I have linked the Excel file for calculating the cost of building castles in the sidebar for easy reference.
In case you missed it, I wrote a paper for Burgs and Bailiffs volume 2 on how to calculate the labour and materials used to build your dream castle.
The Excel file will allow you to type in the wall volume of the castle, and it will spit out the number of man-days needed to build it, how much cropland you'll need to feed all those labourers (or how much you need to pay them to buy their own food), and how much raw materials you'll need.
Showing posts with label castles. Show all posts
Showing posts with label castles. Show all posts
26 December 2013
20 August 2013
Latest Burgs & Bailiffs now out, including my article "The Cost of Castles"
The latest issue of Burgs & Bailiffs just came out - a lot of great stuff in there, including an article by yours truly!
Based on my historical research, I generalized the cost of building a castle into a generic format usable in any RPG system.
You can find the latest Burgs & Bailiffs HERE.
I also wrote a handy-dandy spreadsheet calculator to figure the costs out for you - you can find that HERE.
Stay tuned for some follow-up posts on castles in the coming weeks, including some case studies.
Based on my historical research, I generalized the cost of building a castle into a generic format usable in any RPG system.
You can find the latest Burgs & Bailiffs HERE.
I also wrote a handy-dandy spreadsheet calculator to figure the costs out for you - you can find that HERE.
Stay tuned for some follow-up posts on castles in the coming weeks, including some case studies.
14 August 2013
Castles!
The very talented Paolo Greco (of Adventure Fantasy Game fame - if you haven't checked it out, you owe it to yourself to get a copy - it's worth it for the reams of original spells alone, but it also features a wonderfully simple and effective combat-slash-skill system) is putting together a new issue of Burgs and Bailiffs, and I'm going to have an article in it!
It's going to be about calculating the costs of building your dream castle based on historical records. You'll be able to find out how much stone, wood, nails, sand, etc. it's going to take, how long it's going to take to build it, and how many guys you're going to need toiling a way (spoiler alert - it's a LOT).
Probably one of my favourite parts of D&D from when I was a kid was fantasizing about building castles - I must have spent hours poring over the castle cost charts in the old Basic/Expert/Companion books. I've been meaning for some time to do some research into what kind of resources it would really take to make the castles I've dreamed of, and I have to thank Paolo for getting my butt in gear and checking over my facts and figures.
So, look for the next installment of Burgs and Bailiffs soon, and if you haven't, check out the first Burgs and Bailiffs, and Adventure Fantasy Game:
http://tsojcanth.wordpress.com/2013/01/14/free-pdf-burgs-bailiffs/
http://tsojcanth.wordpress.com/2013/03/20/burgs-and-bailiffs-warfare-call-for-articles/
http://www.adventurefantasygame.com/
It's going to be about calculating the costs of building your dream castle based on historical records. You'll be able to find out how much stone, wood, nails, sand, etc. it's going to take, how long it's going to take to build it, and how many guys you're going to need toiling a way (spoiler alert - it's a LOT).
Probably one of my favourite parts of D&D from when I was a kid was fantasizing about building castles - I must have spent hours poring over the castle cost charts in the old Basic/Expert/Companion books. I've been meaning for some time to do some research into what kind of resources it would really take to make the castles I've dreamed of, and I have to thank Paolo for getting my butt in gear and checking over my facts and figures.
So, look for the next installment of Burgs and Bailiffs soon, and if you haven't, check out the first Burgs and Bailiffs, and Adventure Fantasy Game:
http://tsojcanth.wordpress.com/2013/01/14/free-pdf-burgs-bailiffs/
http://tsojcanth.wordpress.com/2013/03/20/burgs-and-bailiffs-warfare-call-for-articles/
http://www.adventurefantasygame.com/
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