Re: (TFT) Is this a decade of thought? SO SAD!

[Mark Tapley <mtapley@swri.edu>]

At 7:09 -0400 4/13/10, Jay wrote:
> What can I say about religious structures that would
> maintain validity across the entire range?

Jay,
	interesting breakdown! It reminds me of Warcraft, Catan (the 
card game), and some other games as well as TFT; that makes me think 
it's got some good ideas in it (since they appear other places as 
well).

	Just wanted to add a comment about religious structures - if 
they are successful, religious structures (and institutions) can 
become totally dominant in a culture's activities. Both from a good 
point of view (rescue missions to Haiti, or equivalent; storing up of 
grain for famine years; accumulating knowledge of genealogy, 
technology, winemaking, etc. etc.) and from a bad point of view 
(crusades; Aztec sacrifices; the Pyramids; etc. etc.).

	Coming across central France in the middle ages, the first 
hint a traveller would have that he was nearing a city would often be 
- the sight of the cathedral spire, dominating the countryside for 
miles around.

	Although you are right that there is a very wide range, I 
would be sure to acknowledge how central a temple could become under 
some circumstances. Certainly it could subsume the function of the 
town hall, library, etc.

	I also might add several other Originating Skills: New 
Followers, Bard/Master Bard, Literacy, and others.
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