Re: (TFT) Reality in Melee (The Space Gamer #20, 1978), Elephants in war

["Jay Carlisle" <Jay_Carlisle@charter.net>]

> The other very large difference is that in 1000 and 1300 wars are
> not particularly fought for land, they're fought for money. By 1500,
> the wars are explicitly about taking land. (Not that land didn't get
> taken previously, but the main thrust was money, not land. In the
> later period, it's about land, not money.)

"Thats why I simplified the Knight side of things down to 'pre 1500'
and 'post 1500.' War changed a lot in those times, obviously, but the
overall nature of war from a knights perspective wasn't that different
in up to 1000 and up to 1300, as it was essentially skirmishes between
knights in both periods."


To cover 100 years I count in generations.
I call a generation 20 years.
The idea is that, at their prime, a Figure might have themselves, parents, 
grand-parents, children, and grand-children all alive at the same time.
Not necessary but possable.

The "generation gap" becomes a measure of how much the tech-tree expands 
between generations.

Also, money is land... primary production requires the area to harvest.
The smaller the force the more they want to focus on the processed goods.
A dungeon crawl is rarely about getting raw materials.
As the forces involved become larger they become more interested in the 
source of the money rather than a particular shipment of monies.
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