steph Posted May 13, 2007 Report Share Posted May 13, 2007 what do you find in a tipical little medieval fantasy village ? youv got a inn of course but what else............i want to start a game in a dark fantasy setting in a small village at the frontiere of two lost and ruined empire stef Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edsel Posted May 13, 2007 Report Share Posted May 13, 2007 Re: fantasy village 0f 350 persons Try this site. Scroll down to Towns and Cities and input your data for your village and there you have it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dust Raven Posted May 13, 2007 Report Share Posted May 13, 2007 Re: fantasy village 0f 350 persons Try this site. Scroll down to Towns and Cities and input your data for your village and there you have it. That's a wicked cool site! Repped! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost-angel Posted May 13, 2007 Report Share Posted May 13, 2007 Re: fantasy village 0f 350 persons What DR said, awesome site! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted May 13, 2007 Report Share Posted May 13, 2007 Re: fantasy village 0f 350 persons Very much helpful, yes. Rep forthcoming in the usual place, when I can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vondy Posted May 13, 2007 Report Share Posted May 13, 2007 Re: fantasy village 0f 350 persons Unless its on a through-fare, or are the local market for neighboring villages as well, a village of 350 probably won't support an inn - it would be more likely to have a few successful alewives. It needs more traffic than the local inhabitants would give it to survive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted May 13, 2007 Report Share Posted May 13, 2007 Re: fantasy village 0f 350 persons Anyway -- how many people do you suppose make up a common medieval rural household? I go with the average of ten people per farm -- extended family and servants counted in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sinanju Posted May 13, 2007 Report Share Posted May 13, 2007 Re: fantasy village 0f 350 persons Unless its on a through-fare' date=' or are the local market for neighboring villages as well, a village of 350 probably won't support an inn - it would be more likely to have a few successful alewives. It needs more traffic than the local inhabitants would give it to survive.[/quote'] Yup, I've noticed that in fantasy games and novels alike, the travelers always stay at inns. In real world history, they more likely very often made camp or were hosted in the home of some local (in return for labor or providing something of value--foodstuffs, entertainment*, etc.). I'd like to see more of that in fantasy games. "We go to the inn." "What inn? It's a village of maybe 200 people." "Oh, well...then we approach one of the locals and ask if someone can put us up...." Another useful site, by the way: http://www.io.com/~sjohn/demog.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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