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[Nirur Torir]

Curses, foiled by growth! I'm fine with not having the map updated unless I request it.

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1st laborer work city's mushroom farm (+3 food)
2nd laborer work mountain/river tile 5 (+3 food, +1 stone)
3rd laborer work hill/river tile 6 (+4 food, +1 wool)
4th laborer work forest tile 9 (+2 food, +1 wood, +1 leather)
5th laborer work mountain/river tile 15 (+3 food, +1 stone, +1 glowing mushroom)
6th laborer work hill/river tile 18 (+4 food, +1 wool)
7th laborer work mountain/iron tile 14 (+1 stone, +1 iron ore)
8th laborer work hill tile 7 (+1 food, +1 wool)
9th laborer work hill tile 10 (+1 food, +1 wool, +1 money)
10th laborer works hill tile 11 (+1 food, +1 wool)
Gross resource intake: +22 food, +3 stone, +5 wool, +1 wood, +1 leather, +1 iron ore, +1 glowing mushroom, +1 money

11th, 12th, 13th laborers make 200 iron polearms (-2 wood, -2 iron)
14th, 15th, 16th laborers make 100 iron shields and 100 iron light armor (-2 iron)
17th laborer trains wolves (-1 food)
18th, 19th laborers research Imperial Colonization
20th laborer researches deep mining.
Explorer takes one company of warriors further south, looking for stuff.
General trains Wolf Riders with iron polearms, iron shields, light iron armor, and wolves.

Luxaries:
Shrine = +1 morale
Overcrowding = -1 morale, -4% growth
5 Morale

Tribute:
-2 gold

Net resources:
22 food - 21 food eaten -1 food fed to wolves = I managed to feed everyone! ♪Celebrate, celebrate, dance to the music!♫
3 stone + 9 stone from storage = 12 stone stored
4 wool + 39 wool from storage = 43 wool stored
1 wood + 5 wood in storage - 2 wood used = 4 wood stored
1 leather + 8 leather in storage = 9 leather stored
1 iron ore + 3 iron ore in storage - 4 iron used = 0 iron ore stored
1 glowing mushroom + 1 in storage = 2 stored

10+5+1[16] gold collected - 2(tribute)-3(military)[5] + 38 Stored = 49 gold stored

Glrk'nr was reviewing written reports, trying to figure out way to feed the continually growing populace. He shook his head as he realized that it would be very difficult to feed everyone enough, and left his office to find Kazastrugu.

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"Kazastrugu. I've been reviewing the reports from the farmer overseers, and we're going to have trouble feeding all the peasants soon. I've got an idea in mind, but it's not perfect, and I want to hear your suggestions."

The sage looked up as Glrk'nr spoke. "I've been thinking about that, sir, and we could use all this wool to make whips, and arm the peasants with them. 4000 troops with whips would surely be able to help our primary troops." The sage held out a woolen whip, which Glrk'nr took and used to strike a nearby researcher twice.

"Wool won't work; he's still standing. Besides that, that many untrained troops would only get lost while marching and there's no time for Stozuagun to train them, not to mention trying to feed them all. Any other ideas? We can only raid the halflings for their pathetic excuse for food before for so long they're all dead."

"Hmm. We might be able to send some farmers off to take over the abandoned halfling town after the troops are finished with it. They could then ship food back."

Glrk'nr grunted his dissatisfaction. "Sending farmers off to live alone wouldn't work. They'd only rebel, unless .... unless we put them under strict martial law. Excellent plan, get to work figuring out exactly how it will work. I'm going to go talk with Stozuagun about our next war. If one could even call fights against halfings a war."

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"Stozuagun, how soon until your troops will be ready to attack the halfings? We need their land for our own uses."

The general looked at the leader with look that showed he didn't understand. "Two, maybe three years."

"Excellent. The full resources of the city are at your disposal for rebuilding our military."

The general nodded. "As much as I want them destroyed, and although I would not presume to question your will, I fail to see what good their land itself will do us. It's too far away."

"Yes, it is. However, Kazastrugu had the idea of sending farmers there to build a colony. If we station troops there and hold the colonists under martial law --"

The general nodded once more, eagerly this time. "They won't be able to rebel. It's perfect. If we rotate the garrison out, we'll be able to keep track of and eliminate any dissidents. If that is all, I'll get to work training more wolf riders."

