YEAR 13-15
I stopped this in late may.captain KIDD sent 12 more workers to settle near the canal.guess he wants them to start processing items and shipping lumber. with the food at 2800,i do wish he had waited til the canal was finished at least.
keeping them fed will be a challenge.many slept on the floor and we had a flu outbreak.we did manage our food and firewood well.the merchant brought another 300 food,sugar cookies and maple sap.2 more fields of wheat are ready for planting.
in spring,we can start planting the apple-chesnut forest along the main river.in may before everyone has housing,captain kidd sends 10 more nomad settlers.don't care where they go but they got sent away.they were not ready to head back to the landing fort. they were afraid the crazy captain would hang them and their families.
thatch, with this mod order, works as thatch or fodder.it is not overpowered at all.the laborers have to work to have enough for construction.it got used as the foresters cleared it.houses will burn it and some buildings require it for construction.regrowth is slow of thatch or trees.some places do grow back faster than others.strange as it is,bushes,thatch,and trees don't regrow much where the bannies walk near the village or buildings.as GRANNY would say it plays realistic.a fodder hut would boost it for a stables and would grow fodder and flowers.a thatch hut would grow thatch.a stables would use both for feed. granted with my crazy setup the outputs might be different than just the RK EC,but i do think RED's mod is affecting the outputs.there does seem to be less thatch than with just the ND mod.
by no means is any of that a request to change any mods. it is purely observation and facts.as i said before there is give an take to playing this way.it actually makes it more challenging. the laborers are busier trying to find food.that is realistic though.i try to work with the terrain and whatever the map gives me.this map had a good start point and made sence to run the canal back to the main river.realistically,the bannies being new to this land wouldn't know what plants they could eat or would find available. people would learn that over time.this plays that way.
finally, the fort sent sugarbeet seeds.a 3rd of our wool got shipped back to them.it will be good to have something other than wheat next year.
i had hoped to finish the canal by now.slowed down due to needing houses a and stone shortage.the gatherers have helped improve the food.the educated children living at home in the village has improoved the field outputs.once the canal is finished,i need to regoup.more land to clear and houses to build.
pic 1: apple-chesnut forest.
pic 2: gatherer outputs have improved.
pic 3: production
pic 4: inventory,from south of the grape forester.
pic 5: 10yr food graph