Just started Book 2. So good.

[blargney the second]

In tonight's session, we ran through the first two months of kingdom building. It was glorious. :) :)
-blarg

[Rickmeister]

Pro tip: pause the events, roll a year and then backtrack and play the same year from their perspective. ^^

[Azmyth]

You might find value in listening to our Kingmaker series:

KM - Book One - Episode 008

KM - Book Two - Episode 012

KM - Book Three - Episode 015

KM - Books Four & Five - Episode 018

We're still playing book six and should finish by Fall.

[blargney the second]

I'm so happy I had the random kingdom events pre-rolled and ready to go. I rolled up two years' worth of events ahead of the game, then started inserting all the other quests, wanted posters, rumours, and small occasions in the holes in the timeline.

IMC moon radishes are aphrodisiacs and fertility enhancers, so Svetlana is going to be showing by the kingdom's fourth month. The Sootscale population explosion begins two months after that. >:)

[GM_Solspiral]

blargney the second wrote:

IMC moon radishes are aphrodisiacs and fertility enhancers, so Svetlana is going to be showing by the kingdom's fourth month. The Sootscale population explosion begins two months after that. >:)

Very clever indeed.

[blargney the second]

Incidentally, I'm also really happy that we're not using a spreadsheet for tracking the kingdom right now. My players gained more system mastery than if they'd just plugged the numbers into a computer that took care of it all for them. We may switch over eventually to make it less unwieldy, but for now I'm happy with pen & papering it.

[Rickmeister]

"make it less unwieldy"
> From a certain number of cities and hexes, the excel sheet is a miracle.

Also: my players still build what makes sense... Excel just makes sure we don't make mistakes :)