NTME is working just fine. Providing some interesting story hook type material. Getting the requisite player buy-in. But it's time for the next steps.
We've HAD the "outer trade areas" simplified to one source. No more. All 190 burgs are getting their appropriate trade distances. So there goes January. Will make scarcity more accurate (see below.) Will keep the "wilderness" burgs out of the world network ... until they're brought on-line by the party or by world events. When that happens they'll be connected for one year, after which they'll disconnect from burgs still in the wilderness. This will also allow other world events to disrupt the supply chain (!?) Already have a few things planned. Increased pirate activity will be my test run case. Remote avalanche cuts off a trade route? Earthquake causes bridge collapse? "Hey, why can't I buy that neat thing I bought here last month?" Because an earthquake in Colquinal destroyed the bridge over the Chishore river and the major supplier can't ship it out! Hopefully somebody's trying to get a boat there. They might make a fortune!
Started differentiating resources in '20 with cereals. And now I'm going nuts with it. Have used the climate and biome to set up crop production for every burg. Differentiated nuts, fruits, veggies and a handful of other things. Alexis differentiates building stone. Not ready to take THAT jump (yet.) But what about wood? I'm thinking pine, spruce, fir, oak, chestnut, maple and walnut. Might throw in one or two more.
Next step will be to set up the production of all of those 190 burgs. I have "rules" for who'll get what and roughly how much but I need to tweak, fine tune, and actually allocate. So there goes February. And probably March.
And THEN I'll start playing with the production tables. The tables from '20 are good and workable and all, but they're a muddled mess, need organizing, cleaning up and rejiggering to reflect the aforementioned differentiation.
Once that's workable I have a couple pet projects that I think spreadsheets will facilitate. Using lookup, MAX, and conditional formatting. Hopefully I'll be able to design my storefronts to reflect the scarcity inherent in the system. Providers will base offerings on scarcity and provide local flavor. Meat/spice/veg offerings will vary with local. So will the beverage selection. Even the breakfast gruel, porridge, mush or oatmeal will be localized. And candy.
I'm looking fwd to ALL of this!
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