, where man fights man to pursue greater strength.
1 unit of population experiment with stabbing spare spears into the water. (research fishing)
1 unit of wrestlers is drafted.
+1 food for next turn as collateral loot from successful hunt. 13 food total, Famine averted

[Toaster]

The Stonulus people were hardly surprised when the foul weather rolled in.  There were several times in living memory that far worse had occurred; most families personally knew someone hurt or killed in the Year of Hard Rain a generation ago.  Still, this would be a hard year in its own right.  The mushroom crop, insulated as it was, still suffered, and indeed would not be enough to cover for the failures above ground.  Even as the population grew, most of the extra hands would be set to agriculture.

Sageittarius knew this, and yet was disappointed.  Expansion and knowledge growth were something he dreamed of, yet the dream would be pushed back slightly.

Spoiler: Turn 3 (click to show/hide)

T3   11 labor

TILES AND BUILDINGS:
1 Mushroom Pit   [Building]   +3 food
1 Mushroom Farm [2]      +2 food, +1 wool
1 Mushroom Farm [3]      +2 food, +1 stone
1 River Hill [4]         +2 food, +1 wool
1 River Forest [13]      +2 food, +1 wood
1 Hill [12]            +1 food, +1 wool
1 Hill [14]            +1 food, +1 wool

-2 Food harvested due to famine effects

Total tile gains      +11 food, +1 stone, +4 wool, +1 wood

CRAFT:
1 clothing maker   -1 wool, +1 clothing

BUILD:
N/A

RESEARCH:
3 labor to prioritize Construction

LEADER:
Sageittarius the Sage will get to teach in the Hall of Learning
_{pure flavor}

LUXURY:
-1.1 Clothing
-1 Spirituality


EAT:
11 food


TOTAL TURN CHANGES:
+3 wool
+1 stone
+1 wood
-0.1 clothing

FINAL STOCKS:
Stored Resources: 1 stone, 6 wool, 2 wood, 0.9 clothing

_{building that hall instead of another mushroom farm bit me in the butt a bit}

[IronyOwl]

Spoiler: Smug Elves, So Just Elves (click to show/hide)

"Can you imagine being a race that doesn't just bend famines away?" the smug elven noble chittered for the fourth time today. He and the companion he was drinking with both giggled at the lesser races in unison.

It had been like this all week. After the initial cheer about new clothes had died down, the expected cycle of cheer about rotating fashions had sprouted up. Then there'd been something about wearing birds as hats, a new play involving a live octopus (note that this is not the same as a happy octopus), and then a famine had threatened everyone's livelihoods and families. Being elves, this was just the latest thing to feel smugly superior about, and elves felt smugly superior about things with the same elegant perfection that they did everything.

Spoiler: Orders (click to show/hide)

Work:
Tile 1 (+2 Food, +1 Wood) [Forest+River]
Tile 2 (+2 Food, +1 Wood, +1 Silk) [Forest+River+Shimmersilk Spider Ranch]
Tile 3 (+2 Food, +1 Wood) [Forest+River]
Tile 4 (+2 Food, +1 Wood) [Forest+River]
Tile 6 (+2 Food, +1 Wood) [Forest+River]
Tile 10 (+2 Food, +1 Wood) [Forest+River]

Subtotal: +12 Food, +6 Wood, +1 Silk

6/12 Labor Spent

1 Labor to Research Animal Taming
1 Labor to work Biomancer's Hall (famine negated)
1 Labor to produce Silk Clothes (+1 Silk Clothes, -1 Silk)
2 Labor to Build Hunter's Camps on Tile 1 [Forest+River] (-2 Wood, complete)
1 Labor to Build Clothier's Workshops (-2 Wood, 1/2 Labor)

12/12 Labor Spent

-11 Food Eaten
+1 Morale from 1.0 Spirituality + 0.1 Excess Food (-500 Food)
+1 Morale from 1.0 Silk Clothes + 0.1 Excess Food (-1 Silk Clothes, -500 Food)
+1 Morale From Governor

8 Morale: 7% Growth Rate, +10% Production

Pop Growth: 11,235 + 786
New Pops: 12,021
Labor Pool: 7/10 + 0 = 7/10
+1 Labor from Productivity (next turn)

Total Resource Gain: +2 Wood
Current Resources: 9 Wood, 1 Silk

[Criptfeind]

