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[Falconer Lombard]

I did something like this in history a few years ago. It was set up so that we pretty much had free reign. Class divided into three groups, I got one to myself.  (Don't you love enriched classes?)

For homework we'd write up what our tribe would do the next day=week and the like. I was a tribe living on a steppe on the west side of the island. I also controlled the mountain peak. There was a small brook so I settled on it for easy farming and water.

We were given the vaguest instructions of how to play. Get x amount of items in y amount of years and you survive. Some tribes have the only source of x. Go.

I quickly secured a trade agreement with the coastal tribe to produce luxury goods so I'd have those out of the way. Produced an embargo act the next day which was hammered out and royally screwed over the third tribe. Then proceeded to raid the third tribe and starve them before making a final assault. Took them as slaves and conquered most of the coastal tribe.

It was a lot of fun.

[inteuniso]

I love history class simulations.

We got to re-enact the first world war with fake nations. The entire war started over the fact that when someone asked if we wanted to be allies, I said no. They had just wanted friendly relations.

That's diplomacy for you.

I would love to play something like this, but I don't know if I'll ever be able to do something like this. It would be awesome to do it though.

[mrbobbyg]

So, if you're experts in animal husbandry, you may have a secret ally in germs.

Check out Guns, Germs, and Steel, it's a book, and one of the arguments in it was that close contact with animals gave people immunity to diseases like smallpox, which there were essentially able to use to defeat other peoples.

[100killer9]

So, if you're experts in animal husbandry, you may have a secret ally in germs.

Check out Guns, Germs, and Steel, it's a book, and one of the arguments in it was that close contact with animals gave people immunity to diseases like smallpox, which there were essentially able to use to defeat other peoples.

According to that book, animal domestication in general leads to badass civilizations, namely horses. Horses can be ridden and can pull plows. Also, be sure to settle where you can make steel weapons (easy to start fires + tons of iron), and invent writing so you can record your conquesting tactics for later use.

[They Got Leader]

I've never done anything liek this before in any of my classes. Dang it!

[Euld]

Actually, I thought horses were not good for plowing?  Not sure where I learned that though.

[They Got Leader]

Actually, I thought horses were not good for plowing?  Not sure where I learned that though.

One would think that oxen would be a better choice. I think it's because you can feed an ox less than a horse, which has to have a specific diet, but don't quote me on that. However, as far as I know, you can use horses for plows.

[100killer9]

Actually, I thought horses were not good for plowing?  Not sure where I learned that though.

One would think that oxen would be a better choice. I think it's because you can feed an ox less than a horse, which has to have a specific diet, but don't quote me on that. However, as far as I know, you can use horses for plows.

I'm not sure, but I think the book does mention cows pulling plows. But horses are certainly strong enough, AFAIK.

[Ravenplucker]

Horses were not as good for pulling plows because the straps that attached them to the plow tended to choke them.

[Shade-o]

Hence why you research Horse Collar at the Mill

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Strange, it's been so many years since I even played AoE2, but on seeing "Horse plow" it immediately snapped into my head.

On a more serious note, in this exercise what are the actual advantages of having domestication mastery?

[twwolfe]

animal's breed faster, it's easier to catch and domsticate new types of animals, new animal-relatd things come easier.

[Huesoo]

Im so fucking jealous! rgeriuhbfviuoeshfehwiuogerwiucuiehfiuheriuvhiurvh. What country do you live in?
The only school project that could only compare to that awesomeness was in social studies we had to build our own island.

[Grendus]

So I'm curious. Is this a sandbox type game or is this a "you get cards with stuff on them that decides what happens to your nation"? If this is total sandbox, you're in a good position. Animal husbandry will be enough to let you grow while the other tribes struggle with agrarian technology, then once they develop agriculture you can conquer and subjugate one of them to grow you food, or just steal the technology. Develop cavalry, they'll be the dominant military force up until firearms are developed.

We did something similar to this in 8th grade with the Oregon Trail (not the game). We divided up into "caravans" and headed west. We decided on goods, which we brought mainly food and hunting gear (a damn good call) with some stuff to fix the wagons and basic tools, then we got cards with random stuff on them. Unfortunately, while the instructions that came with the game mentioned that the cards would be "fun because they may have good or bad stuff", 19 of the 20 cards pulled ranged from bad to wtf was the card writer thinking. I think one card gave another group +1 to their morale or something, but all the others were "all the odd numbered groups catch cholera" or "half your food rots". It sucked.

[100killer9]

Actually, Grendus, pikes ended Calvary, and crossbows and firearms ended pikes.

[Grendus]

Not entirely. Pikes suck against infantry, they require too much momentum to be useful compared to a sword or axe. After that first charge or so, that pike is useless and you drop it in favor of a close quarters weapon. What's more, if you can get your cavalry around the pikes they're just as devastating.

Dominant military force until guns may be overkill, but against enemies with flint spears they will give you a huge advantage. Seriously, horses are your best bet to make your tribe strong.