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Glrk'nr met up with the goblin in charge of the tribute wagon the day before it left, and handed the goblin a bow, an iron arrow, and three wooden arrows. "Give these to their leader. See if the humans will trade anything for 100 more bows and a supply of iron arrows for them."

[Vanigo]

Actually, Strife, the status update is already up.

[Luke_Prowler]

John pulled himself from his bed, not really feelling it today. Despite the break through that the research teams had created, he had not be very exciting. It did not help that Tom was ramming all of his plans down John's throat. He walkeed over his his desk, and looked down at the tall stacks of paper that had invaded it. even the super secret plan he had be working on for the past years could shake off this fealling of ugh that had gripped him. After signing here and signing there ans doting they I's and crossing the T's, he headed back for bed.

**** the world John thought as he passed out Even I need my sleep

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7 workforce harvest tiles 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 11 (20 food, 2 wood, 1 stone, 1 wool, 1 leather, 1 spice
1 workforce train 1 horse (-1 food)
2 workforce research Medicine
3 workforce research Engineering
5 workforce is spent creating settlers (-5 food, -5 wood)

Special orders
both Hunter units will be upgraded with horses (unless that would not be possible)
Jen and Richard will take the spearmen and the newly created mounted archers in search of peaceful civilizations in order to establish trading. seriously, we need someone to dump all this leather on. 

Net gain
20 food, 2 wood, 1 stone, 1 wool, 1 leather, 1 spice
-19 food (consumed)
-1 food (horses)
-5 food (settlers)
-5 wood (settlers)
-2 horses (archers)
-5 food, -3 wood, +1 stone, +1 wool, +1 leather, +1 spice, -2 horses

Stored goods:
6 food
3 wood
15 leather (we're going to drown in this stuff )
7 spice
4 wool
3 leather armor
2 stone
1 silver
1 horse(s)

[RPB]

The expedition returns with even less fanfare than when it departed. With nothing to show for his efforts, Thedrassus spends only a brief time marshalling supplies and seeing to the training of the latest militia before setting out with his men again.

Some of the people take the expedition's lack of findings as a sign that the wilderness is just as barren as had been thought; others argue that the explorers simply need to be able to venture further afield and look to the timely development of horse-drawn vehicles as a possible aid. With research proceeding at a good pace Amnarchis allows himself to be persuaded to direct research toward further improvements along these lines, believing that better transportation may make life easier in and around the city as well.

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Land usage:
1 labor: work tile 1 (irrigated watermill river plains, +5 food)
1 labor: work tile 2 (plains, +2 food)
1 labor: work tile 5 (quarried watermill river hills, +3 food/+1 stone/+1 wool)
1 labor: work tile 6 (quarried watermill river hills, +3 food/+1 stone/+1 wool)
1 labor: work tile 8 (hunter camp watermill river forest, +3 food/+2 wood/+1 leather)
1 labor: work tile 15 (quarried watermill river mountains, +2 food/+2 stone)
1 labor: work tile 16 (deep-mined animated mill gold mountains, +3 gold/+1 stone)
1 labor: work tile 18 (deep-mined windmill iron hills, +3 iron/+1 food/+1 wool)

Research:
5 labor: attempt to research animated wheeled vehicles

Military workshops:
3 labor (+100%): produce light iron armor (-1.5 labor/-1 iron) and magic arrows (-1.5 labor/-1 iron/-1 gold)

Military orders:
General Thedrassus takes the same two archer units and swordsmen and explores to the north, following the line of the hills

Training:
Equip newest archers with light iron armor and magic arrows

Gross production: +19 food/+5 stone/+3 wool/+3 iron/+3 gold/+2 wood/+1 leather
Consumption: -17 food/-2 iron/-1 gold
Net output: +5 stone/+3 wool/+2 gold/+2 food/+1 iron

[Pandarsenic]

0A. Research Metalworking
0E. Scout for new resources with Swordsmen-Grenadiers with General
0G. ^That
1-11. Work Tiles 1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17, 18 (19 F, 1 Tin, 1 Copper, 2 Wool, 2 Wood, 3 Stone, 1 Ember Rose, 4 Money)
12-17: Construct Breeding Pens

RP Later, I hope. If not, at least Vanigo can get the turn and status update up.