Spoiler: The great fog plague (click to show/hide)

When the dread fogs rolled in and the blight spread across not only the plants that the Helians used as food sources, but also many of the Helians themselves found laid low by the evil sickness, many thought that the cataclysm had resumed and their recent blooming was merely a temporary measure before their ultimate decline. Nonetheless Ray Sunflower rallied the Helians and they struggled on. The restoration of the city was put on a temporary hold as much of the population was put to work scavenging the jungle for what unspoiled food could be found and caring for the sick. It's said that even Ray dirtied his fronds, pitching in as an example during these hard times to make sure that the work that was needed to be completed was done.

The one silver lining during these dark times was the final reintroduction of archery to the Helians, what little flower power could be spared from the brute work of survival went into setting up a lodge for hunters to use this new technology in the jungle, in the hopes that supplementing the flowers diet with game from the jungles would lead to better food security in the future.

Spoiler: Solaris City, The Theocracy of Helianthia Turn 3 (click to show/hide)

Status:
Population: 11,235 (+11 Labor)
Labor Pool: 4+2=6
City Buildings: Shrine. Hall of Learning. Clothier's workshops
Technology: Praise the Sun. Archery.
Abilities: Flower Castes. Those Legs are Vines. Floral Bodies.
Stocks: 11 labor 2 Wool 3 Wood
Moral: 8! 11+1=12 labor

Leaders:
Governor High Radiance Ray Sunflower leads his people by example, doing his best to tend to the starving and injured.

Work:
1 Hills: +1 Food +1 Wool -1 Labor -1 food (Famine)
2 Forest: +1 Food +1 Wood -1 Labor -1 food (Famine)
3 Forest: +1 Food +1 Wood -1 Labor -1 food (Famine)
4 River Forest: +2 Food +1 Wood -1 Labor -1 food (Famine)
5 River Plains: +3 Food -1 Labor
7 Forest: +1 Food +1 Wood -1 Labor
8 Forest: +1 Food +1 Wood -1 Labor
12 River Forest: +2 Food +1 Wood -1 Labor
13 River Forest: +2 Food +1 Wood -1 Labor
14 Hills: +1 Food +1 Wool -1 Labor

Stocks: 2 labor 11 food 4 Wool 10 Wood

Improvement:
Improve 4 River Forest with Hunter's camp: -2 Labor -2 Wood

Construct:
NA

Craft:
N/A

Research:
NA

Income:
Shrine produces +1 spiritual luxury

Stocks: 0 labor 11 food 4 Wool 8 Wood

Consume&Moral:
Population consumes 11 food
Experience 1 spiritual luxury
Governor bonus gives +1 moral

Civilian moral is 6

Population growth: 5%=561
Population: 11235+561=11796

Military:
NA

Status:
Population: 11796
Labor Pool: 6
City Buildings: Shrine. Hall of Learning. Clothier's workshops
Surrounding Buildings Hunter's camp (4)
Technology: Praise the Sun
Stocks: 4 Wool 8 Wood
Moral: 6

[Stirk]

I was confused about how the World Map worked :V

Spoiler: Crunch (click to show/hide)

Work:
5 Plains + River 3 Food
4 Forest + River 2 Food 1 Wood
14 Plains + River 3 Food
13 Lake + 2 Food
2 Plains 2 Food
1 Forest 1 Food 1 Wood

Total 13 Food 2 Wood 6 Labor

Construct Explorer's Hall - 1 Labor 1 Wood
Make Spears - 2 Labor 1 Wood
Research Trade X 2

Total 12 Labor

Train 1 Unit Spearmen

Continue following the river with Sunspear and Spearmen
Explore to the North East with Spearmen II. The Green bit.

Spoiler: Fluff (click to show/hide)

Hinterland is fortunate enough to feel minimal effects from the famine, compared to some other lands we know nothing of. The discovery of nearby "civilization" is the current talk of the town. These green creatures could prove to be a threat - especially if driven to violence by famine derived desperation. As a direct result many of the more homebody huntsmen formed a defensive militia much like the exploration units - one that is meant to protect Avalon from external threats rather than discover new lands for us to exploit.

