Re: Re: Tribal size

From: Alex Ferguson <abf_at_...>
Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 19:38:48 +0100


On Tue, May 04, 2004 at 11:46:25AM -0700, Jeff Richard wrote:
> And there is a fair amount of wildland for hunting. Again, let's just
> look at the Colymar lands: we have the northern half of the Starfire
> Ridge, the Colymar Wilds (from the Big Starfire Ridge to the Thunder
> Hills), the Thunder Hills and the Oakland Back, not to mention other
> small woods and copses. With some provisions, there is always the
> Quivin mountains themselves or, for the daring, there is the Dragonnewt
> Wilds or beyond. Certainly enough wildland to support about a hundred
> full-time hunters and several hundred occasional hunters.

So about what, 2% of activity and food production?

At what level would you estimate it to be in Volsaxar?   

> As for whether the Bronze Age or Iron Age is the appropriate comparison
> - Dragon Pass is sort of Bronze Age, sort of Iron Age.

In general cultural and "tech" terms, not much of Glorantha seems to be comparable to the Bronze Age.

Cheers,
Alex.

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