[Strife26]

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The colonists from the established logging area gave the colony the original name of Outpost. After a surprising amount of deliberation, the best product to be made from the sky diamonds was decided to be paperweights. Lot's of concern over orcs and excitement over the leaving of the settlement group.


 I don’t have time to do more RP right now, but I’ll try to find time to do it later. If not, feel free to consider the entirety of my writing for Life of a Zefie RP for this turn. Heh.

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5) Farm the river plains (+20 food)
1) Farm Irrigated plain (+3 food)

1) Work the silver mines (1 food, 1 wool, 1 silver)
1) Work the Iron mines (1 stone, 1 iron)
1) Work the forest (2 wood, 1 food)
1) Prospect and raise sheep (2 food, 1 gem, 1 wool)

5) Research

3) Build one set of iron pole arms (-1 iron, -1 wood)
0) Build one set of iron armor (-1 iron)

2) Make clothes (-4 wool, +4 clothes)
2) Make shiny stuff (-2 gems, +2 fancy paperweights)

Colony 1 (Outpost)
+2 food
+1 wood

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Luxury results:
2 sets of fancy paperweights (20 luxury)
2 sets of silver trinkets (20 luxury)
2 sets of clothes (20 luxury)
2 units of food (3 luxury)

64 produced/21 population = 3 morale bonus

+1 morale: Shrine
+1 morale: Genial
+3 morale: Luxury bonus power!
=10 morale! Yay!!!
10% growth = 2301 population
20% production bonus: 27 available production units!

End results:

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Food: 27 (up 6);(27-21+2-2)
Wood: 4 (up 2);(2+2-1)
Stone: 6 (up 1);(1)
Clothes: 6(up 2);(4-2)
Wool: 2 (no change); (4-4)
Silver: 4 (up 1);(1)
Silver Trinkets: 2 (down 2);(0-2)
Iron: 1 (down 1); (1-2)
Sky diamonds: 0 (down 1); (1-2)
Paperweights: 0 (no change); (2-2)

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Research notes:
Zefie Advisor A has recovered from his cold, and will be resuming his memo writing duties.
3) Steel (4,000 previous zylus). Especially with the risk of warlike hostiles to the south, good weapons are really important. This project should be completed this year. Our troops need it.
2) Deep mining (no research since last breakthrough): We got some cool insight into engineering last year. I know that you want to go build windmills and stuff, but we need metal more. The extra revenue that could be generated by silver would be very helpful for us.

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Military Orders:
The 2nd Warrior Company is retrained in the use of iron pole arms and iron armor. They give up their iron shields and get wood ones.
The 4th Warrior Company gives up their equipment and gets iron hand weapons and iron shields from the 2nd. They are renamed the 4th Guards.

1st Warrior keeps on chilling at the settlement spot.
Settler group goes and sets up shop with the 1st, forming my second colony.

2nd Warrior is set for reserve at Fortress while getting retrained.
3rd Guards keeps up the defense of Colony 1 (Outpost)
4th Guards is set for reserve at Fortress while getting retrained.

5th Scout keeps looking around the fertile hill area. Exactly what were they fighting? What kinds of resources?

6th Scout: Patrol of Fortress lands, especially to the south. Attempt negotiations with any orcs that show up (while reinforcing of course).
7th Cavalry: Conduct patrols of Fortress lands. Rules of Engagement in place if they meet any orcs (try to negotiate).

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Military supplies:
5 Wooden spear sets. 0 available. Issued to the 3rd through 7th companies.
4 Wooden shields sets. 0 available (Issued to the 1st, 2nd,  5th, and 6th)
2 Iron Hand weapons. 0 available. Issued to the 3rd and 4th Guards.
2 Iron Shield sets. 0 available. Issued to the `3rd and 4th.
2 Iron Polearms. 0. 1st and 2nd.
2 iron armors. 0. 1st and 2nd.
2 zefie saddles. 0. 5th & 6th.
1 war chariot. 0. 7th.
3 horses. 0. 5th-7th

[Vanigo]

Sorry about this, guys, but I'm just running late tonight. Going to have to update tomorrow.
Mainiac, if you get your turn up before I do the update, I'll let it in.