This militia ran into logistic problems. While the explorers where free to hunt in the areas they explore in, the militiamen require others to feed them in order to effectively guard the villages without producing anything themselves. The Hall of Learning began working on a method to fairly compensate the soldiers for guard duty, which will perhaps soon develop into the first coinage.

Far away from their homeland, the Explorers continue Exploring. A new Lodge for Explorers is created in Avalon, designed as somewhere for them to discuss their travels with fellow Explorers. The Explorer Hall ended up attracting non-explorers desperate for stories of adventure as well -stories that where eagerly provided. In the end it took the form of something resembling a primitive theater with a raised platform for telling and retelling the best stories.

Sunspear follows the river, the greatest chance of finding something great. The second group of explorers squeezes to the mountains to see what lies on the other side of the valley.

[Egan_BW]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Work 16 15 5 6. (9 food 1 wool 4 labor)
More barley is pulled from the earth, more bread baked, more mouths fed. Some of the plants are ruined by the mysterious dust. Perhaps the gods are to blame. Still Gruggus just works harder to make up the difference.

Work 2 3. (11 food 2 wood 6 labor)
Someone dragged a couple fruiting cherry trees into the town square. There was much rejoicing.

Make Clothing (0 wool 7 labor)
The fresh find of new shiny things makes the Gruggi excited, particularly the weavers. They create fine garments decorated with beads and buttons of gemstone.

Max Research! In whatever. (10 labor)
Hard times make appealing the work to make more better times. Being largely not men and women of the good and green and natural philosophies, the Assembly of Gruggi decide to tell the philosophers to just work on whatever seems useful. The whitebeard philosophers grouse that they're neglecting the unuseful arts.

Nom 11 food.
Hard times make bread all the tastier.

Luxury Nom 1 Clothing & 1 Spirituality. And 0.2 Gemstones as a supplement. (7 Morale)
Even in hard times, it's hard to get down a Grug who has shiny things.

Population grows to 11,685.
One wonders if this massive growth spurt will ever end. Some greybeards speculate that soon the entire countryside around Grugunnium will just be one huge mass of Gruggflesh.

Labor bonus increased to 11.

Ferum's Bantums continue exploring while circling the city clockwise.
The gemstones weren't a bad find. Maybe there's more good things out there...

Spoiler: Gruggus (click to show/hide)

Basic Info
Population: 11,024
Labor Bonus: 11
Labor: 11
Morale: 7 (6% growth)
Green is Strong: +15% melee attack damage.
Green is Friend: +20% money generated from trade, Trade Good production doubled when researched.

Buildings/Improvements
Shrine (City): +1 Spirituality passively.
Hall of Learning (City): 3 Labor may be used to research.
Military Workshops (City): Half labor cost for weapons and armor.
Irrigation (16): +1 Food when worked.

Stores:
Food: 0/0
Wood: 2/20
Stone: 0/20
Wool: 0/20
Clothes: 0/20
Genstones: 1.9/20

Leaders:
Big Man Ferum, Explorer (Attached units explore at double speed)

Units:
Ferum's Bantums 1s, 1d, 100/100, 10ml/10ml, mv3
Unarmed
Civilian

Research Tree: (green= researched)
Agriculture
Animal Taming
Archery
Ceremonial Burial
Exploration
Primitive Pottery
Town Planning
Trade



Laborers get resources
Trickle resources, like Trade's effects
Laborers do tasks that use resources
Population eats and uses luxuries
Civilian morale changes
Population grows
Bonus labor pool increases
Military trained

Disasters rolled and declared
Military moves
Military fights
Military raids, explores, and resolves military events
Civilian morale changes from military and disasters
Other disaster effects, like destroyed stockpiles
Other stockpile changes, like trade.
Morale productivity bonus calculated for next turn

[crazyabe]

ah, I was wondering why turns seemed to not be coming.

[Nirur Torir]

{6} - Toaster suffers a disaster.
{6} - With the clouds of glowing fog gone, the famine is over. Perhaps the magic in the fog even helped: Farmers the world over report an unusually large harvest this year. +1 food for every player.

Spoiler: Crazyabe's Volskii, of Kaz-volskii-gra'dun (click to show/hide)

The military school is finished, and the wrestlers are ready to wrestle. In the future, the new military school will help to train reinforcements faster, particularly while staffed by the general.

Your would-be fishers stab the water fruitlessly, and request more time to practice stabbing it.

