Olympia Economics & Strategic Warfare From: jrives@tridom.uucp (Joel Rives) Date: Wed, 20 May 1992 18:55:32 +0000 As it stands, gold and recruitable people are apparently limitless pools. An army contained within the walls of a besieged city can continue to work and entertain (ie. produce gold). They can also continue to recruit and/or impress more men into their units. This makes besieging a pointless strategic maneuver. It is also very counterintuitive. I feel that both the amount of gold and the number of available people should be fixed pools. The population of an area should reflect the number of people available for recruiting. The population can increase slowly by having a reproduction rate and more quickly by having people from other areas migrate into the area. The amount of gold in any given area should be: = amount brought into the area by players + amount representing the pool of gold controlled by the market + amount in the pockets of the general populace Units of farmers (or part of the general populace) can work on the land to increase it's productivity and harvest the crops. Some excess can be stored. The crops, farmers and stored food become potential assets as well as potential targets for raids or attacks by the enemy. The landowner becomes the protectorate of the lands (as was the case during the Middle Ages) and a Feudalistic society is born! -- ------- Joel M. Rives INTERNET: jrives@eng.tridom.com O-O Analysis, Design & Implementation UUCP: joel@ad.UUCP Avalon Designs, Inc. VOICE: (404) 514-3398 Consulting with AT&T Tridom (404) 377-0764 ------- Referenced By Up