[Vanigo]

Okay, guys, the next turn is finally up. However, it's likely to be the last one for a while. I'm heading out on vacation this weekend, and I won't be back for two weeks. Maybe we can get another turn in before then... but recent trends suggest otherwise.

Neo-Tyrgani

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(You don't appear to have enough stone to make the breeding pens - sturdy construction is a must, so wood won't really cut it.)
Stuff happens. Dremmeur Sai works on metalworking, but he doesn't make much progress on his own. Breeding pens for the gigavores are worked on, but not completed for lack of materials, and the surrounding area is searched for resources. Nothing much is found.

Population grows to 17,992
1 food, 1 tin, 1 copper, 2 wool, 2 wood, 1 ember roses stored
8+2+4 money collected; 5 spent

Zefies

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(I'm just going to assume you redesignate Zefie Regulars to use wood shields, too. Also, when did you ever make iron shields? All I see is wood. And your scouts don't have shields at all.)
The new zefie colony is set up, and mining operations commence. They'll be able to send 1 iron back a turn, but they can't get much food from the surrounding area, so they'll need 1 food a turn in addition to the monetary upkeep.
The zefie researchers, now that they've figured out how to make more complicated smelters that don't collapse on themselves, are finally making some serious progress on steelmaking. They've turned out a few usable steel ingots, and a whole lot of worthless slag. Currently, the process is too unreliable to be useful, but they're working on it.
The zefies scouting to the west explore the spring-fed grotto they found earlier. It's a fertile hollow around a small lake. Not many trees, but lots of grasslands suitable for farming. There's no river, though.
The scouts attempting to make contact with the orcs are hampered by the lack of a common language, and also by the orcs' general aggressiveness. No battle takes place, mostly because the scouts are too fast for the orcs to mass forces against them.

Morale increases to 10!
Population grows to 23,001
Production bonus! 27 labor available
Resources: Yeah, that.
15 money produced, 7+6 spent.

Zrlv

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Overcrowding and an increasingly tight food supply bring the city's growth to a halt this year, but the situation seems likely to improve. Plans for farming outposts are begining to be drawn up, and, more immediately, a highly skilled leader has emerged from the city's mushroom farmers, and is helping improve the crop yield. In other beneficial news, Kazastrugu and his researchers have announced success in their work on deeper mines, which they promise will bring more metal and wealth into the city.

New leader: Master farmer!
    +20% food production
Deep mining researched!
Population stagnant
Resources and wealth: What you said

Jericho
Stalled out again.

Asykos

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The Asykon exploratory expedition leaves to the north, and finds that the foothills go around the arboreal forest north of the city, then quickly curve to the east. They follow the foothills, making note of the mountains to the north and the plains to the south. They find nothing particularly noteworthy.
Things at home are also fairly quiet, although there's a bit of excitement when the first animated carridges are unveiled. They're impractically expensive, and the Asykos have never been big on conspicuous consumption, but the military applications of an armored vehicle with no vulnerable horses are obvious.
The garrison archers are equipped with iron chainmail and magical arrows, which enormously improve their effectiveness. The need for a steady supply of magic arrows, however, is certain to make maintaining them more expensive.

Animated vehicles researched!
    Produce war wagon (4 labor, 2 wood, 1 iron, 2 gold)
        (There's a lot of room for customized variants of these things; tell me what kind of vehicle you want, okay?)
Population grows to 16,700
Bowmen upgraded to magic archers (10R/6/15/1 first strike 2; upkeep 2)
Resources: what you said
12 money collected, 6 spent

Baneriant

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(You can upgrade your hunters to horse archers, but you need your general in town to run the military school to do both of them - and they wouldn't be ready to send out until next turn anyway. I'll defer the exploration until next turn - and which way do you want to go, anyway? And, one more thing: You might consider leaving your infantry at home; you'll explore twice as far.)
Baneriant is about as quiet as it's ever been this year. The city's hunters retrain to act as horse archers, and preparations are made for another exploratory expedition while a group of settlers is convinced and/or coerced into preparing to build a new settlement.

Settlers built!
Morale drops to 7!
Population now 14,017
Overcrowding alleviated
Production bonus lost! 13 labor available.
Rangers upgraded to horse archers (6R/5/15/2 first strike 1)
Resources: Yeah, that.
11 money collected, 4 spent

[Nirur Torir]

Haha! Food food food! Food! Oh how I love food! Food!
You forgot my exploration southwards and my new military unit: wolf riders with iron polearms, iron shields, and light iron armor.