Current Morale: 5
Population: 10,916 (10,602 + 424 - 110)
Stored Resources: 2 wood, 2 wool
Bonus Labor: 0/10 (1+)

Labor available: 11
Food need: 10 (Bumper crop gave +1)
Luxury need per morale: 1.1
Special:
 Asura: Units may equip another weapon or shield for the full benefit, without the usual downsides.
 Self-centered raiders: Extra loot, but units may ignore tactics to engage in glory-seeking or for self-preservation.
 Martial Focus: Most research is done at -25% speed. Raids on advanced neighbors may potentially flip this for specific techs.

Leader: General (May build and operate military schools. May command groups of units.)

Units:
 Spearmen 2s, 2d, 100/100, 11ml/10ml, mv3 (84 strength +16 recovered)
  Wooden spears, empty weapon slot
 Wrestlers
  Unarmed
  Civilian
 Wrestlers
  Unarmed
  Civilian

Buildings:
 Hall of Learning
 Military School

Researched Tech: Animal Taming

Available Tech:
Archery
Ceremonial Burial
Exploration
Farming
Fishing (1 labor invested)
Horseback Riding
Primitive Pottery

Spoiler: Criptfeinds The Theocracy of Helianthia, Solaris City (click to show/hide)

The turn is a struggle, but the flowers' roots run deep, and they manage to not only survive, but continue to bloom.

Current Morale: 6
Population: 11,796 (11,235+561)
Stored Resources: 4 wool, 8 wood
Bonus Labor: 3/10 (6+7), +1 labor

Labor available: 12 (11+1)
Food need: 11 (Bumper Crop -1)
Luxury need per morale: 1.2
Special:
 Flower Castes: Every labor spent in the city center will increase the Bonus Labor pool by 100, effectively giving a 10% refund on urban labor.
 Those Legs are Vines: -1 move speed for unmounted troops.
 Floral Bodies: -10% damage taken from mundane weapons, +25% damage taken from fire and ice (including terrain attrition).

Leader: Governor (+1 morale) Ray Sunflower

Buildings:
 Clothier's Workshop
 Hall of Learning
 Shrine

Researched Tech:
 Archery
 Praise the Sun (replaces Ceremonial Burial)

Unique tech: Solar Focuser
  May build Solar Focuser for 2 labor.
    Up to 4 labor may work it to each give +1 food, regardless of famine conditions. Every 2 labor will mitigate a famine by +1 food. Triggers caste system bonus.
As this is considered an optional side-path instead of rushing granary, you have +1 tech option this era.

Available Tech:
Animal Taming
Construction
Farming
Mining
Town Planning
Trade
Solar Focuser

Spoiler: Egan_BW's Gruggus Tribeship, Grugunnium (click to show/hide)

The explorer gruggs circle around until they reach the river. They find a broken old canoe, but it's too small to have been made by Grugg hands.

The philosophers spend their time figuring out the best way to bury and respect the dead. Strangely, they're all convinced that the wisest philosophers having the best burial spots will keep Grugunnium safe from future famines.

Ceremonial Burial researched!

Current Morale: 7
Population: 11,685 (11,024+661)
Stored Resources: 1.7 gemstones, 2 wood
Bonus Labor: 1/10 (5+6) (+1 bonus labor)

Labor available: 12
Food need: 11 (Bumper Crop -1)
Luxury need per morale: 1.2
Specials:
 Green is strong: +15% melee attack damage.
 Green is friend: +20% money generated from trade, Trade Good production doubled when researched.

Leader: Explorer (Attached units explore at double speed) Big Man Ferum

Units:
 Ferum's Bantums 1s, 1d, 100/100, 10ml/10ml, mv3
  Unarmed
  Civilian

Buildings:
 Hall of Learning
 Military Workshops
 Shrine

Researched Tech:
 Farming
 Ceremonial Burial

Available Tech:
Animal Taming
Archery
Construction
Mining
Town Planning
Trade

Spoiler: IronyOwl's The Chain of Petals, Ashcrown (click to show/hide)

The researchers assume that their skills with hunting, and those with tamed spiders spiders, will carry over into taming other cute woodland creatures. For the most part they are correct, but most deer are startlingly difficult to convince to take their giant fly treats. This idea sparks a new fashion trend, with scarves of insects and various woodland creatures separated out to opposing sides becoming common.

