There are a number of spreadsheets available for use with the Kingdom building rules but I wonder if anyone is running it on paper alone?
Is it do-able, or would that be a nightmare?
There are a number of spreadsheets available for use with the Kingdom building rules but I wonder if anyone is running it on paper alone?
Is it do-able, or would that be a nightmare?
It is do-able, but it can get complicated. I'd suggest making some type of graph and using a month-to-month layout. If you use the form from the book, I'd also suggest pencil, as you'll be doing a good deal of erasing.
On the other hand, if you use a pre-made spreadsheet, there's also the issue of standardization: any house-rules or additions will have to be modified by you, so even they aren't perfect.
Once the kingdom develops multiple cities, I'd suggest a different paper per city, with an overall kingdom sheet. May have to add some columns onto your month-to-month list so you can keep track of which buildings are built where.
Good luck! We started on paper and are moving to a spreadsheet that I modified slightly, but we've been unable to play for over a month now (though we've a game this Sunday, yay!), so haven't done much since switching over to the electronic version.
i printed out a copy of one of the early s/s
we have used it ever since and just write on it. erasing doesnt seem to be an issue
never bothered trying to electronically update it
works fine for us
I've laminated the Kingdom Sheet so we can use a Chinagraph pencil and re-use the sheet again and again.
I'm going to need multiple grid sheets as the cities start to multiply.
How many grids does your biggest city cover?
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I found the city grid thing to be more of a pain than a help. Firstly you end up having to run off tons of copies or cutting and pasting to make custom sheets...you don't need as many temples as houses.
Plus it almost never comes into play.
I am mid-way through book 4 and my party has 5 cities, the capital has 2 districts.
The events so far have taken approximately 5 years of game time, 4 and change of that being after they founded their kingdom.
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I found the city grid thing to be more of a pain than a help. Firstly you end up having to run off tons of copies or cutting and pasting to make custom sheets...you don't need as many temples as houses.
Plus it almost never comes into play.
I am mid-way through book 4 and my party has 5 cities, the capital has 2 districts.
The events so far have taken approximately 5 years of game time, 4 and change of that being after they founded their kingdom.
heres what i did
copy building chunks from the pdf and past into another document. so you can have lots small common buildings on one page
printed them out on sticker sheets to make them easy to put into cities
made a designer city grid sheet in publisher
our group really enjoy the making the city bit
It is a lot easier and faster without the paper.
It is a lot easier and faster without the paper.
mine nearing book 4 and have no problems
rather everyone gathers over a piece of A3 paper than a ruddy computer screen at the table
It is a lot easier and faster without the paper.mine nearing book 4 and have no problems
rather everyone gathers over a piece of A3 paper than a ruddy computer screen at the table
My players tell me what they want to do as far as plans go. I ask for rolls, and I make the few adjustments the program can't. They tell me when we get ____ BP they will buy building X. They also have cut the buildings out, so when they buy it they tape/glue it to the city grid paper. I am the only one at the screen.