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1st laborer works city's mushroom farm (+3 food)
2nd laborer works mountain/river tile 5 (+3 food, +1 stone)
3rd laborer works hill/river tile 6 (+4 food, +1 wool)
4th laborer works forest tile 9 (+2 food, +1 wood, +1 leather)
5th laborer works mountain/river tile 15 (+2 food, +1 stone, +2 glowing mushrooms)
6th laborer works hill/river tile 18 (+4 food, +1 wool)
7th laborer works mountain/iron tile 14 (+1 stone, +1 iron ore)
Gross resource intake: +18(21) food, +3 stone, +2 wool, +1 wood, +1 leather, +1 iron ore, +2 glowing mushrooms

8th, 9th, 10th laborers build cave farm on hill tile 7
11th, 12th, 13th, 14th laborers build Deep Mine on mountain/iron tile 14 (-2 wood)
15th, 16th laborers produce clothing (-4 wool)
17th, 18th laborers build granary (-2 stone)
19th, 20th laborers research Imperial Colonization
Explorer defends the capital with 1 warrior unit
General attacks the halfling scum with 1 warrior unit, 1 iron defender unit, and 1 wolf rider unit. Mission: Loot and enslave.

Luxaries:
Shrine = +1 morale
Clothing= +1 morale
Overcrowding = -1 morale, -4% growth
6 Morale

Tribute:
-2 gold

Net resources:
21 food - 21 food eaten = 0 wasted
3 stone + 9 stone from storage - 2 stone used = 10 stone stored
2 wool + 43 wool from storage - 4 wool used = 41 wool stored
1 wood + 4 wood in storage - 3 wood used = 2 wood stored
1 leather + 9 leather in storage = 10 leather stored
1 iron ore = 1 iron ore stored
2 glowing mushroom + 1 in storage = 3 stored
4 clothing - 3 used = 1 stored

10+5[15] gold collected - 2(tribute)-3(military)[5] + 49 Stored = 59 gold stored

Glrk'nr was meeting with the Kazastrugu, Stozuagun, and the goblins in charge of various sections of commerce, agriculture, and industry within the city. "Due to your continued efforts in these irritatingly peaceful times, we are now ready once more to strike. The halflings shall feel our might. Stozuagun, this will be a raid. Take their food, enslave as many as you can, and test the resolve of their militia. Next year, we enslave the rest of them, and if things go well, use the town to supply this city with extra food the year after that. After that, Xengbubukza can find a more worthy foe to fight." There was a cheer from the assembled goblins, then Glrk'nr looked around. "Where is he, anyway?"

Stozuagun looked slightly uncomfortable. "He ... left yesterday to hunt with a few warriors. He didn't say how long he would be gone." Glrk'nr looked satisfied with the answer, and Stozuagun continued. "I shall set out with the military within the week, and join the pathetic halflings in glorious battle."

The head farmer spoke up. "Sir, I have devised a new method of farming. I think some farmers could be reassigned to more useful tasks."

Glrk'nr looked surprised, and smiled. "Excellent, your reward will be a promotion to ..." He hesitated, unsure of how to promote the head farmer. "Well, what do you want for a reward, and what's your name?"

The farmer struggled momentarily under the ruler's gaze, then gave up. "My name, sir, is Frederick." The other goblins didn't even try to suppress their chuckling, and the farmer continued meekly. "My parents had an unpleasant sense of humor. Sir, I would like a granary built and named after me."

Glrk'nr nodded. Very well. The rest of you: Build the granary, continue farm expansion, and," he checked the report in front of him, "why hasn't that deep mine been constructed yet? Get to it!

[Pandarsenic]

Haceplolder.

0A. Research Metalworking
0E. Scout for more new resources with Swordsmen-Grenadiers with General
0G. ^That
1-11. Work Tiles 1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17, 18 (19 F, 1 Tin, 1 Copper, 2 Wool, 2 Wood, 3 Stone, 1 Ember Rose, 4 Money)
12-14: Research Metalworking
15-16: Produce Marketplace of wood.
17: Uh... Quarry in tile 1? Can I?