Current Morale: 8
Population: 12,021 (11,235+786)
Stored Resources: 9(7+2) wood, 1 silk
Bonus Labor: 7/10 (7+0)
Unfinished Clothier's Workshop at [1/2] labor and [2/2] materials

Labor available: 13 (12+10%)
Food need: 11 (Bumper crop -1)
Luxury need per morale: 1.2

Specials:
 Shimmersilk: Start with a Shimmersilk Spider ranch, and can build more with Animal Taming. Shimmersilk can be used to create luxury clothes, which can be stacked with regular clothes. May have military use in the future.
 That is not a vine: +25% attack strength to The Chain of Petals' units defending Ashcrown.

Leader: Governor (+1 morale) High Patriarch Ashcrown

Buildings:
 Biomancer's Hall
 Hall of Learning
 Shrine

Researched Tech: Practical Biomantic Applications
May build a Biomancer's Hall for 1 wood, 2 labor.
  1 worker may either mitigate a famine's food penalty by 2, OR mutate a unit with the Berserker Fury trait for a cost of 150 extra population.
    Berserker Fury - Unit gets +1 melee shock attack, halved low morale penalty to damage dealt. Damaged morale makes a unit difficult to control and likely to charge into melee to fight to the death. Unit costs up to 250 population to recover to full HP, instead of the usual 100.
Animal Taming
Archery

Available Tech:
Canoe Building
Construction
Fishing
Town Planning
Trade

Spoiler: Stirk's Hinterland, Avalon (click to show/hide)

Sunspear's explorer make an exciting discovery. First, they find the point where the river leads out to the coast. They continue following the coast, and find an enormous tree. The air nearby feels alive, but they find the footprints of an enormous beast nearby, and even see large jagged claw marks in the bark. They decide to back off. As they do, a small branch falls next to Sunspear, which one of the spearmen takes as a souvenir.

The branch still feels alive, and has some sort of magic in it that feels familiar to the dopplegangers. The trophy taker carves it into a quarterstaff, but finds he can re-shape it to some extent. If you could defeat the beast guarding it, the tree could be a valuable source for magical Living Wood.

Sunspear doesn't think he can safely explore further west without better logistics technology.

The northeastern explorers find the forest opening up into plains, but without Sunspear's expertise, mapping the land is slow.

Spears Crafted, Spearmen III trained.
Explorer's Hall Built

Current morale:
Population: 11,043 (10,715+428-100)
Stored Resources: 0
Bonus Labor: 3/10 (2+1)

Labor available: 12
Food need: 11 (Bumper Crop -1)
Luxury need per morale: 1.2
Specials:
 Infiltrators - 50% chance for commanders with control over (or allied control over) at least one doppelganger unit to know enemy tactics and attempt to counter them.
 Stealthy - Light units receive a free Stealthy trait.
  The Stealthy trait makes it much easier for units in terrain such as forests or mountains to hide from more powerful forces, and often gives a first round surprise bonus. It does not work in open terrain, such as grasslands or deserts.
  Units such as infantry in medium armor and archers count as light units. Mail-armored pikemen or knights count as heavy units, and would not get this trait.

Leader: Explorer (Double exploration speed of attached units) Sunspear

Units:
 Spearmen I 2s, 2d, 100/100, 10ml/10ml, mv3
  Wooden Spears
 Spearmen II 2s, 2d, 100/100, 10ml/10ml, mv3
  Wooden Spears
 Spearmen III 2s, 2d, 100/100, 10ml/10ml, mv3

Buildings:
 Explorer's Hall
 Hall of Learning

Researched Tech:
 Fishing
 Exploratoin

Available Tech:
Animal Taming
Archery
Ceremonial Burial
Farming
Primitive Pottery
Trade (2 labor spent)

Spoiler: Toaster's Stonulus, Granite (click to show/hide)

The trolls research Construction. As part of their research efforts, they debated on the best spot for a granary, and carefully planned its construction out.

A series of rockslides causes light injuries and destroys several cultural relics, including the statue of Hard Brain, the Founder. People are upset, and a few claim that the spirits of the mountains are enacting vengeance. (-3 morale for next turn, -2 morale for the following turn.)

