Sitting in my college library, I am printing off the PDF of RRR, which contains the kingdom building rules. I don't know, though - are players supposed to have access to this? I want to print a second copy of the chapter if so, but I don't know. If they aren't, what sort of info do I give them on it?
I decided to compile basic information on it all and give it to them. I figured they would learn some stuff as things went on, and instead of making it difficult on them to pick it up, having what they needed would help.
I gave them:
A list of the rulers with descriptions, their benefits, and their vacany penalties.
A list of all of the buildings, the cost/requirements associated with each one, and a description of each one, with a slot for their effect to be written down the first time they're built.
A list of all of the types of edicts, including their effects.
A list of the special resource hexes and what they yield.
The improvements they can do per month based on kingdom size.
The cost and time to prepare a city district site, based on which type of terrain.
That's all been put in about 7 pages worth of tables. There'll be more I tell them at the table, of course, but that's the meat of it.
Agreed. Make the rules as transparent as possible without overwhelming them.
Moonwalker, that was actually the only one I wasn't that sure of, but I don't think it'll cause any issues. If they rush kingdom size, then they'll have to deal with a higher Command DC, which could easily result in them being unable to run their kingdom. They'll have to either drop hexes or spend months not building anything, so I am hoping it'll balance itself out.