> I usually aim for a stable population early in the game of about
> 1,000 -
>at that point, adding new land ceases to be a problem unless you get an
>earthquake. Serious war or other calumnities can seriously deplete your
>population to the point that it makes sense to scale back on your farming
>- or
>just invite newcomers, which is my preferred method.
We found that our troubles with overpopulation get somewhat diminished by reducing our birthrate with Fyrdwomen. On the other hand, we have rather fewer nobles, too.
> > As an aside, I've never had my ancestors get mad at me
> > for making peace with an enemy. Are you sure you
> > didn't do something friendly towards your true
> > ancestral enemy by accident that annoyed them? If it
> > was for making peace from the feud, I'd love to know
> > more about what the ancestors complained about.
>
> Same here. I've had ancestors appear complaining that we've broken
> from
>the old ways, but never gave a reason; I've also had them appear to say that
>the chieftain spoke specious truisms and they couldn't take it any more. At
>that point, I seriously (if briefly) considered capturing them to use as
>spirit
>fetches.
We thought the "leader babbles nonsense" event was quite funny, actually. 8)
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