Re: Stead populations

From: Wesley Quadros <wquadros_at_aimtronics.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 14:41:00 -0700

I would place it more around the 50 or more size. Here is why:

20 =3D 3 working age males

        3 working age females
        12 kids
        2 elders

       Kids are future of the clan.  Everybody has lots.  I usually think =
3-4 per
       marriage.

       3 working age males is not very much to handle a stead.  Admittedly,=
 the
      older kids could take care of the chickens and the pigs, the women =
would
      help with the cows (uralda) and the elders probably do not eat much. =
 But
      3 is still not very many for hunting, farming, general maintenance =

etc.

      These numbers get even worse if the clan has been involved in any = heavy fighting lately, like Starbrow's rebellion. In the campaign we just = started, my character has a house hold of 112. Of these, 54 are children, = 12 are elders, 20 are thralls, 6 widows, 10 other women, and _10_ are = working age males. Nope, I am not looking forward to winter.

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Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1998 23:15:13 +0100 (BST) From: Alex Ferguson <abf_at_cs.ucc.ie>
Subject: Sartarite population density, et al.

But I'm _guessing_ an average might be around 20. Whachallthink?

Slainte,
Alex.
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