03-25-2021, 05:50 PM | #1 |
Join Date: Mar 2016
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Realm Management examples
Now that Realm Management is out, I thought it'd make sense to make a thread for people to post realms that they've made using it. I don't have any yet, but I plan to make and post some within a few hours.
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03-25-2021, 06:58 PM | #2 |
Join Date: Mar 2016
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Re: Realm Management examples
Terranova
Terranova is the first (and as far as they know, only) human colony on another planet. Eighty years ago, 5000 people blasted off, activated their autopilot, and stepped into their suspended-animation pods to sleep during the long journey to a new world. A few months ago, they finally landed. Terranova is still in its very early stages, with infrastructure slowly being assembled and life fairly spartan. However, despite this, the colonists are still in good spirits and hopeful of the future. Name: Terranova Total Area: 25 square miles Realm Size Value: +5 (City-State) Resource Points: 5 (2 Agriculture Points, 0 Luxury/Precious Goods Points, 1 Natural Resource Point, 2 Workforce Points) TL: 9 Cultural Traits: None Realm Inhabitant Racial Traits: None Population: 5,000 Citizen Loyalty: Good (13, +3) Infrastructure Rating: 1 Control Rating: 4 Conformity Rating: 3 Openness Rating: 3 Government Type: Bureaucracy Economy Type: Capitalist Defense Bonus and Terrain: 0; plains and river Education Rating: 6 Management Skill (+20%): 16 Habitability: Good (14, +1) Reaction-Time Modifier: -2* Realm Enhancements (+60%): Educated Populace 1 (+10%), Habitable Land 1 (+10%), Loyal Citizenry 1 (+15%), Reflexive Realm 3 (+15%); Secure Society 1 (+10%) Realm Limitations (-50%): Obsolete Infrastructure 2 (-50%) Social Resonance: 0 Patron Value: 10 points Enemy Value: -20 points Base Realm Value: $18,000,000 Realm Value: $23,400,000 Military Resources: $900,000/turn Revenue: $3,600,000/turn Starting Revenue: $234,000 Inhabitants’ Status: 0 to 2 Inhabitants’ Wealth: Average to Comfortable Notes: • The current government is planned to be a temporary situation; once things have stabilized, the plan is to transition to democratic government and a lower CR. • As the only realm currently on the planet, Openness Rating and Social Resonance are effectively N/A. • As the entirety of the population is composed of working-age adults, the base realm value uses a factor of 1 rather than 0.6. • Starting Resource Points cost another $450,000 not included in Realm Value. * Includes +1 for bureaucracy This was designed to serve as the centerpiece for a hard-science colonization game in the vein of Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri. The colony is unlikely to face any direct threat (its boosted habitability represents that they were able to choose the best spot on the planet to land), but hostile wildlife is a risk, and should any disaster strike, there'll be no help coming. Last edited by awesomenessofme1; 03-25-2021 at 07:03 PM. |
03-25-2021, 07:02 PM | #3 |
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Lansing, MI
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Re: Realm Management examples
Nice, but now I have the song 'Terra Nova Cain' by The Church stuck in my head. :)
I just got the book too so I'll have to come up with something fun for the thread. Thanks!
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03-26-2021, 09:52 AM | #4 |
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Sweden, Stockholm
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Re: Realm Management examples
According to the table on page 10 a TL8 civlisation has 280 people per square mile. However Japan has 874 people per square mile.
While Japan is dependent on imports they were less so in the past, and from glancing at articles on the topic it sounds like they were more self-sufficient in the past, and could theoretically support their population if they switched gears. Am I missing something here? (I've yet to properly read past page 10, I'm still trying to make sense of the pdf, so sorry if this is tackled later) Edit: Also a TL1 village could only support 10 people (0.5 square miles). I thought even a small village like that usually supported several families and slaves?
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03-26-2021, 10:10 AM | #5 | |
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"Switching gears" would have been possible; the system in use was antiquated and inefficient. But it would have required sweeping radical reforms - and even then, I'm not sure it would have been enough: the hard limit is the incredibly small percentage of fertile land. Note that's covered on p. 27: Infertile Territory. |
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03-26-2021, 11:31 AM | #6 | |
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Location: Gothenburg, Sweden
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03-26-2021, 12:07 PM | #7 | |
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Location: Yukon, OK
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The numbers given are broad categories more than academically sourced specifics as there are too many variables formula to cover every scenario. The various modifiers were designed to address this and give GMs (and players) options to tweak for various local conditions such as climate, TL, infrastructure, soil, and more.
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03-26-2021, 12:47 PM | #8 |
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I would have liked to see discussion of realms that are unambiguously over local carrying capacity (typically, cities that don't control surrounding farmland) and rely on trade with more agricultural realms to feed their population.
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03-26-2021, 02:16 PM | #9 | |
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Sadly, it's already a huge supplement and that means something would have to have been cut.
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03-26-2021, 02:18 PM | #10 |
Join Date: Dec 2006
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I would have thought one would be the vessel state of the other
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