Put 3 stone into Breeding Pens. I seem to have, ah, paid all the labor, so... yeah.

[Luke_Prowler]

Celebartion is in the air. The first colony will soon be created, and stories of untold riches and a fresh slate spread around the masses. The reason they are celebrating differed, but the general feeling of happiness was welcomed.

Up on one of the towers of castle, John and Richard watched the proceedings, as the noise and confetti rose up from the street. John smiled "So many years of hard work, all finally coming to fruition"

"It's all nice and well, but it will be more work on our part" Richard add, taking a sip from his drink. "speaking of which, why did you have me on this 'exploration' of yours?"

"We are reaching a new age" explained John "we cannot sustain ourselves on pillaging other for very long. we must fine other who have survived the Age of Ruin and find diplomatic treaties with them."

"That doesn't really answer my question"

"IT was either send you and Jen, or just send Jen. Which on do you think would most likely get us killed?"

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5 workforce harvest tiles 2, 3, 5, 6, 11 (15 food, 2 wood, 1 wool)
3 workforce research Medicine
2 workforce research Engineering
1 workforce build 1 set of wood shields (-1 wood)
1 workforce build 1 set of wood spears (-1 wood)
1 workforce create 2 set of clothing (-2 cloth)

Special orders:
Train 1 mounted leather warrior unit
Settlers move south and create city. 2 Spearmen to protect
Jen, Richard, and 2 mounted archers head South west in search of other civilisations

Net gain:
15 food, 2 wood, 1 wool
-15 food (consumed)
wooden shields (-1 wood)
wooden spears (-1 wood)
clothing(-2 wool)
-1 wool

6 food
3 wood
15 leather
7 spice
3 wool
2 leather armor
2 stone
1 silver

[Vanigo]

We have only two turns up. I am highly displeased.

[Pandarsenic]

It became 3 a few minutes after you posted that. :<

[Strife26]

Long story short, I skipped my morning work today. I'd hope that it's worth my losing an activity point.

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6) Farming Work (23 food)
1) Logging Operations (2 wood, 1 food)

1) Work the Silver-plain (1 food, 1 wool, 4 gold)
1) Work the Gem-plain (2 food, 1 wool, 1 gem)
1) Work the Stone-plain (1 food, 1 wool, 1 stone)

2) Work the quarries (4 stone)
1) Work the iron mines (1 iron, 1 stone)

2) Make 2 sets of Iron Arrows (-1 iron, +2 iron arrows)
3) Make Iron Polearms (-1 wood, -1 iron, +1 polearms)
0) Make Iron Armor (-1 iron, +1 armor)
2) Make wooden Shields (-2 wood, +2 shields)

2) Make clothes (-4 wool, +4 clothes)

3) Research Steelmaking (7 previous zylus)
2) Research Deep Mining (2 previous zylus)

Outpost: +2 food, +1 wood
Colony Two: +1 iron, -1 food

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After careful counting of my weaponry, I've got 4 wood spears, 6 wood shields, 2 bows, 3 horses, 2 saddles, 1 chariot, 2 iron arrows, 2 iron axes/swords, 3 iron halberds, 3 iron armors, and zero iron shields.

I'm going to get everyone to the following statuses:

1st Warriors: Armed with Iron halberds, Iron Armor, and Wood Shields. Currently guarding Fortress. Will be the reserve for conflict against the Orcs
2nd Warriors: Armed with Iron halberds, Iron Armor, and Wood Shields
Currently guarding Fortress, tasked to patrol around for Orcs

3rd Guards: Armed with Iron hand weapons, and Wood Shields.
Currently guarding Outpost (colony one)
4th Guards: Armed with Iron hand weapons, and Wood shields.
Currently guarding the other colony

5th Scout: Armed with Bows and Iron Arrows, plus a reserve wooden spear for CQC. Also has a wood shield. Has a zefie saddle and horse.
Doing patrols with the 2nd, will be fighting the Orcs if they show up as fire support.

6th Scout (understrength): Armed like the 5th, but lacks shields.
Staying in Fortress, will be used as a reserve if needed, and part of the quick reaction force to any colonies that come under attack.

7th Cav: Horses and Chariots, Iron Polearms and Iron Armor.
Used as a hammer if combat comes with the orcs.

My standard troops will be the four types listed (Warrior, Guard, Scout, Cav. The 6th isn't standardized right now).

