Talk:Settlements

• two currencies:

• food units (rename?) (supplies/reserves/holdings?)
• diplomacy / reputation -- ranked by location

• can spend food units to order buildings to be built

• buildings are then built over time, but this is delegated; the players are free to go adventuring while this is happening.

• buildings have two types:

• government -- created by player orders, grant a general boon to the settlement as a whole
• civil -- created by civilians who move in; do nothing other than provide shopping opportunities, etc.

• can spend food units to build military units and walls

• all buildings, units, and defenses have a level, which is limited by player experience tier (i.e. must be level 6+ to build level 2 buildings, units, or defenses)

12/8/2021 Thoughts

Production

• measure of your 'supplies' income
• used to build buildings and directly increase other incomes (by upgrading buildings, usually)
• used to promote military units
• used to increase settlement tier

Culture

• measure of your 'influence' income
• used to increase influence with neighbors
• used to defend against neighbor cultures
• used to perform diplomatic / espionage actions

Military

• measure of your 'mettle' income
• used to levy new military units

• has a one-time cost in mettle and supplies, and ALSO permanently decreases both incomes by some amount
• big armies make broke nations

• used to promote existing units

• has a one-time cost in mettle and supplies
• often require the unit to either undergo training (time) or survive a battle

Turns

• 15 days each
• 6 turns per season
• 24 turns per year

Seasons

• affect incomes
• Spring: +culture, -supplies
• Summer: +military, -culture
• Fall: +supplies, -military
• Winter: -everything

High-Level Benefits of Buildings:

• improve economy
• grant a special ability (and minor economy boost)
• unlock better unit types
• unlock better diplo / espionage actions