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[Neyvn]

how many scouts do we have?

check the status spoiler, it says 5

[mcclay]

send all of them in one grop to scout the lands west of the badlands

[Neyvn]

send all of them in one grop to scout the lands west of the badlands

They have been saying that already...

[Happerry]

Well, need more food, need metal.... I support the train more scouts idea.

[Terenos]

If I recall correctly, we need a better HQ for that. And I stand by my proposal to get a sawmill and decent lumberjacks first. Then we can upgrade the headquarters.

[Neyvn]

If I recall correctly, we need a better HQ for that. And I stand by my proposal to get a sawmill and decent lumberjacks first. Then we can upgrade the headquarters.

Ditto...
Still we should be looking in the hills for Ores over the wastelands...

[Toaster]

Scouts require a blacksmith, which requires ore to build.  (Builders are the HQ upgrade)


As summer ends and the heat fades, we hear the best news yet- we have found metal ores!

Our scouts reported finding a deposit deep in the badlands, where hills begin to rise.  It is terrible terrain, but there is ore!  We sent a messenger to the king, who is elated at the news- he has sent ten more laborers to assist us, and we have been commanded to begin mining it as soon as possible.

Farming was better this month as there was sufficient rain.  Hunting was less successful, as our new hunters got their bearings- the five last month that did not finish training did so now.  The stone pit managed incredible production this month- almost as if it was making up for lost time earlier.  Wood collection was decent as well.

There was bad news, however.  An accident in our storage pit caused a stack of stone to tip over and shatter beyond use.  In the ensuing cleanup, more managed to be chipped and broken.  In total, we lost a quarter of our stone reserves.  Unfortunate.

We must move quickly to exploit the resources we have found.

Spoiler: Results (click to show/hide)

+50 Stone (+50 Mined, -36 Event)
+10 Food (+130 Farmed, +15 Hunted, -135 Eaten)
+24 Wood

+10 Laborers
5 Laborers -> Hunters

Spoiler: Status (click to show/hide)

Portal to Home
HQ tent- Houses Portal
Wall (Glorified fence)
Barracks- 14/30 soldiers
Basic Housing- 131/160 civilians
Farms- 26
Small Silo-  Max 1000 food
Windmill
Miner's Guild - with Inspiring Statue


97 food
37 wood
108 stone
0 ore


21 Laborers
33 Miners
52 Farmers
20 Hunters
5 Scouts
15 Builders
9 Guards


Remote site 1:
Quarry - Simple stabilization
Basic road to base

Remote site 2:
Hunting Lodge

Spoiler: Area Map (click to show/hide)

Marked point in the west is the ore.

I had forgotten your miner bonus for a few months, so I just gave you great stone gains this month.  Then you got a nasty event- oh well!

[mcclay]

train the ten larbors as miners. send half 14 of our miners to go mine ore. Send the socuts to scout out more of the lake shore. have everyone elese do their job.

[Happerry]

No, we have enough miners for now. We need more wood so we can make another mine, and upgrade our HQ. So have our Laborers cut wood for now. They can become miners later.

[Weirdsound]

Builders, set up a mine at the ore deposit of course.

[Terenos]

Huzzah! We have struck metal ore. Yes, we must mine it immediately. The going is likely to be slow but our stone stockpile is adequate for now, so our miners must be retasked.  I propose that we begin building a road there immediately.

As far as constructing a mine goes, I doubt we have the wood but such a building should take priority over nearly all other things(sawmill, HQ upgrade, are still ahead of any mining in the queue, as I see it). With metal ore we can begin to make requests of the homeland (Such as more food, trained people, maybe even some resources to build us things that will improve our resource gains.).
However, I must raise a point of caution. Our tribal friends were found dead near there. The guards must go with the miners. A road should also be built and upgraded as soon as we can. -AND- I propose we also build a set of watchtowers leading there. Safe stone buildings in case of attack.

Regarding the rest of our labors, they should proceed as normal.

[Toaster]

Reminder- the costs of buildings is in the second post.  You have 37 wood, which isn't enough for towers, a mine, or much of anything besides a road.


As fall set in, there was much discussion over our next steps: how to handle the ore strike.  In the end, we settled on beginning a road to the mine, as it was fairly distant.  Some miners would go ahead and surface mine, since we lacked the resources to construct a proper mine.  The road was built a bit over halfway to the mine during the month- it should be no problem to finish it next month.  A score of miners went ahead to see what they could collect.  Surface mining is less productive, but they were able to bring back our first load.

Alas, collection of all our other resources went badly.  A dry spell diminished the yield of our crops.  A tree fell in an unexpected direction early in the month and injured several lumberjacks: thankfully, they have recovered by now.  The hunters seemed to be unable to do anything right.  The stone quarry was simply unproductive.

Our scouts, having no clear orders for the month, took it upon themselves to head east past the quarry.  After mapping more grasslands, they came upon something very unusual- definite signs of civilized life.  They found what appeared to be an old watchtower that had fallen into disrepair.  There was no sign of recent activity there, but it is clear someone built it, and probably in the last fifty years or so.  Whoever it was is likely still around, if not in the immediate area.

Spoiler: Results (click to show/hide)

+4 Stone
+6 Ore
-35 Food (+100 Farmed, +10 Hunted, -145 Eaten)
-5 Wood  (+10 Gathered, -15 for building)

Road in progress (3/5, requires 10 more units time)

Spoiler: Status (click to show/hide)

Portal to Home
HQ tent- Houses Portal
Wall (Glorified fence)
Barracks- 14/30 soldiers
Basic Housing- 131/160 civilians
Farms- 26
Small Silo-  Max 1000 food
Windmill
Miner's Guild - with Inspiring Statue


62 food
32 wood
112 stone
6 ore


21 Laborers
33 Miners
52 Farmers
20 Hunters
5 Scouts
15 Builders
9 Guards


Remote site 1:
Quarry - Simple stabilization
Basic road to base

Remote site 2:
Hunting Lodge
Basic road to base (3/5 Complete)

Spoiler: Area Map (click to show/hide)

Marked point in the west is the ore.
Imagine a road extending out 3 hexes toward it.
Also, imagine some more tiles filled in east of the quarry- mostly grassland.   (Don't have map file with me)

[Terenos]

I'm going to say..We ain't gonna see much in the way of ore out of that point till we get a decent mine there. Still all our miners should work there, builders should finish the road. 32 Laborers should chop wood, our hunters should hunt, farmers should farm. scouts should investigate a) the watchtower, and b) around the watchtower.
And our guards should cover the miners.

[Toaster]

(PS you have two months till winter and less than half the food for one month in stock- just saying)

[mcclay]

all farmers and larboers farm continue working on the rod with half our builders. send the rest ou to work on reparing the watch tower and when it is repaired have some gaurds set up shop there. Have our scout got further south east.