Re: TribeNet: Feeding your people

From: Bruce Webster <bruce@netspace.net.au>

Date: Sun, 20 Jul 1997 00:00:00 +0000

Of course, there is always the VVV option. Ignore all other skills, take

combat, leadership and archery up, find another clan, beat the crap out
of them and then eat them. If this fails then you can always eat your
own people (one person provides four provs) which means you cut your
losses due to starvation considerably. However if you choose canabilism
without being a member of a religion that condones such an act you will
suffer a serious morale drop.

Combat also carries the added benefit of making the game much more
exciting and loot gained means you can postpone all those dull skill
atempts for that much longer.

trantor@netspace.net.au wrote:

> Patrick Travers wrote:
>
> > Well, it's getting into the middle of summer and the clan elders
> have
> > started thinking about providing food during the long winter ahead.
> > Granted, it's six turns away, but better to be prepared.
> <snip>
> > hunters are keeping the tribe fed.  This will begin falling off (it
> has
> > already!).
> >
> > My question is this: What are better ways to feed the people,
> especially
> > when hunting drops off completely?
> <Snip>
>
> In your situation, being a new tribe, (this also applies to some/most
> older tribes too) you should start prepareing for the next winter in
> turn 1 (spring), this is because the best hunting is done at this
> time,
> you sould put almost everyone you can in doing this. Later, when
> hunting
> becomes less effeicient you can do other things, these other thing at
> this stage is making items that will help you in hunting, the best
> thing
> to build are traps (a hunter can use 5 each and is the best), you
> should
> aim at all hunters armed with an item (5 traps, spear, or sling ect.)
> Later when you be come more advanced you should work towards
> Farming/breadmaking as it can completely feed your tribe (i'm not at
> that stage yet, but but working my way there. I have Tried whaling but
>
> it dosen't seem to be worth it, as far as i know no one uses fishing
> (but I could be wrong), not to say its not worth it but there's alot
> to
> do to be able to make it worth doing, making boats, nets, get all the
> naval skills, fishing skill ect. I still hunt in spring/summer but i
> also farm/make bread. You most also relise that you can't 100% relie
> on
> farming as you can't alway predict what could happen, you can get poor
>
> returns, due to various reasons.
>
> Regarding the nead for cotton for ropes/string, this is not correct,
> you
> can use gut to make these Items (which most tribes do use), check
> waxwork in the rules, gut/wax can be used instead of cotton in making
> strings, and gut/bark in making rope and nets (see weaving)
>
> Hope this help, as we don't want a half dead tribe when we get there
> (they make poor slaves) ;-)
>
> Trantor

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Re: TribeNet: Feeding your people
trantor@netspace.net.au
Sun, 20 Jul 1997 00:00:00 +0000

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Re: TribeNet: Feeding your people
trantor@netspace.net.au
Sun, 20 Jul 1997 00:00:00 +0000