Tales of Tamar

Honorable lords and ladies,

the time has come for me to leave the lands of Tamar. It is my last will that my lands, including the citadel of Arias, should be transferred to my ally, lord Gearloose.

May he prosper.

Kay, former lord of Arias

I've decided to say goodbye to Tamar for now. Technical problems, a very weak start, as well as a huge workload in real life limiting the amount of time I have to spend on games, are the main reasons for this.

Maybe I'll consider rejoining another time when new land is being made, but for now, I ...

Okay, never mind.

Kay

I haven't got a market. I think you need 6000 citizens to build that? I've got less than 3k, because of my failed harvests. It will be at least two years (probably more) before I'll get out an army that way, and by that time I suspect my expansion options will be very limited.

I've already had a ...

I've tried, but it seems it is really gone. I get the message "You need at least 1 drill ground...". It's also gone from the building lists.

Kay

Okay, I thought this one deserved its own thread. I'm sorry for spamming the forums, and I'll be happy to stop once this is resolved:

My drill ground is gone, and I didn't demolish it. I would just like to confirm whether any of these things could cause this to happen:
*Demolishing the sawmill ...

24-25 000. :-) About time!

Thanks to those who gave me advice on harvesting, I'm back on the right track now. With some luck, I might be able to send out a new army in a year's time.

That is, if I can have my drill ground back...if not, it might take a long time, as I do not have enough wood to ...

If memory serves, I demolished the sawmill on the turn before. That was probably a mistake, but at least it was a mistake I actually made. I thought buildings would be torn down automatically if I could not pay for the upkeep, so I took down the most expensive, least critical, one. Next turn, both ...

I have another question:
Is my drill ground supposed to disappear without me demolishing it? If not, there is some program error about.

Kay

I think I used about 3500 last time...the first year I used 6000, though, following another tip of using about 2000 units per mill, or more. I had no idea the soil could turn sour. I will follow your advice, and see if things improve.

Thanks.

Kay

11700 units of grain.

Kay

I can confirm that the beta you sent me works far better with the updated OS4 pre-release. The map crash is completely gone, and I am now able to establish contact with other players.

Now, if I could only get a decent harvest. :-/

Kay

@Godefroy

Thanks for the advice regarding cultivation, I'll do as you suggested. I've used manual cultivation so far, but I've wasted some food by putting workers on both harvest and fishing for all seasons. I'll do as you say and hope things straighten out. I just hope the poor start hasn't slowed ...

I think I've gotten off to the worst start ever. The first game year went well enough, but after that, it's been going downhill. The problems started when my second harvest, in spite of plentiful seeding, cultivation, and processing facilities, managed to produce an amazing, hang on, 11000 units of ...

Sorry, haven't looked into that...I use KMail most of the time (as I use Linux for work, and work has been occupying most of my time lately).

BTW, we will be at least four English newbies.

Kay