Current Morale: 7 (Events: Next turn: -3. The following turn: -2)
Population: 11,686 (11,025+661)
Stored Resources: 6 wool, 2 wood, 1 stone, .9 clothing
Bonus Labor: 1/10 (5+6), +1 labor
Unfinished granary at [1/2] labor, [0/2] materials

Labor available: 12
Food need: 11 (Bumper crop gave +1)
Luxury need per morale: 1.2

Specials:
 Thoughtful: +25% research rate.
 Trollish Physique: -20% damage taken from non-magical attacks, -1 move speed for unmounted troops.

Leader: Sage (+25% research)

Buildings:
 Hall of Learning
 Shrine

Researched Tech:
 Construction
 Mushroom Farming
Hills or mountains
No resources, 3 labor
Tile produces 2 food, ignoring base food and river bonus.

Available Tech:
Animal Taming
Ceremonial Burial
Farming
Mining
Mushroom Farming
Town Planning
Trade

[IronyOwl]

Spoiler: Elfpower (click to show/hide)

Larathian didn't like this one bit.

"Wouldn't it be better to have veterans on hand to train the new recruits?"

"They're only veterans if they encounter something they need help with."

"But they'll get dreadfully bored!"

No. No good. He fidgeted in his seat.

"I can't imagine risking precious elven lives over boredom."

"Well, things are a bit crowded..."

"Only a bit!"

Needed another solution. Something workable. Something soon.

"Well they're going to keep getting worse, so losing a few now means getting more later."

"Later is later! Inefficient elven life is still precious!"

"Speaking of inefficiency, soldiers can't tend animals. Keeping a large army might cost more than replenishing a smaller one."

He'd had enough. Larathian screamed, hurled himself over the beautiful wooden table, and scrambled over a railing and into the garden. Everyone else at the table groaned.

Larathian was a deer, of course. In honor of really mastering the art of taming livestock, the elves had taken to bringing various animals onto their councils. Good show of mastery.

Except deer were so blasted skittish on war councils. This was the third time this week Councillor Larathian had made a break for the garden, wriggled out of his silk toga, and eaten the pretty flowers. The council could hardly blame him for his exquisite taste, but this lack of decorum was genuinely beneath his dignity.

Reluctantly, council was adjourned. Again.

Spoiler: Orders (click to show/hide)

13 Labor

Work:
Tile 1 (+2 Food, +1 Wood, +1 Leather) [Forest+River+Hunter Camp]
Tile 2 (+3 Food, +1 Wood) [Forest+River+Shimmersilk Spider Ranch]
Tile 3 (+2 Food, +1 Wood) [Forest+River]
Tile 4 (+2 Food, +1 Wood) [Forest+River]
Tile 6 (+2 Food, +1 Wood) [Forest+River]
Tile 10 (+2 Food, +1 Wood) [Forest+River]

Subtotal: +13 Food, +6 Wood, +1 Leather


6/13 Labor Spent

3 Labor to Research Fishing
1 Labor to finish Clothier's Workshops (complete)
2 Labor to Build Hunter's Camps on Tile 3 [Forest+River] (-2 Wood, complete)
1 Labor to Craft Silk Clothes (-1 Silk, +1 Silk Clothes)

13/13 Labor Spent

-11 Food Eaten
+1 Morale from 1.0 Spirituality + 0.2 from Excess Food (-1 Food)
+1 Morale from 1.0 Silk Clothes + 0.2 from Excess Food (-1 Food)
+1 Morale from Governor

8 Morale: 7% Pop Growth (-1% from Overcrowding), +10% Production

Pop Growth: 12,021 + 721
New Pops: 12,742
Labor Pool: 7/10 + 7/10 = +1 Labor, 4/10 Labor Pool

Starting Resources: 9 Wood, 1 Silk
Resource Gain: +13-13 Food, +4 Wood, +1 Leather, -1 Silk
Ending Resources: 13 Wood, 0 Silk, 1 Leather

[Criptfeind]

Spoiler: The Dogwood caste is born and the Solar Shrine created (click to show/hide)

A line of short and sturdy Bunch-Berry flowers swayed gently in the breeze, their elastic white petals flexing this way and that as they reveled in the celebrations of the crowd below. The Holy Sun finally broke through the cursed fog and banished the sickness from the lands of Helianthia. As the flowers slowly recovered and took stock of their situation they found that they had managed to pull though the worst and things were looking much better, in no small part thanks to the efforts of the hunters who scoured the wood for eatable food to feed the sick population of Solaris. Now, with the first of the new and unspoiled harvest from the river coming into the city, the Sunflowers had declared a day of celebration and feast for the brave huntsflowers who pulled the city though it's darker moments. The best archers among the flowers are inducted into a new military unit, dedicated full time to protecting Helianthia and exploring the post cataclysm world. As part of the celebrations of the Sun saving the Flowers from the fog, further construction towards rebuilding the Solar temple was commenced, both to further glorify the sun and fit the burgeoning population of Solaris into the Shrine during worship ceremonies.