 

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Luxuries and things:
2 clothes used
2 food used
+1 bonus!
3 morale bonus = 8 morale!

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Ending results:
30 Food: up 3 (30-1-2-24)
4 Wood: no change (2+1-2-1)
1 Wool: down 1 (3-4)
4 Silver: (silver used for currency)
1 Gem: Up 1 (1)
12 Stone: Up 6 (6)
0 Iron: down 1 (1+1-1-1-1)
2 Trinkets: no change (/)
8 clothes: up 2 (4-2)

Gold:
17 produced!
4 from silver!
21 Total!
-4 from colonies.
-7 for soldier's pay.
10 stored!

I'll see if I get around to RP before my real job.

[Vanigo]

And here we go:

Neo-Tyrgani

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(A quarry in tile 1? Sure, you can do that, if you want to replace the tin mine. I'm going to assume you don't. Also, you're still one stone short on the pens.)
Some kind of vaguely-defined bad omen is in the air this year, disheartening the Neo-Tyrgani. They don't quite finish researching metalworking, but they have figured out how to make bronze from copper and tin. Also, Dremmeur Sai thinks metal tools might be the key to glassworking. A marketplace is built. Keyiro doesn't find anything.

Random event: Bad omen!
    -1 morale
Morale drops to 5
Population grows to 17,817
Marketplace built
10+2 money collected, 8 spent

Zefies

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The zefies finally get the hang of steelmaking, and the new plans for deeper mines are looking good, too. The zefies patrol their lands watching for orcish attackers, but nothing happens. The military is being upgraded, too, as iron equipment becomes more available.

Deep mining researched!
Steelmaking researched!
    Allows steel production (2 labor, 1 iron, 1 wood -> 1 steel)
    Steel replaces iron, same labor costs to use
Resources: Yeah.
Population grows to 24,611

Zrlv

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Stouzagun sets out to the north with his force, reaching the halfling town by late spring. Scouting reveals, to their dismay, that the halflings have built a palisade since the last time they were seen, but, undeterred, Stouzagun orders his men to improvise ladders from the countryside and attack. The halfling forces, a unit of pikemen and a unit of slingers, fall back to their walls as the goblins advance, looting and burning the farmland before them. When the attackers reach the walls, they are greeted by a hail of lead sling bullets and pikes bristling atop the walls, but they charge forward with a mighty warcry. The fighting is bloody, and the poorly-equipped warriors are quickly destroyed, leaving the wolfriders and defenders trying to break through the halfling pikemen while the slingers support them. Casualties are heavy on both sides, but in the end Stouzagun is forced to pull his troops back. He vents his frustration on the countryside around the town, destroying a great deal of halfling infrastructure, then returns with what the halflings hadn't mananged to get safely inside the walls. He acquires a good quantitiy of loot, but only a few captives.
Things go better back at home. A deeper, more productive iron mine is built, and a new cave farm set up in the hills. Frederick's new Granary is completed in time to store the loot Stouzagun brings back, despite the chuckles of the construction workers. Research on colonization is proceeding slowly but steadily.

Indecisive battle!
    5 food, 3 wood, 5 money looted!
Morale drops to 6!
Population grows to 20,807
Deep mine built
Cave farm built
Granary built
5 food, 1 stone, 1 leather, 1 wood, 1 iron, 2 glowing truffles, 1 clothing stored
2 wool used
15+5 money collected, 3+2 spent

Jericho is out of the game!

Asykos is out of the game!

Baneriant

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The group sent southwest exploring pushes through miles of forest, then breaks out into a wide coastal plain. A wide bay is visible to the west, and the plains continue south between the forest and the sea. The settlement group, for their part, heads south into the forest and sets up on the edge of a natural clearing. They expect to be able to send back one wood and one food a year.
Meanwhile, back in Ragt'ich, researchers working on engineering come up with several useful innovations, allowing bigger and more complex things to be built. Those working on medicine have hit on the notion of sanitation, and are looking into ways to clean up all the (quite literal) crap in the city's streets.

Engineering researched!
Morale drops to 6 (due to absence of governor)!
Population grows to 14,437
Riders trained (6M/5/15/2)
Colony founded!
2 clothing stored; 1 wool spent
8 money collected, 5 spent