Played through again. I love all the research thatās gone into it; the game is very convincing (not that I know much about the era, but it feels very other-age).
Notes
Comfortable with linen wraps and poultices, you lept to the task.
*āleapedā or āleaptā both work; āleptā is archaic.
-The lore pages would be much easier for me to read if there were a blank line between entries. Also, the line breaks arenāt correct here:
-I can choose āstatsā from the stat screen menu even when Iām already on the stats page; itās not greyed out.
-I love the naming conventions so much. And the lore.
-It was a bit odd having an incident before I even had my chat with Sirid and my first bout of manor-management, since it felt like an incident without a framework. I suppose thatās because then we jump into the tasks for the year?
-I also wasnāt quite clear on whether the rats-in-grain would be automatically sorted during the course of this year, merely removing grain and time from my resources, or whether Iām supposed to be taking some sort of active course (and if so, what).
-I absolutely adore the conversation with Sirid. Thatās perfect. Plenty of background and useful details for anyone who wants to know it all, right now. Yay.
That said, Iāve long thought tha*, with the proper care, we might be able to improve both the birth rate and the survival rate of calves.
-*that
-I wonder if an eventual achievement for asking Sirid about everything would be any fun? I like those kinds of achievements, myself.
āThe reason why dairy cows are a luxury is that they canāt be put out to pasture if theyāre being milked. Therefore, unlike the rest of our livestock, we have to store enough hay every fall to feed the dairy cows through the whole year. To give you an idea, five acres of meadow can support four cows for a year.ā*
āOf course, when a dairy cow gets too old to foal, we cull them. Dairy cows live for about ten years.ā
-Stray close quotes.
"Bulls are breeding male cattle. Theyāre basically useless except as studs; theyāre to* aggressive to be yoked.
-*too
āAs with bulls and rams, boars are male breeding swine. We put ours out to pasture for most of the year, and only bring him* in during the winter.ā
-*āthemā?
Itās at just the right elevtion* to both be flooded and then dry enough to produce hay; we just have to mow the hay in the late summer, before we begin on the harvest proper.
-*elevation
āOf course, you are also charged with defending the forest from poachers. It is forbidden for commoners to take game of any sort from the forest, and you are charged with punishing such crimes harshly.ā
-How harshly, I wonderā¦and how much leeway do I have in law enforcement?
-I would have been interesting in asking Sirid if she has any general advice for meā¦sort of the way one might ask an experienced elder, just even in the interests of feeling a bit less adrift if nothing else. Something more relational than only data, I suppose.
"You have no choice. I did not raise you to shirk your duty. ā*You must have a spine of iron to bear this burden. You must carry you the history of your phare, the needs of your family, and the well-being of your tenants until it is time for someone else to take up this burden. Can you do that?ā
-*extra inverted commas
The heat of the summer is just a little too long and a little too hot. You do everything that you can to mitigate the damage, but thereās only so much that can be done.
There were a lot of page breaks in this section (that was one page, for instance, and there was also a one-paragraph page just before and after).
You are going to keep 1 new oxen*. You are going to keep 1 new dairy cows*.
-*ox/cow
-Seemed like that should have paragraph breaks maybe?
āShe was pious and her faith inspired her sheildmates*.ā
-*shieldmates
-Iām having a ball playing as a very devout PC. Super fun.
Itās the smell that draws your attention. Youāve smelled it before. Slipping deeper into the barn, you turn a corner and accidentally kick a sack of wheat. When you do, several rats go skittering away across the floor.
-I got to this page from looking at the market, somehow.
The grain stores have been infested with rats, again. The serfs try to sort the good from the ruined wheat, but in the end, you have to burn a significant portion of your stores.
-Iām thinking the option to sort this, or try to, doesnāt exist yet? Or am I just blessed with constant ratsā¦
-I like the holding court segment a lot.
-Could I get Mordain to train my squire, or is that not acceptable? Iām playing someone who intends to commission on (or whatever the term is) a knight, and whoās never seen combat and doesnāt wish to. (In fact, my PC wishes to trade places with the brother and garner a proper education, but ah well.)
-I already commissioned a bell, but the option is on my options list again.
-Hit a bug: āannual_hub line 1629: Bug: not enough Fish!ā