Spoiler: Solaris City, The Theocracy of Helianthia Turn 3 (click to show/hide)

Status:
Population: 11796 +11 Labor
Labor Pool: 6+7! 13-10=3 +1 Labor
City Buildings: Shrine. Hall of Learning. Clothier's workshops
Surrounding Buildings: Hunter's camp (4)
Technology: Praise the Sun. Archery.
Abilities: Flower Castes. Those Legs are Vines. Floral Bodies.
Stocks: 12 Labor 4 Wool 8 Wood 1 Food (Event+1 Food)
Moral: 6

Leaders:
Governor High Radiance Ray Sunflower leads his people by overseeing the production of new tools both for defense and gathering.

Work:
1 Hills: +1 Food +1 Wool -1 Labor
4 River Forest I:Hunter's camp: +3 Food +1 Wood -1 Labor
5 River Plains: +3 Food -1 Labor
12 River Forest: +2 Food +1 Wood -1 Labor
13 River Forest: +2 Food +1 Wood -1 Labor
14 Hills: +1 Food +1 Wool -1 Labor

Stocks: 6 labor 13 food 6 Wool 11 Wood

Improvement:
NA

Construct:
Upgrade Shrine to Solar Shrine -3 Wood -3 Labor +3 Labor Pool

Craft:
2 Clothing: -2 Wool -1 Labor +2 Clothing +1 Labor Pool
1 Bows: -2 Wood -2 Labor +1 Bows +2 Labor Pool

Research:
NA

Income:
Shrine produces +1 spiritual luxury

Stocks: 13 food 4 Wool 6 Wood 2 Clothing 1 Bows +6 Labor Pool

Consume&Moral:
Population Consumes 12 food
Population Consumes 1.2 Clothing as Luxury +1 Moral
Population Experiences 1 spiritual luxury
Population Consumes 1 food as Luxury to fill in gaps +1 Moral
Governor bonus gives +1 moral

Civilian moral is 8

Population growth: 7%=825
Population: 11796+825=12621

Military:
Recruit 1 unit of bowvines with bows -1 bows -100 population

Status:
Population: 12521
Labor Pool: 9
City Buildings: Solar Shrine. Hall of Learning. Clothier's workshops
Tile Improvements: Hunter's camps (4, 13)
Technology: Praise the Sun. Archery.
Abilities: Flower Castes. Those Legs are Vines. Floral Bodies.
Stocks: 4 Wool 6 Wood .8 Clothing
Moral: 8
Military: 1 Unit Bowmen

[crazyabe]

7 units of population are spread over tiles 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 9, and 10 (+10 food, +1 wood, +1 wool, +1 Desert Behemoths)
3 units of population build a new Pasture on Tile 3 (1/1 wood, 3/3 labor, 1/1 Desert Behemoths)
1 unit of population continue their water stabbing for the purposes of spearheading fishing research. (+? Fishing xp)
Two units of Wrestlers engage in [non-lethal] combat against each other.
Draft (2) units of Wrestlers.

[Egan_BW]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Work 16 15 5 (10 food 1 wool 3 labor)

Work 2 3. (12 food 4 wood 5 labor)

Make Clothing (0 wool 6 labor)

Build Palisade on city. (2 wood 8 labor)
Due to concerns about hypothetical ruthless many-armed raiders, a couple measures are taken for the sake of keeping the city safe. The first of these is sticking some sharpened tree trunks into the ground as a barrier.

Produce Wooden Spears and Wooden Shields. (0 wood 10 labor)
...The second is to sharpen some sticks and fit some boards together. With a sharp enough stick and hard enough boards, even quillbeasts cand be handled safely.

