Re: (TFT) Hex

[Paul MacDonald <pmacdonald@voyager.net>]

It's an odd thing, indeed.  Don't under estimate, though.

A good endurance horse and rider can cover 60 miles a day, every day.  Obviously encumbrance will diminish that. 40 
miles isn't a bad average over unknown but unobstructed terrain on horseback.  There are well documented accounts of 
people covering over 120 miles in a single day while on horse back.  I haven't done it but I doubt they did much for the 
next week ;)  I have covered over 225 mile on my mountain bike in under 15 hours.  I wasn't good for much the next day :)

On my honeymoon my wife and hiked from the South rim of the Grand Canyon to the Colorado river and back out in one day. 
 Including side hikes that was close to 17 miles in distance but not exactly flat terrain by any stretch.  Even after 
that, we were more than up to hiking around Walnut Canyon the next day.  Travel distances that make sense for armies do 
not necessarily have to hold for small groups or individuals.  20-30 miles per day while carrying full gear is doable 
for the very fit.

Paul MacDonald


Jay Carlisle wrote:
> Thanks for the link Mr. Gacy. Just the kinda thing I look for. 
>
> Travel time is an odd thing. I find that there are a number of ways to resolve travel depending on the story I'm trying to tell. If the figures are moving in a dangerous area then stuff like marching order is important. This is a kinda default "the GM is rolling checks for wandering monsters" mode. Sometimes the PCs are chaseing or being chased. Sometimes they go for speed, sometimes stealth. Sometimes they simplly have to go somewhere to get something that isn't avalable at their base location. If the trip is neither challenging nor dangerous but mearly routine then both the GM and player are simply concerned with cost and time of the trip and not the details.
> (i.e. If your traveling with 2000 men of the Kings Own Guard then I doubt anything on the random encounter table is really gonna mess with you, unless of course you've got 14 hex dragons or some such on the tables and if so then I wouldn't imagin ANYBODY would go traveling without 2000 men of the Kings Own Guard('Regin of Fire'?))
> Reguardless the one factor common to all the above is time. If it takes a week to travel to the Big City then a PC who makes the trip would loose 2 weeks work...
> I wonder what else a figure could do with their Downtime?
> We know they can study.
> I'm about to post some stuff on building.
> hummmmm
> sounds like my campagne could use a Timeline.
>
>
> > Of course that speed is for relatively modern, trained soldiers.
> >
> > The Romans considered 15 miles on the road a day's journey as 
> > evidenced by their inns every 15 miles along the Roman roads in 
> > Britain.
> >
> > Off road, should be less. 5 miles for hard riding of a horse used 
> > for fast messaging.
> >
> > Reading about Roman Roads in Britain is an amazing source of 
> > ancient travel information.
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_roads_in_Britain


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