Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Utopia: Turn 3

 Tensions continue to mount as both the farmer's hoarded food supplies increase and the reserve food dwindles to zero. The farmers refuse to compromise, and begin to form a coalition.

 In other news, Elena traces the tracks back to a deserted cave and finds the small woolen skin of the animal. She takes it back to *cough* and tries to sell it for food, but there are no buyers.

 Kalind foolishly presses on even though he is almost out of food, while Steven is determined to find the pot of gold at the center of the forest.

 Materials: 44 food, 45 wood.

Utopia: Turn 2

 This turns opens with a mysterious attack from...something. It ripped a hole in Carlo's tent and left some weird tracks.

 Elena elected to follow said tracks for 1 food from the farmers, who have pooled their resources and are hoarding them from the lumberjacks.

 Kalind continues unabated into the deserty wastes down south, while Steven ventures across a number of fruits (at the end of the turn, he has 5 food).

 The lumberjacks continue to chop wood, in hopes of discussing some terms with the farmers for food as their supply rapidly dwindles.

 Materials: 29 food (owned by the farmers), 30 wood (owned by the lumberjacks).

Utopia: Turn 1

 Four new members join *cough* : Ryan (Farmer), Elena (Doctor/Village Minstrel), Stephen (Lumberjack) and Chase (Lumberjack).
 
 Kalind and Steven go off adventuring, Kalind heading South for three turns and Steven heads north for three turns into the forest.

 Elena, clearly conscientious, digs a "shit hole" so we all have a general place to go, thus cutting down the possibility of sickness.

 Griffin, Stephen, Chase, Matt, and Krishna all move to the forest to harvest wood.

 Jack and Emily begin harvesting rocks.

 Ryan, Derek, and Carlo begin harvesting food.

 All is well. Materials: 15 food, 15 wood.

Utopia: The Beginning

 Our town of *cough* was founded this day in a resource-heavy province of a little known valley. To our North, there are trees; to the South, farmlands. Next to our encampment is a flowing river, and about a kilometer Westward is a large quarry.

 The founding members of *cough* are as follows (with their jobs in parenthesis): Carlo (Farmer), Steven (Chief of Police/Nazi Officer), Griffin (Lumberjack), Jack (Miner), Emily (Rock smith), Matt (Carpenter/Village Fool/Drunkard), Derek (Farmer), Kalind (Warrior/Hunter), and Krishna (Brewer).

 They decided on their three founding rules: 1, One shall not do harm to another's property, be it their house or their life; 2, One's economy must adhere to the strict rules of a capitalist-only free-market system; and 3, One must rule via direct democracy, with the people voting on laws enforced or vetoed by one head person, rotated every season.

 Materials so far: Enough food for 3 turns, 3 cattle, 5 beers, and enough axes for everyone.