Re: The dreaded Wealth table rides again

From: Wulf Corbett <wulfc_at_...>
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2001 11:29:54 -0000

> > 1024 extra horses with his ready cash, but as he's probably not
> > prepared to use his existing cavalry as spending money, they will
> not
> > be accounted for within his Wealth rating.
> >
>
> So, then his wealth rating does not in fact reflect the real
capacity
> to command the market held by this individual; if cavalry owned but
> not available for spending do not constitute wealth, then neither
> would cows, as a capital item

But you can temporarily double your Wealth for a large purchase, and that would be when he has to part with a few horses. The problems being introduced are through the introduction of too much depth and not enough playability. This is a GAME, not economics 101.

Wulf

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