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@Trizeropz , the real hard one; small mountain map, harsh climate, hard start, disasters on, no trade, no farming, no herbalist. I thought a little bit about making it "extra hard" with no schools, but I came to the conclusion, that it really have no sense. This game will soon enough come to its limits and with uneducated it's not harder, the end only comes sooner.
It is not easy to find an appealing small mountain map. I was lucky by that other variation of this challenge. But this time I tried 8 or 10 random maps, all really bad. I was almost tempted to start the same map again, but I really don't like playing the same map several times, so I gave it one more chance; said to myself; I'll make one more try, if the map is really bad I'll use the same again! Just for fun I tipped the number 123 and....
.........for a small mountain map this one is alright.
First picture, starting conditions.You can see most of the settlement, as it looks now in the year 9 in the background.
Second picture, first years effortsThere were only 4 children from the start, but 3 of them were 7 or 8 years old, so I started with the school. Everyone will be educted in this settlement. The forester only plants the first 1-2 years.
Third picture, after two years, believe it or not; I do a bit of planningThe most important food source in this game will be the gatherer. Of cause there will also be as many fishers and hunters as possible, but the gatherers are the most productive one, also producing fruit and vegetables. That's the reason I put the gatherers as good as I can on the map. In between there is a market place, a quarry, a mine, homes........I will try to steal as little land as possible from the gatherers.
A special note to my friend
@irrelevant ; there are no barns yet! They all have to use the chart. I am a bit short of everything, This is on purpose, other things are more important at the start.
Fourth picture, year 7Now I have the barn, and a marketplace and the stores are slowly increasing. I've also built the city hall. There is no real hurry to do that, but I had enough building materials and the builders had nothing else to do, so why not. I don't really need the quarry yet, but build it now for the same reason.
I've played until year 9; 43 citizens, no need for speed in this game