Re: Legends: food production

From: dani@netcom.com (Dani Zweig)

Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1993 16:58:07 +0000

frits@cp.tn.tudelft.nl (Frits Kuijlman):
>The season is summer and I have about 400 people producing food.
>The fertility is above 4, so I am correct in thinking that they should
>produce about 1600 food this production, right?

That's right, assuming you have at least 400 *cleared land* on which
to grow the food.

>Before this production turn I had about 600 to 800 food, and after it
>I had about 400.
>There are about 800 people eating this food, so if my math is
>correct I should have left 600+1600-800=1400 food.

Right again.  You should have produced

fertility * min(#farmers, cleared land) * (1+season) + (1 + SEI/200)

and you should have consumed

#civilians * (1 + 10*food_consumption) +#soldiers +#animals

so if there are no missing factors you overlooked, then either a thief
robbed you or a mistake was made.

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References

Legends: food production
frits@cp.tn.tudelft.nl (Frits Kuijlman)
Wed, 23 Jun 1993 11:49:49 +0000