Farmed but not Populated

[morgramen]

Tim Nutting wrote:

> Note however that 5/0 is not the max province level. This has been one of
> the great misperceptions about the provincial rating system in BR. The
> second number is merely the potential source, and they type of terrain sets
> that. The type of terrain also sets the maximum height of the first number
> so (province level/potential source) is the way of looking at it.
>

Thanks Tim! Actually, I realized my mistake immediately after I sent my
question. I have been playing BR for about 3 months now, and always thought
province level & magic potential were tied together (Like a teeter totter).
The revelation that prov level & magic source were actually separate occurred
to me last night. I must say, this changes the entire game for me now. (Seems
to make a little more sense too.) :)

> You need to define dense population. Levels 1-3 are sparse to moderate
> population, 4-6 are moderate increasing upward, 7-9 are densely populated,
> and 10 is packed (like Imperial City)
>

Hmmm... failed to realize this. If the area in question is a plains region
(source 6 IIRC), is it possible to settle the area (with farmland not
population) and still deplete the source level while only having a population
level of 1 - 3?If the province is entirely devoted to farming, it seems to me
that the source level will drop (because of all the cultivation) while the
population (prov level) remains relatively low. (Farms take up a lot of land).

> Hope that helps
>

It does indeed, thanks!

Keith


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[DKEvermore@aol.co]

In a message dated 7/25/98 11:10:54 PM, you wrote:

>Hey guys, O.K., say you have a province roughly the size of Alklund
>(4/1- Rohrmarch). Now, if I want it to be completely tamed & farmed,
>it's a level 5/0 right. But, what if I want the region to be totally
>farmed, but not densely populated. What level is it then?
>(I'm thinking of it as an agricultural region which exports most of it's
>crops to other more densely populated regions.)

I think that in terms of the technology available to them here, completely
tamed & farmed = populated. Remember that these people cannot reasonably farm
nearly as much as they do with modern technology. If there are farms covering
the province, then that province NEEDS a high population to maintain it (high
population being relative to Cerilia).

- -DKE

[brenda santer]

>Tim Nutting wrote:
>
>> Note however that 5/0 is not the max province level. This has been one of
>> the great misperceptions about the provincial rating system in BR. The
>> second number is merely the potential source, and they type of terrain sets
>> that. The type of terrain also sets the maximum height of the first number
>> so (province level/potential source) is the way of looking at it.
>>
>
>Thanks Tim! Actually, I realized my mistake immediately after I sent my
>question. I have been playing BR for about 3 months now, and always thought
>province level & magic potential were tied together (Like a teeter totter).
>The revelation that prov level & magic source were actually separate occurred
>to me last night. I must say, this changes the entire game for me now.
>(Seems
>to make a little more sense too.) :)

Wow! Slow down a bit here. Your original idea of province and magic potential
being inversely related (your teeter totter idea) is perfectly valid. That
is the case. However once the source potential drops to zero, it can go no
lower while the provincial population can continue to rise. So the
progresssion for a plains province is 0/5, 1/4, 2/3, 3/2, 4/1, 5/0 but
after that it is 6/0. 7/0 etc. They are NOT separate as you concluded above.



>
>> You need to define dense population. Levels 1-3 are sparse to moderate
>> population, 4-6 are moderate increasing upward, 7-9 are densely populated,
>> and 10 is packed (like Imperial City)
>>
>
>Hmmm... failed to realize this. If the area in question is a plains region
>(source 6 IIRC), is it possible to settle the area (with farmland not
>population) and still deplete the source level while only having a population
>level of 1 - 3?If the province is entirely devoted to farming, it seems to me
>that the source level will drop (because of all the cultivation) while the
>population (prov level) remains relatively low. (Farms take up a lot of
>land).
>
>> Hope that helps
>>
>
>It does indeed, thanks!
>
>Keith

see my remarks above about the relationship of maic potential and
population level. Also as another list member has pointed out, the kind of
farming that is done in this type of civilization is very labour intensive.
These are not the huge farms of the modern central plains in Canada and the
US. They are small and require the emtire family to work them. To
completely farm an entire province does require a lot of people. Whether
the population is all in one or two large cities or spread across the
entire province, the effect of that number of people is the same. Also if
you are interested in examples of the population level in provinces of
various levels, refer to the rulebook on page 33 to 34. If you unhinge the
realtionship between magic potential and population level, you open the
door for other effects that can unbalance a game very quickly.


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