Re: (TFT) Using the Real World...(was Mapping Cidri / Campain proposal)

["Ty Beard" <tybeard@sbcglobal.net>]

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From: "John Gfoeller" <johng3110@hotmail.com>
To: <tft@brainiac.com>


> Ty, I *like* your scenario, especially how you didn't tell your players 
> everything -- just that they were living along a big river, etc.  It 
> sounds good.  I also agree with your five benefits of using the real world 
> continent as a template for a Cidri campaign:

Thanks.

The cool thing is that it allowed me to take the campaign in a number of 
directions if I decided to -- classic fantasy, post apocalyptic, sci-fi (I 
considered a Logan's Run style enclosed city), even wild west (maybe some 
areas didn't regress completely, or had recovered somewhat). <sigh> Pity it 
didn't last (I got real busy in my day job).

> Now, while I am on the subject of the real world, has anyone else 
> encountered the following  problem in creating a campaign:  food 
> production?

> In other words, how do the various sentient races feed themselves on 
> Cidri? I know that humans and hobbits engage in farming (as well as 
> hunting, gathering, fishing and herding), but how do Elves get a meal? 
> Dwarves?  Orcs?  Etc.

S. John Ross has broken down the acreage required for food production in the 
middle ages: http://www.io.com/~sjohn/demog.htm Basically, a nation can 
support from 30-120 people per square mile depending on the richness of the 
farmland.

Here's also a large set of links to articles about various aspects of 
fantasy and middle ages economics. 
http://homepage.mac.com/jeremybaker/towerhills/demoecon.html

--Ty 
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