Alex - I agree wth you that magic is not the answer for slightly higher population densities. I just don't have that much of a problem wth the Heortlings...
... A question I was curious about as well, but for different reasons. Honestly I don't see why Sartar has to agree with historic figures for Europe. First...
I'm just posting to say that I am still *very* interested in the whitewall project. I am glad that from 1500 posts in March we have slowed down to 5/600 in...
... I think you've upped his position a bit from my ideas. When I wrote him he was just in charge of a gate for part of the time. He's not even a warrior but...
... How do they help? The best they could do is confirm that the figures for Glorantha are in line with a real world equivelent. If they are not similar it...
... That's fine, and I think our ideas do mesh. In 'Stormhold' he's an NPC and a background figure. Partially disabled perhaps, and so no longer a warrior. If...
Donald ... Alex ... Donald ... If you picture a place by assigning a real world environment, modern population figures will produces disbelief. Perhaps more of...
... Not that we can visit it as it was populated then, either: but we all know which bits of each town are "old" (pre-1700, say) and which are modern ...
... I think that you can have someone that does not apparently rank highly but still be very influential and hence powerful. For example, the Dishthane of a...
... pretty ... Steve Thanks for the help posting on the Wiki site, like I said I'm a technophobe. To who ever designed; it well done if an idiot like me can...
... I think you make my point for me. You can "prove" nothing with RW comparisons, but if RW comparisons fail utterly, it's a considerable challenge to...
... a ... issues ... For what it is worth, I have read some archaeological works suggesting that some areas of Britain (e.g., the Severn valley, Dorset) may...
... That's a reasonable point, but it still requires a certain amount of wildland. And that the Heortlings have three or so hunter cults indicates they put a...
In message <000301c431a3$c47f3dc0$0302a8c0@master> "Jane Williams" quotes ... I'm not suggesting using modern population figures, the industrial revolution...
Sorry to throw in my cat amongst your pigeons but I was rather under the impression that most of Glorantha was similar to the BRONZE Age not IRON, (Glorantha...
... livestock, ... of ... nothing ... And there is a fair amount of wildland for hunting. Again, let's just look at the Colymar lands: we have the northern...
For what it is worth UK Agriculture estimates that the population in the British Isles was about 20% greater in 700 BC than in 1100 AD. Jeff [Non-text portions...
... comparison ... iron ... Sorry the point I was trying make was that Greg sez in the Glorantha book 1, under levels of civilization "For most of her human ...
... The trouble is none of the RW comparisons have failed at all, never mind utterly. The best we have are actual population figures which may not be...
... It's important to remember that Sartar is still undergoing fairly rapid change. It was depopulated during the Dragonkill, and a good deal of it could be...
... Irrigation and drainage of land - a huge factor dependent on the technologies at your disposal. The introduction of the windmill as pumping power and...
... May I respectfully suggest that this hardy perennial be taken offline. While I understand that the topic is meat and drink for many, I personally find it...
Charles Corrigan ... The result of the discussion is meant to produce a believable map of the region. I don't really need to know how many people there were in...
... So about what, 2% of activity and food production? At what level would you estimate it to be in Volsaxar? ... In general cultural and "tech" terms, not...
... just ... Starfire ... Thunder ... other ... Dragonnewt ... hundred ... Yeah that's about right. Hunting is probably more important for trade goods than...
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