2 Research in archery exploration! (12 labor)
While intrigued at the idea of putting corpses in the ground rather than just leaving them to rot in the woods, the assembly doesn't consider it immediately useful since we have sparkly things to distract us from spirituality. The Gruggi hope that something more useful could be created.

Nom 12 food.

Luxury Nom 1 Clothing & 1 Spirituality. And 0.4 Gemstones as a supplement. (7 Morale)
More shinies!

Population grows to 12,386.

Labor bonus increased to 4.

Train new unit with spear and shield.
The Fluffbeast Guard is sworn to protect the city, and also the fluffbeasts in the hills, because they are cute.

Ferum's Bantums continue exploring clockwise.

Spoiler: Gruggus (click to show/hide)

Basic Info
Population: 12,286
Labor Bonus: 4
Labor: 12
Morale: 7 (6% growth)
Green is Strong: +15% melee attack damage.
Green is Friend: +20% money generated from trade, Trade Good production doubled when researched.

Buildings/Improvements
Shrine (City): +1 Spirituality passively.
Hall of Learning (City): 3 Labor may be used to research.
Military Workshops (City): Half labor cost for weapons and armor.
Irrigation (16): +1 Food when worked.

Stores:
Food: 0/0
Wood: 0/20
Stone: 0/20
Wool: 0/20
Clothes: 0/20
Gemstones: 1.3/20

Leaders:
Big Man Ferum, Explorer (Attached units explore at double speed)

Units:
Ferum's Bantums 1s, 1d, 100/100, 10ml/10ml, mv3
Unarmed
Civilian

Research Tree: (green= researched)
Agriculture
Ceremonial Burial
Animal Taming
Archery
Exploration
Primitive Pottery
Town Planning
Trade



Laborers get resources
Trickle resources, like Trade's effects
Laborers do tasks that use resources
Population eats and uses luxuries
Civilian morale changes
Population grows
Bonus labor pool increases
Military trained

Disasters rolled and declared
Military moves
Military fights
Military raids, explores, and resolves military events
Civilian morale changes from military and disasters
Other disaster effects, like destroyed stockpiles
Other stockpile changes, like trade.
Morale productivity bonus calculated for next turn

[Stirk]

I don't really know how military deployment works either, so I might have to change up the turn :V

Spoiler: Crunch (click to show/hide)

Work:
5 Plains + River 3 Food
4 Forest + River 2 Food 1 Wood
14 Plains + River 3 Food
13 Lake + 2 Food
2 Plains 2 Food
1 Forest 1 Food 1 Wood

Total 13 Food 2 Wood 6 Labor

Research Trade X 1.
Train Explorer X 3 (All Current Units)
Make Spears - 2 Labor 1 Wood

Total 12 Labor 1 Wood 2 Food left

Train 1 Unit Spearmen if I can since I should have Trade now. Don't if I can't :V

Deploy all Spearmen towards the Super Special Tree. If all units make it, engage the beast.

Gift the Green Hobos with 1 Wood 2 Food

Spoiler: Fluff (click to show/hide)

Discovery of the Living Wood and Great Beast greatly excited Hinterland, filling the Explorer's Hall with their stories day and night. Those hunters and fishermen making up the current military forces of Avalon are filled with excitement at the prospect of a legendary hunt and water of unlimited fish, respectively. This is so infectious that even the homebodies making up the defensive militia have marched off to face the beast along with the explorers, hoping that their names will go down in history.

Those without such aspirations think of the potential of the new material - something that changes shape as the Doppelgangers do. How will their lives change when their brave men claim this resource for the Hinterlands? For a land where the only tools are of stone, wood, and their own bodies such a thing is life changing. The potential is only limited by the individual Doppelgangers imagination.

In order to reduce the amount of misunderstandings involved with crossing through the Grugg land with a massive army and prevent them from attacking the towns and villages of Hinterland while they're vulnerable, Sunspear offers the Gruggs hiding in the ruins a gift of food - a universal symbol of friendship and "We're not invading you we're just passing through". This is joined by a gift of excess wood. Should the Grugg wish to improve their homes or perhaps make their own weapons this should come in handy - so long as they do not turn it against us it is up to them what they do with it. This exchange may mark the first "trade" between "nations" after the collapse - an act that no doubt inspired the increased internal trading in Avalon that followed soon after.