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[Criptfeind]

I'm curious, however.

Will I get MORE funds if I let you fund me from last turn, or LESS?

Edit: Also, trade with Phantom for horses. Give him elephants. Clearly the best trade ever.

The answer is less. You only put enough to raise your income by 53 pounds (Euros?)

Also, you know you can not trade yet right?

[Phantom]

Nah, this is a Euro. €


And if I remember correctly, pounds are worth more than Euros.

[Iituem]

Yes and yes.  Which is to say that you would have more income/turn, but less overall income.  You would have spent £520 on improving your economy and received a return of £52.  I'm rounding these investments down to the nearest £10 to save me the headache of trying to keep track of fractional investment.

To trade, you will need to build a road connecting your territories, acquire adjacent territories or send a caravan between them.  These establish trade routes.

Finally, I'm using the old pound in this game - whenever we use a cash amount in £s, it literally means a pound of pure silver or its equivalent value.  Figure I might as well get that out of the way.

[Johnfalcon99977]

But we both share a costal route. Doesn't that count for something?

[Criptfeind]

But we both share a costal route. Doesn't that count for something?

Yeah. It makes it easy to send a caravan. Don't have to worry about bandits if you use the sea lanes.

Pirates are a worry. But still, less land to cover.

[Iituem]

No.  Road, caravan, adjoining.  The coastal route makes it easier for your caravan to get to his position quickly if he uses a naval vessel (though the arrival award is based on the cheapest route possible, not the one necessarily taken).

[Taricus]

Oh, now I just have to wait for enough money to buy a caravan and a trireme and I have horses.

[Iituem]

Yes, which is sort of the dilemma of the trade position.  Right now, Vremya is the only nation with access to true cavalry (Steel has potential access to elephantry).  By trading with others, he eliminates his monopoly over horses and thus cavalry.  Of course, he also gets a lot of money in compensation since everyone will want horses.  (Especially given the fondness of most nations for using infantry.)

[Taricus]

I just want mounted archers.

[Phantom]

In that case, screw giving people horses, you can have your mules and Future S Club Seven CDs.

[Criptfeind]

I am sure as the game moves on horses will become more and more common. But the vast trading empire you could set up now at other peoples expense would stay forever.

[Taricus]

THINK OF THE POWER!

[Johnfalcon99977]

Aw well. I guess I have to settle on deer cavalry once I find a place with Game.

[Phantom]

I am SURE your followers and your Elephants will suffice by listening to S Club 7 and Kansas CDs.

[Iituem]

Deer and other game-type animals make terrible mounts.  They can draw sleighs and carts, and work fine as draught animals, but they're too difficult to ride for military use.